• The Environment and Climate Change

    Newton is committed to addressing environmental and climate-related risks and opportunities through a comprehensive approach that encompasses all aspects of our business.*
  • Resource Conservation

    With our parent company BNY Mellon, we have implemented a number of energy-efficiency projects such as lighting control and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) upgrades.
  • The Wider Community

    We place sustainability, education and diversity at the core of the projects we support within the wider community.

*Newton manages a variety of investment strategies. How ESG analysis is integrated into Newton’s strategies depends on the asset classes and/or the particular strategy involved. Newton does not currently view certain types of investments as presenting ESG risks and opportunities and believes it is not practicable to evaluate such risks and opportunities for certain other investments. Where ESG is considered, other attributes of an investment may outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions.

The Environment and Climate Change

Newton is a signatory to the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative,* an international group of asset managers committed to working in partnership with their clients to support the goal of net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, in line with global efforts to limit warming to 1.5 or below 2 degrees Celsius, and to support investment aligned with net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner, subject to client mandates and regulatory requirements.

Specifically, we have set an interim target of having 50% of our financed emissions (of the assets in scope) covered by credible transition plans by 2030, and a final target of having 100% of our financed emissions covered by 2040. This is dependent on government and policy support.

Our approach, in common with that taken by a number of our industry peers, follows the methodology of the Science Based Targets initiative for financial institutions. This clear, science-based approach focuses on how much and how quickly companies need to reduce their carbon emissions to prevent the worst effects of climate change. We endorse this approach over those that promote a linear year-on-year carbon-intensity reduction path, as we believe this is a more credible approach to meeting our net-zero goals.

Newton has also taken various steps to reduce its own carbon footprint. Via our parent company, BNY Mellon, we use a three-part approach to achieving carbon neutrality: reducing energy use and related greenhouse-gas emissions; procuring renewable electricity; and using carbon offsets to compensate for the remaining emissions in our footprint. BNY Mellon has committed to maintain carbon neutrality in its operations through to 2025,** and has also set a greenhouse-gas emissions reduction target in line with a well-below 2 degrees Celsius science-based target methodology.

*Newton Investment Management Japan is not in the NZAM scope for Newton.
**For Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse-gas emissions, including data centers, as well as Scope 3 business travel emissions through the use of renewable energy and carbon offsets.

Resource Conservation

With our parent company BNY Mellon, we have implemented a number of energy-efficiency projects such as lighting control and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) upgrades.

We are committed to efficient water use, and plan to further reduce the use of water in our building operations by 2025. With BNY Mellon, we issued a goal to divert 80% of our waste from landfills, and plan to divert 100% of technology equipment from landfills by 2025. We have also worked to reduce our paper usage, and have comprehensive paper recycling and offset schemes in place.

2025
goals include:
80%
of waste away from landfills
100%
of technology equipment away from landfills

The Wider Community

We want to engage actively within our communities to help deliver long-term positive outcomes. At a corporate level, we have a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), financial education and environmental initiatives, in addition to supporting our staff-nominated charities. Many employees also want to support local organizations and charities they have a particular affiliation with.

Newton is a founding supporter of the charity The Centre for Financial Capability, and is a founding member of its ground-breaking collaborative project KickStart Money, which aims to take financial education to almost 20,000 UK primary school children, catalyzing a movement to build a savings culture for the future.

Under BNY Mellon’s Community Impact Program, our employees are entitled to three paid days of volunteering every year. We have a matching policy for individual donations and fundraising.

Wider community

BNY Mellon – Enterprise ESG

  • Our parent company BNY Mellon is committed to using its global reach, influence and resources not just to power success today, but to help safeguard the future. Its approach starts with its own ESG practices and conduct referred to as Enterprise ESG, and extends to the way it serves clients through ESG and responsible investment client solutions. As a key participant of the global financial system, BNY Mellon believes it is part of its responsibility to help build the infrastructure that can facilitate investing with an ESG, responsible and sustainable lens.
  • Newton shares BNY Mellon’s five-year Enterprise ESG goals, which are built around the three pillars of culture and purpose, responsible business, and global citizenship. They include commitments to drive a culture of inclusion and promote diverse representation, support a culture of wellbeing, and maintain commitment to environmental sustainability.
  • As part of BNY Mellon, we also adhere to the BNY Mellon Code of Conduct, which provides a practical set of principles that guide all our business decisions. All employees must certify through an annual attestation program that they have read and understood all Code of Conduct provisions.

The BNY Mellon Code of Conduct can be viewed at:

View the BNY Mellon Code of Conduct.