Sustainability Characteristics can help investors integrate non-financial, sustainability considerations into their investment process. These metrics enable investors to evaluate funds based on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities. This analysis can provide insight into the effective management and long-term financial prospects of a fund.
The metrics below have been provided for transparency and informational purposes only. The existence of an ESG rating is not indicative of how or whether ESG factors will be integrated into a fund. The metrics are based on MSCI ESG Fund Ratings and, unless otherwise stated in fund documentation and included within a fund’s investment objective, do not change a fund’s investment objective or constrain the fund’s investable universe, and there is no indication that an ESG or Impact focused investment strategy or exclusionary screens will be adopted by a fund. For more information regarding a fund's investment strategy, please see the fund's prospectus.
Please refer to the Disclosure section below to review the MSCI methodology behind Sustainability Characteristics.
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MSCI ESG Fund Rating (AAA-CCC)
The MSCI ESG Rating is calculated as a direct mapping of ESG Quality Scores to letter rating categories (e.g. AAA = 8.6-10). The ESG Ratings range from leader (AAA, AA), average (A, BBB, BB) to laggard (B, CCC). For further details regarding MSCI's methodology, see footnote 1 at the bottom of the page.
MSCI ESG Quality Score - Peer Percentile
The fund’s ESG percentile compared to its Lipper peer group.
Fund Lipper Global Classification
The fund peer group as defined by the Lipper Global Classification.
Funds in Peer Group
The number of funds from the relevant Lipper Global Classification peer group that are also in ESG coverage.
MSCI ESG Quality Score (0-10)
The MSCI ESG Quality Score (0 - 10) for funds is calculated using the weighted average of the ESG scores of fund holdings. The Score also considers ESG Rating trend of holdings and the fund exposure to holdings in the laggard category. MSCI rates underlying holdings according to their exposure to industry specific ESG risks and their ability to manage those risks relative to peers. For further details regarding MSCI's methodology, see footnote 1 at the bottom of the page.
MSCI ESG % Coverage
Percentage of a fund's holdings that have MSCI ESG ratings data. For further details regarding MSCI’s methodology, see footnote 1 at the bottom of the page.
MSCI Weighted Average Carbon Intensity (Tons CO2E/$M SALES)
The MSCI Weighted Average Carbon Intensity measures a fund's exposure to carbon intensive companies. This figure represents the estimated greenhouse gas emissions per $1 million in sales across the fund’s holdings. This allows for comparisons between funds of different sizes. For further details regarding MSCI's methodology, see footnote 2 at the bottom of the page.
Please refer to the Disclosure section below to review the MSCI methodology behind Sustainability Characteristics.
Historical data are provided for the last 12 months to the extent available. Effective April 24, 2023,
MSCI ESG Research revised the methodology by which it calculates MSCI’s Fund ESG Ratings. Following this date,
changes to the MSCI ESG Fund Rating, MSCI ESG Quality Score and any relative ranking fields relying on these ratings
may have occurred as a result of this revision to the methodology. More information regarding
these changes is available on MSCI’s website:
Enhancements to MSCI’s Fund ESG Ratings
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Business Involvement metrics can help investors gain a more comprehensive view of specific activities in which a fund may be exposed through its investments.
Business Involvement metrics are not indicative of a fund’s investment objective, and, unless otherwise stated in fund documentation and included within a fund’s investment objective, do not change a fund’s investment objective or constrain the fund’s investable universe, and there is no indication that an ESG or Impact focused investment strategy or exclusionary screens will be adopted by a fund. For more information regarding a fund's investment strategy, please see the fund's prospectus.
Please refer to the Disclosure to review the MSCI methodology behind the Business Involvement metrics.
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MSCI - Controversial Weapons
Percentage sum of issuers within the fund that have been identified by MSCI ESG Research as having controversial weapons involvement including cluster munitions, landmines, depleted uranium weapons, biological/chemical weapons, blinding lasers, non-detectable fragments and incendiary weapons. For further details regarding MSCI's methodology, see footnote 4 at the bottom of the page.
MSCI - Nuclear Weapons
Percentage sum of issuers within the fund that have been identified by MSCI ESG research as manufacturing nuclear weapons, including nuclear warheads, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and ballistic missile submarines, which are capable of the delivery of nuclear warheads. For further details regarding MSCI's methodology, see footnote 4 at the bottom of the page.
MSCI - Civilian Firearms
Percentage sum of issuers within the fund that have been identified as producing firearms and small arms ammunitions for civilian markets. For further details regarding MSCI's methodology, see footnote 4 at the bottom of the page.
MSCI - Tobacco
Percentage sum of issuers within the fund that have been identified by MSCI ESG Research as producing tobacco products. For further details regarding MSCI’s methodology, see footnote 4 at the bottom of the page.
MSCI - UN Global Compact Violators
Percentage sum of issuers within the fund that have been identified by MSCI ESG Research as failing to comply with the United Nations Global Compact Principles. For further details regarding MSCI’s methodology, see footnote 5 at the bottom of the page.
MSCI - Thermal Coal
Percentage sum of issuers within the fund that have been identified by MSCI ESG Research as earning >5% of total revenue from thermal coal mining. For further details regarding MSCI's methodology, see footnote 4 at the bottom of the page.
MSCI - Oil Sands
Percentage sum of issuers within the fund that have been identified by MSCI ESG Research as earning >5% of total revenue from oil sands extraction. For further details regarding MSCI's methodology, see footnote 4 at the bottom of the page.
Business Involvement Coverage
Percentage of a fund's holdings that have MSCI business involvement data. For further details regarding MSCI’s methodology, see footnote 3 at the bottom of the page.
Percentage of Fund not covered
Percentage of fund's holdings that do not have business involvement data.
Please refer to the Disclosure section below to review the MSCI methodology behind the Business Involvement Screens.
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In general, the values shown for an asset’s percentage weight (the “calculated value”) are based on a price provided by a third-party pricing vendor and do not reflect the impact of fair valuation, if applicable (the “vendor price”). The vendor price is not necessarily the price at which the Fund values the portfolio holding for the purposes of determining the Fund’s net asset value (the “valuation price”), and the calculated value may have been different if the valuation price were to have been used to calculate such values. The vendor price is as of the most recent date for which a price is available and may not necessarily be as of the date shown above.
Where a Fund invests directly or indirectly in Russian equity securities, as well as American Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Receipts evidencing ownership of Russian equity securities and for which trading has been suspended, the calculated values for such securities are based on the Fund’s valuation price.
† Distributions by the Fund that are not paid in cash but result in additional units of the Fund. These distributions should be accounted for by investors for tax purposes by adding the distribution amount to the adjusted cost base of the units held.
†† The exact tax treatment of the distributions for a calendar year is calculated after the Fund's tax year-end. As a result, investors will receive an official tax statement from their broker detailing the type of income they have to report for tax purposes for the entire year and not for each distribution.
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* Distributions are characterized into income type at year-end.
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Graphs are only used to illustrate the effects of the compound growth rate and do not reflect future values of any fund or returns on investment of any fund.
Growth of $10K chart shown represents a hypothetical investment of the Fund over the last 10 years, or from the last day of the since inception month for funds with less than 10 years performance history.
The Top Ten/25 Holdings may change due to ongoing portfolio transactions within the fund.
MER (%) is based on actual expenses reported in the fund's most recent Semi-Annual or Annual Management Report of Fund Performance expressed on an annualized basis.
At least once each year, the Fund will distribute all net taxable income to investors. These distributions will either be paid in cash or reinvested in the Fund, as may be determined by BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited from time to time. These distributions will consist primarily of distributions received from the securities held within the Fund less Fund expenses, plus any realized capital gains generated from securities transactions within the Fund.
The amounts of past distributions are shown in the distributions section above. The characterization of distributions for tax purposes (such as dividends, other income, capital gains etc.) for each period will be reported only after the Fund's tax year end. Therefore, the above table showing the tax characteristics will be updated only once each tax year. For tax purposes, these amounts will be reported by brokers on official tax statements.
