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Capital Deployment

Capital deployment means putting our money to work to achieve IMCO’s sustainability goals and maintain a high-quality, resilient portfolio for the long term.

As a PRI signatory, we integrate material sustainability factors into every stage of the investment lifecycle, including the use of external managers. IMCO's Sustainability Screening Guideline describes our process for selecting companies, sectors and/or activities. We strive to apply consistent principles and processes across IMCO while adapting our approach to each asset class.

Investment Stages
Rossitsa Stoyanova

"Sustainability risks and opportunities are part of the underwriting process, like any other element of due diligence.
We are in the business of generating long-term returns, so all material factors that could impact those returns,
such as climate, are considered across all asset classes."

- Rossitsa Stoyanova, Chief Investment Officer

Selecting and Monitoring External Managers

External managers are essential to diversifying and executing our investment strategies. They complement our in-house expertise by providing efficient exposure to select markets.

IMCO partners with external managers that share our commitment to sustainability. We encourage managers to commit to net zero, disclose ESG metrics and uphold strong diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. We developed a proprietary external manager assessment scorecard to evaluate and select the top sustainability performers, as well as an ESG dashboard to track their sustainability commitments.

Metrics External managers as % of AUM
(as of Dec. 31, 2022)
External managers as % of AUM
(as of Dec. 31, 2023)
ESG policy 75% 90%
UN PRI signatory 70% 84%
Net zero target(s) 44% 42%
DEI policy 73% 74%
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Investing in Climate Solutions

As a steward of client capital and a global investor, IMCO endeavours to play our part in the transition to a net zero economy. This transition offers numerous sustainable, long-term investment opportunities that we expect will deliver strong investment returns for our clients.

Capital deployment is the first pillar of IMCO's Climate Action Plan. We pursue opportunities that contribute to investment returns while having a climate-positive impact. We mitigate risk through climate-related due diligence and the thoughtful use of climate guardrails.

We define climate solutions as companies or projects that derive most of their business from products or services that reduce emissions or otherwise mitigate climate change effects. Clean energy transition investments are a subset of climate solutions that further the transition to a lower-carbon economy.


We have set a target to deploy $10 billion in climate solutions between 2020 and 2030.

Targets for capital deployment

Investing in Social Solutions

In alignment with our World View, IMCO believes there are powerful, long-term societal trends that are expected to present investment opportunities while addressing socioeconomic challenges.

Social solutions are defined as investments where a majority of the company’s business is derived from activities that provide or enhance social necessities, such as access to essential services, affordable basic infrastructure, affordable housing and food security.

Unlocking human capital is also one of IMCO's areas of focus, where we seek to advance matters like DEI, health and safety, and employee ownership to enable a talented workforce to fulfill its potential.

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