T. Rowe Price Reports on Its Commitment to Sustainability
The Sustainability Report highlights the firm’s progress on economic, social, and environmental sustainability programs
BALTIMORE, October 27, 2020 /3BL Media/ - T. Rowe Price has released its first Sustainability Report, which builds on the foundation of years of Corporate Responsibility Reporting. The report specifically addresses the firm’s initiatives to promote economic, social, and environmental sustainability.
The firm’s inaugural Sustainability Report includes its first SASB disclosures and its second time aligning to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, as part of its efforts to provide meaningful insights and disclosures to stakeholders.
“At T. Rowe Price, we believe each of us can have an impact—in our actions and in our words,” says Bill Stromberg, president and CEO of T. Rowe Price. “We will continue to speak up for what is right and to do our part to move all of us forward.
“This year has been a time of significant change. While the change has come with significant disruption, we are at what we hope is an inflection point—with a global focus on ending the coronavirus pandemic and addressing the pervasive racial inequity and injustice Black and Latinx people continue to face today. The last several months have demonstrated the power of a shared commitment: Governments, corporate citizens, communities—when working together—can have tremendous impact. It’s this belief that guides our sustainability work. I am heartened by the progress we have made, but I know we have much to do.”
Report Highlights
Responding to COVID-19
- The report details how the firm’s business continuity planning and strong client relationships have helped it successfully navigate turbulent times and the extra steps taken to support its clients, associates, and communities.
- Almost overnight, 97% of the firm’s global workforce switched to full-time telework in March 2020. In a global workforce survey conducted a month later, 88% of associates were satisfied with the way the firm responded to their needs and 82% felt the firm was taking a genuine interest in their well-being.
Economic Sustainability
- The firm managed $817.6 billion in total retirement and tax-deferred annuity assets as of December 31, 2019. Additionally, it served 2.25 million retirement plan participants and 1.4 million individual investors.
- $69.4 billion, representing 6% of the firm’s $1.2 trillion in assets under management, were invested in strategies that apply socially responsible investing screens as of December 31, 2019. Virtually all strategies that the firm manages incorporate ESG risk considerations into the fundamental investment analysis.
Social Sustainability
- In 2019, 49% of the firm’s senior-level hires were diverse. 1
- T. Rowe Price received a perfect 100 score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index in 2019 and 2020. 2
- The firm and its associates collectively gave $22 million to nonprofits around the globe in 2018. Within the communities where associates live and work, they volunteered more than 40,000 hours.
Environmental Sustainability
- Six years ahead of schedule, the firm surpassed its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 13% between 2010 and 2025. In 2019, it had reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 14% over the past nine years, even as its associate population rose by 70.6%. 3
- The firm has reduced its landfill waste by 93% and increased recycling by 76% and energy recovery 724% since 2010.
About T. Rowe Price
Founded in 1937, Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ-GS: TROW), is a global investment management organization with $1.31 trillion in assets under management as of September 30, 2020. The organization provides a broad array of mutual funds, subadvisory services, and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans, and financial intermediaries. The company also offers a variety of sophisticated investment planning and guidance tools. T. Rowe Price's disciplined, risk-aware investment approach focuses on diversification, style consistency, and fundamental research. For more information, visit troweprice.com or our Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook sites.
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Heather McDonold
T. Rowe Price
443-834-4132
heather.mcdonold@troweprice.com
1 Senior roles are defined as people leaders and/or individual contributors with significant business or functional responsibility.
2 © Human Rights Campaign 2020.
3 Associate population based on assigned workspaces.
