Dimensional Sustainability

A climate-focused approach to sustainability investing

Dimensional designs sustainability strategies to target transparent sustainability considerations while maintaining broad diversification, efficient cost management, and a focus on higher expected returns.
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Data Driven

We use environmental data to identify issues we believe have the potential to impose significant external costs on future generations.


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What Is the Social Cost of Carbon?

Climate Focused

Our approach to sustainability focuses on the emissions that cause climate change.


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The Sustainability Opportunity

Transparent Reporting

Our strategies are designed to provide a meaningful reduction in carbon footprint exposure.


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Sustainability Reporting

Explore Our Sustainability Solutions
Dimensional offers a variety of sustainability solutions across global equity and fixed income markets to suit investor needs. Browse our funds to get started.
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Dimensional’s ESG Steering Committee works across firm environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives.


Dimensional’s approach to responsible investing is focused on building science-based solutions that allow clients to align their investment and sustainability goals. Dimensional’s ESG Steering Committee is a collaborative group that works across firm ESG initiatives to strategically coordinate and communicate Dimensional’s responsible investing initiatives with the goal of delivering an approach guided by science that meets investors’ goals.

Graphic showing ESG Steering Committee in middle circle connected to two boxes by arrows. Box on left is called Listening to Clients and has four bullets: Global Sustainability Councils, Institutional Survey, Global Advisor Survey, and Global Investor Survey. Box on right is called Addressing the Science and also has four bullets: network of researchers and academics, investment research committee, investment stewardship committee, and ESG data vendors.
Dimensional collaborates with some of the world’s leading consultants on ESG research, data, and education.
Photo of David Victor, University of California, San Diego, with bio that reads: David Victor is a professor of Innovation and Public Policy at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego Co-director of the campus-wide Deep Decarbonization Initiative. He serves as an Adjunct Professor of Climate, Atmospheric Science, and Physical Oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Energy Transition. Photo of Michael Gillenwater, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, with bio that reads: Michael Gillenwater is Co-founder, Executive Director, and Dean of the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute. He has been the lead author of four Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports over 20 years. He also served as a core advisor to the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development on revised edition of Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Photo of Lucian Bebchuk, Harvard Law School, with bio that reads: Lucian Bebchuk is the James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance at Harvard Law School and Founding Director of the Program on Corporate Governance. He is an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Research Associate; a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research; and Inaugural Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute; and Director of the SSRN Corporate Governance Network. Photo of Christian Leuz, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, with bio that reads: Christian Leuz is the Charles F. Pohl Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He studies the role of disclosure and transparency in capital markets and other settings, including sustainability and ESG; the economic effects of regulation; international accounting; corporate governance and finance. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research and at the European Corporate Governance Institute, among others.
Dimensional’s ESG team combines dedicated personnel with integrated functions. More than 60 investment professionals contribute to ESG initiatives across our global offices.
Under Responsible Investment Leadership, first photo is Jim Whittington, head of responsible investment and senior portfolio manager, and second photo is Lacey Huebel, head of responsible investment, North America, and senior portfolio manager. Under Investment Stewardship Leadership, photo of Kristin Drake, chair of investment stewardship committee, head of investment stewardship group.
Accessing Dimensional Sustainability Solutions
Dimensional sustainability solutions are available through financial advisors, a variety of brokerage platforms, and select retirement and savings plans.
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Sustainability Reports


These documents present key sustainability metrics for the Dimensional Sustainability Funds, highlighting the effectiveness of Dimensional’s approach to reducing exposure to emissions.

US Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio

US Sustainability Targeted Value Portfolio

International Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio

Emerging Markets Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio

Global Sustainability Fixed Income Portfolio

DISCLOSURES


Dimensional Fund Advisors LP is an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Consider the investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses of the Dimensional funds carefully before investing. For this and other information about the Dimensional funds, please read the prospectus carefully before investing. Prospectuses are available by calling Dimensional Fund Advisors collect at (512) 306-7400 or at dimensional.com/funds. Dimensional funds are distributed by DFA Securities LLC.


This information is not meant to constitute investment advice, a recommendation of any securities product or investment strategy (including account type), or an offer of any services or products for sale, nor is it intended to provide a sufficient basis on which to make an investment decision. Investors should consult with a financial professional regarding their individual circumstances before making investment decisions.