Bank Sarasin to License ASSET4 Data

Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd, a Swiss Private Bank known as one of
Europe's leading sustainable investment products developers, and
ASSET4 Ltd, a leading provider of environmental, social and corporate
governance (ESG) data on global corporations, today jointly announced
that Bank Sarasin is to acquire a global license to use ASSET4's ESG
data and framework for its investment research, product structuring
and portfolio management processes.

The ASSET4 IntegratedRating(TM) framework offers investment
professionals ESG data and the tools necessary to track, analyze and
benchmark the practices and performance of their funds, portfolios and
companies. By monitoring over 250 specific economic, environmental,
social and governance factors, the ASSET4 system enables users to see
beyond the purely financial aspects of companies, thereby benefiting
from an integrated perspective of public quoted companies performance.

Bank Sarasin pioneered research of sustainability criteria in 1989
and launched the world's first investment fund based on the concept of
eco-efficiency back in 1994. Today its sustainable investment team of
19 employees is one of Europe's largest and most experienced. Bank
Sarasin offers customers one-stop shopping for sustainability
products. The integration of its experienced research team into the
portfolio management process means that their products and advisory
services are of unparalleled quality.

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