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TCW Group

TCW Group (TCW) is a global asset management firm with a broad range of products across fixed income, equities, emerging markets and alternative investments. With half a century of investment experience, TCW’s clients include many global corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments and foundations, as well as financial advisors and high-net-worth individuals. The asset manager is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA. During the assessed period, assets under management corresponding to USD 197 billion were reported.

Summary

TCW Group performed poorly in the 2025 Financial System Benchmark and has significant potential to improve transparency and performance.

Despite its substantial scale and potential influence in driving progress in sustainable finance, the financial institution’s lack of transparency places it at a disadvantage compared to its peers. This makes it vulnerable to environmental and social risks, diminished stakeholder trust and regulatory misalignment.

Being behind many of its peers in terms of overall disclosure, it is recommended that the financial institution uses this benchmark as a guide to disclose more on its sustainability practices and performance with regards to its provision of products, capital and services, as well as considering its own operation and supply chain, across the five measurement areas including Strategy, governance and stewardship; Financing Climate and Nature protection and restoration; Environmental footprints; Inclusive finance and Responsible business conduct.

Ranking position: #357 /400
Total score: 0.7 /100

Industry
Asset managers	#73
Traditional asset managers	#57

Measurement area	Score	Rank (0-400)
Strategy, governance and stewardship	3.3 /100	#296
Respecting climate and nature	0.0 /100	#253
Environmental footprints	0.0 /100	#233
Inclusive finance	0.0 /100	#218
Responsible business conduct	0.0 /100	#317

Leading practices

No leading practices identified for the financial institution.

Risks and opportunities

The financial institution has a publicly available policy statement committing to respect specific workers’ rights but could reference all ILO fundamental rights at work. It has opportunities to disclose how it determines a living wage, prohibit bribery and corruption, and include relevant clauses in contracts. While it identifies material sustainability impacts, further detail on the process and criteria for prioritisation is needed. Linking senior executive remuneration to sustainability targets is recommended. A strategy for the protection and restoration of nature, monitoring of scope 3 categories, and transparent methodology for footprint calculation should be disclosed. Establishing a transition plan for operations, supply chain, and portfolio, along with reducing scope 1-3 emissions in line with interim targets, is advised.

A breakdown of clients by income group and more detailed disclosures on operations by country are recommended. The risk assessment process should include ILO fundamental rights risks, with a mitigation process for identified risks. Additionally, identifying social risks related to the net zero transition and providing examples of actions taken on salient human rights issues from the last three years is suggested.

Disclaimer

This scorecard refers to information in English which was publicly available by July 15 2024. AuM and Total assets are stated in USD for comparability and have been calculated based on reported local currency values multiplied by applicable IMF currency converter values.

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More about the company

Headquarters: United States
Ownership structure: Private
Results 2024: AuM USD 197 billion
Number of employees: -
Website: https://www.tcw.com

This financial institution is part of the SDG2000, the 2,000 most influential companies

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