Schroders has adopted the FCA’s new sustainability disclosure requirements (SDR) labels on 10 of its funds, including two investment companies.

Large funds gaining an SDR label include the £3.1bn Greencoat UK Wind (UKW ) investment company which gains the sustainability focus impact label, alongside the £65m Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI ).

The announcement comes on the day of the initial deadline for the SDR ‘naming and marketing’ rules, which were extended to 2 April 2025 earlier in the Autumn. 

Schroders is also the first asset manager to gain an SDR label on a fixed income strategy: the Schroder Sustainable Bond fund. This is a relative minnow, however, with assets of £64m.

Large open-ended funds gaining a sustainability focus label include the £1.1bn Global Sustainable Value Equity and £1.8bn Sustainable Multi-Factor Equity funds. 

The full list of Schroders funds gaining an SDR label is below:

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Name	Fund Size GBP (£m)	SDR Label
Schroder Global Sustainable Value Equity	1063	Sustainability Focus
Schroder Global Energy Transition	258	Sustainability Focus
Schroder Sustainable UK Equity	38	Sustainability Focus
Schroder Global Sust Food & Water	32	Sustainability Focus
Schroder Global Sustainable Growth	231	Sustainability Focus
Schroder Sus Multi-Factor Eq	1810	Sustainability Focus
Schroder Sustainable Bond	64	Sustainability Focus
Greencoat UK Wind	3100	Sustainability Focus
Schroders Capital Real Estate Impact		Sustainability Impact
Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust Ord	83	Sustainability Impact

Although several funds have now received an SDR label, the new scheme has had a slow start and there are concerns that it will fail to reach critical mass. 

Big players like Vanguard and sustainable specialist Stewart Investors have pulled back from the labelling system entirely, and more may follow suit.