iShares MSCI World SRI UCITS ETF (Acc) (SUSW.L)
One quiet purchase gives you a slice of hundreds of developed-market companies chosen for strong sustainability ratings.
Is iShares MSCI World SRI UCITS ETF (Acc) a good fund for a UK beginner?
The honest version: One quiet purchase gives you a slice of hundreds of developed-market companies chosen for strong sustainability ratings.
Over about 2 years to 2026-07-15. This already includes the fund's dividends, which an accumulating fund reinvests for you. And it's the EUR return - as a UK investor your actual £ return also moves with the exchange rate. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.
This is a fund, so it moves with its whole basket (ESG) - not any single company's news. One share having a bad day barely shows up here.
What does iShares MSCI World SRI UCITS ETF (Acc) do?
This fund tracks the MSCI World SRI Select Reduced Fossil Fuel index, focusing on developed-market companies with the strongest sustainability credentials while strictly excluding fossil fuels and other flagged sectors. Instead of picking individual shares, a single purchase spreads your money across major names like NVIDIA, ASML, and Tesla, heavily weighted toward technology, financial services, and industrials. The ongoing charge is 0.2% a year, which means roughly £2.00 is taken annually for every £1,000 invested to cover running costs. As an accumulating fund, any dividends collected from the companies inside are automatically reinvested back into the fund rather than paid out to your bank account.
Holds developed-market companies with the strongest sustainability (SRI) ratings, excluding fossil fuels and other flagged sectors.
What's actually inside this fund?
Despite the ‘global’ or ‘world’ name, about 71% of this fund is US companies - a world tracker is more of a US bet than it sounds. That's the shape of the market, not a choice the fund makes. (Approximate index weight.)
Its 10 biggest holdings
- 1NVIDIA Corp7.5%
- 2ASML Holding NV4.5%
- 3Tesla Inc3.6%
- 4Applied Materials Inc3.4%
- 5Lam Research Corp3.2%
- 6Visa Inc Class A2.5%
- 7Verizon Communications Inc2.3%
- 8The Walt Disney Co2.2%
- 9Palo Alto Networks Inc1.7%
- 10Marvell Technology Inc1.5%
The top 10 add up to about 33% of the fund. The rest is spread thinly across the fund's many other holdings.
By sector
- Technology34%
- Financials16%
- Industrials11%
- Consumer cyclical10%
- Healthcare9%
- Communications8%
- Consumer staples5%
- Materials3%
Top holdings and sector split from the fund's published data as of the figures date - they drift over time as the fund and the index change.
- Instant broad exposure to leading sustainable companies across developed markets through a single purchase.
- Clear ethical boundaries that completely exclude fossil fuels and specific flagged sectors.
- Low ongoing cost of 0.2% a year, keeping expenses modest for investors.
- Automatically reinvests dividends to help grow the fund quietly over time.
- The fund's value will fall whenever the broader developed stock markets or its specific sectors decline.
- Heavy concentration in a few giant technology and semiconductor companies makes up a sizeable portion of the fund.
- Currency swings can affect returns for a UK investor since the underlying global companies trade in foreign currencies.
- Excluding fossil fuels and controversial sectors means missing out entirely on certain traditional market areas.
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What are the pros and cons of iShares MSCI World SRI UCITS ETF (Acc)?
How many points the write-up makes each way — a balance check, not a score or verdict.
- Instant broad exposure to leading sustainable companies across developed markets through a single purchase.
- Clear ethical boundaries that completely exclude fossil fuels and specific flagged sectors.
- Low ongoing cost of 0.2% a year, keeping expenses modest for investors.
- Automatically reinvests dividends to help grow the fund quietly over time.
- The fund's value will fall whenever the broader developed stock markets or its specific sectors decline.
- Heavy concentration in a few giant technology and semiconductor companies makes up a sizeable portion of the fund.
- Currency swings can affect returns for a UK investor since the underlying global companies trade in foreign currencies.
- Excluding fossil fuels and controversial sectors means missing out entirely on certain traditional market areas.
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This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-01 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.