INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE:Schwab Ariel ESG ETF seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) and thus does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified Index. An actively managed ETF uses an active investment strategy to meet its investment objective. Accordingly, the sub-advisor has discretion on a daily basis to manage the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective..

FUND STRATEGY: Schwab Ariel ESG ETF invests primarily in exchange-traded equity securities of U.S. companies that have been evaluated based on certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The fund typically invests in exchange-traded securities of small- and mid-capitalization companies which are companies with capitalizations within the range of the Russell 2500™ Index, as measured at the time of purchase; however, the fund may invest in exchange-traded securities of companies outside the stated range. In selecting securities, the fund’s subadviser seeks to invest in companies that it believes exhibit attributes that will result in capital appreciation including: high barriers to entry, enduring competitive advantage, predictable fundamentals that allow for the potential for double-digit earnings growth (at time of initial purchase), skilled management teams, and solid financials. Additionally, the fund’s subadviser integrates ESG considerations into its investment process. As part of this process, the subadviser will leverage its proprietary ESG research to derive a proprietary ESG‐risk rating for each holding, or prospective holding, which is based on the company’s Environmental (such as, physical impacts of climate change, energy management, and waste and hazardous materials management), Social (such as, diversity and inclusion, employee engagement, and human rights and community relations), and/or Governance (such as, business ethics, critical incident risk management, and business model resilience) impact, policies and practices. In addition, the subadviser will employ a negative screening process with regard to security selection, which seeks to exclude from the fund’s portfolio companies whose primary (greater than 50%) source of revenue is derived from (1) the production or sale of tobacco products; (2) the exploration for or the extraction of fossil fuels, including coal, oil, and natural gas; (3) the operation of private prisons or jails; and (4) the manufacture of firearms, personal weapons, small arms or controversial military weapons, such as weapons of mass destruction, nuclear weapons, land mines, and cluster munitions.