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Environment, Social and Governance integration
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors are woven into our centralised investment process.
What we do
We believe this helps us reduce risk and allows our clients to benefit from improved investment performance. We undertake our own research to assess ESG risks and opportunities, in conjunction with external ESG data sources. This assessment and monitoring continues throughout the lifespan of the investment, including regular ongoing manager review meetings.
Funds managed by third parties make up a significant portion of our client’s investment portfolios. When selecting funds, we seek to understand how managers consider and incorporate ESG factors into their investment decisions.
We also have our own Responsible Investment Service, which actively seeks to invest in funds that provide solutions to sustainability issues, or that have strong corporate policies and outputs relating to ESG criteria.
ESG issues can be broad and varied. Examples include:
Environmental: Greenhouse gas emissions, climate related risks, resource depletion (including water, waste management and recycling), pollution, biodiversity loss or deforestation.
Social: Human rights, labour rights and standards, inequality, supply chains, local communities, conflict, living wage, health and safety, employee relations.
Governance: Executive pay, bribery and corruption, board diversity and effectiveness, shareholder protections and rights, tax strategy, transparency, corporate culture.
Climate change
We recognise the serious risk climate change presents to the world and view it as a critical investment issue that can materially impact on the long-term value of investments if not managed properly. We support a transition to a low-carbon economy and the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The asset management industry has an important role to play in mobilising capital to finance the transition to a low-carbon economy and influencing companies to adopt sustainable practices. We believe the impacts of climate change create both risks and opportunities for the companies we invest in which is why it is an important element of our broader strategy and risk management to integrate ESG factors into our investment decisions.
More information on our approach can be found in our inaugural Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”) Report. Going forward, we will focus on enhancing our implementation of the TCFD recommendations in our investment process and reporting, in line with data and industry developments.
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