We are pleased to present our latest Stewardship and Responsible Investment report. Stewardship and Responsible Investment is at the heart of everything we do. It enhances and complements the investment decisions that we make.
It is a long-term activity – but this is an approach that sits naturally with us: our mutual ownership structure, our investment processes, and the investment horizons of our clients all favour a long-term approach.
This report describes our approach to being good stewards of our clients’ capital, including how we vote, engage with companies, and integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into our investment processes.
We produce this report annually as part of our commitment to the UK Stewardship Code and you can see how we meet each of these stewardship requirements on page 108. This year we are also pleased to report against the Australian and Japanese Stewardship codes, which you can see from page 109.