Governance

Within our private markets businesses, we nominate senior employees for appointment as non-executive directors to serve on the board of our portfolio companies and monitor the management of ESG risks and opportunities. One way we measure the impact of our stewardship activities is through third-party sustainability assessments, such as GRESB’s infrastructure and real estate assessments, which enable us to benchmark ESG performance, identify areas for improvement, and engage with investors.

Within our public markets businesses, company engagement provides us with an important opportunity to improve our understanding of investee businesses, alongside the risks and opportunities that are material to their long-term success. We seek to have regular dialogue with companies to provide feedback on company practices and disclosures, and to advance sound governance. Company engagement may also inform our investment teams proxy voting decisions.

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In our increasingly connected and data-driven world, cyber and data security risk has risen significantly and is inherent in the use of the technology platforms that support our business activities. We take our responsibility for the data we handle very seriously and uphold the highest standards of privacy practice and security.

In our private markets businesses, we keep open lines of communication with technology teams at our portfolio companies. We have also enhanced our minimum standard cyber due diligence and engaged third-party specialists. In our public markets businesses, we have started to engage with companies beyond protecting data privacy and confidentiality to consider the ethics of using artificial intelligence and big data mining.