We believe in securing tomorrow, through our thematic investment approach, our commitment to stewardship, and our long-term relationships with our clients.
Our CSR report serves as a way for us to evaluate our choices and behaviours today, to help play our part in securing tomorrow. Read our CSR report.
Portfolio manager and member of our fundraising team Megan Brennan highlights the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility in the workplace and how we approach it at Sarasin.
We strive to place stewardship at the heart of everything we do:
- how we invest
- how we interact with clients
- how we treat our staff and suppliers
- how we conduct ourselves in the wider community
Our CSR report serves as a way for us to measure our activities against these aims, in-line with our sustainability goals:
Over the past year, there have been two significant developments in the way we define and report on our stewardship work:
Net Zero Asset Managers’ Initiative
Climate change is not going away, and the greatest risk today is one of inaction. That’s why we’re proud to be one of the signatories to the Net Zero Asset Management (NZAM) initiative committed to supporting the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner. Our NZAM Action Plan describes how we are using the levers at our disposal to achieve this goal.
UK Stewardship Code
In 2020, the UK Stewardship Code came into effect, setting higher stewardship standards for asset managers, asset owners, and service providers. From 2021, we started publishing an annual UK Stewardship Code Report, which sets out how we comply with the Code on behalf of our clients for all our holdings globally.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2021
We aim to make a difference with our clients' investments, delivering returns in a way that benefits society. We do this by investing responsibly, considering ESG factors, and engaging with companies our clients own to drive positive change.
Read our CSR report