Corporate Governance

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The Pensions Committee recognises its role as one of promoting best practice in corporate governance which it considers to be consistent with maximising long term returns. As a result, the fund requires its UK Equity managers to comply with the Financial Reporting Council's UK Stewardship Code and asks that other investment managers should be required to follow it as far as possible.

 UK Stewardship Code January 2012 (156KB)

The Pensions Committee policy on Socially Responsible Investment is to endorse the United Nations (UN) Principles of Responsible Investing and to encourage all of it's equity managers to sign up to the UN Principles to incorporate environmental, social and governance issues into their investment process.

 UNPRI Annual Report 2011 January 2012 (1.1MB)

 

Investment managers

Below are the pension funds equity investment manager's corporate governance and socially responsible investment policy documents.

 Aberdeen Asset Managers January 2012 (3MB)

 JP Morgan Asset Management January 2012 (130KB)

 Longview Partners (Shareholder Activism Policy) January 2012 (53KB)

 Longview Partners (Responsible Investment Policy) January 2012 (26KB)

 Sarasin and Partners January 2012 (510KB)

 Standard Life Investments January 2012 (220KB)

 State Street Global Advisors January 2012 (719KB)

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