Good governance provides a framework for effective decision-making, ensuring accountability, transparency, and proper risk management. This is fundamental to both how we operate as a company, voluntarily adopting the principles of the Corporate Governance Code in our own operations, and in our active engagement with the companies in which we invest as set out in our Corporate Voting guidelines.
To support our approach to environmental and social factors, Border to Coast is accredited under the Good Business Charter. This asks organisations to meet the requirements for ten components (outlined above) which collectively cover care for employees, suppliers, customers and the environment whilst paying a fair share of tax.
Such principles also underpin our investment philosophy and Responsible Investment policies. An important example is our belief that climate change is a material and systemic risk. As such, we have pledged to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions across our investment portfolios by 2050 or sooner, with our impact as a corporate entity having already been assessed and mitigated.