Question: Does the investor disclose in its modern slavery statement that it assesses investee companies prior to investment to identify potential modern slavery risk areas?
Answer:
No
6912941
Walk Free
2019
Unverified - Added by Steward
updated about 3 years ago by Laureen van Breen

It sounds more like they engage on the topic, once they have invested..

"(...) our investment process considers modern slavery and human trafficking as well as other environmental, social and governance ("ESG") issues.

We do not screen out companies from our investment universe purely on the grounds of poor ESG performance but rather adopt a positive engagement approach whereby we discuss these issues with the management of the companies in which we invest on behalf of our customers. We believe that this is the best way to encourage constructive corporate change.

From 2018 and ongoing for 2020, we initiated a thematic engagement focusing on human rights in the supply chain. We are proactively engaging with investee companies to discuss modern slavery, human rights, labour management and health and safety in the workplace. The aim of this thematic engagement is to encourage better practices (...)" p. 1-2

Laureen van Breen.....2021-02-19 16:28:10 UTC