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:
Yes
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Walk Free
2019
Unverified - Added by Steward
updated about 3 years ago by Laureen van Breen

P.4 "Our proprietary ESG Dashboard was developed by our Global Equities team in conjunction with our in-house engagement experts, EOS. It is used by investment teams across the international business of Federated Hermes, enabling analysts and portfolio managers to easily incorporate ESG analysis into their stockpicking processes and, importantly, to flag stockspecific sustainability risks. This includes information on human rights issues."

"Since September 2016 we have also included a clause specifically relating to the Modern Slavery Act in almost all new lease agreements that we have entered into. All of our construction documents, including project team appointments and construction agreements, also now contain specific mention of the Modern Slavery Act, requiring compliance with all relevant legislation."

 

I would say, because of the first statement here, it is a "light" Yes... They do not mention modern slavery specifically, but do mention human rights...

Laureen van Breen.....2021-02-19 16:28:04 UTC