pg. 11
"In 2019 we engaged with all our markets (wholly owned and joint-ventures) to conduct human rights due diligence, specifically including modern slavery risks. The due diligence covered our governance, supply chain, our customers, investments and our people11. In 2020, after having analysed the output of this exercise, we have put together an action plan for all markets, having identified any relative weaknesses to address or strengths to further enhance. We have already implemented many actions within the plan and will work with business leadership across the group to complete these actions, including strengthening our anti-modern slavery agenda, raising awareness at all levels of the business and embedding our approach to supplier due diligence across all markets. We have also continued to build wider human rights and modern slavery awareness by deploying a comprehensive Business and Human Rights e-learning module with emphasis on modern slavery. This will also be shared with some of our key suppliers undergoing a modern slavery risk assessment."
pg. 16
"As a founding signatory to the UNPRI (United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment) we recognise and embrace our duty to act as responsible longterm stewards of our clients’ assets. We integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, including human rights issues and modern slavery, into our investment analysis and decisions across asset classes. We use our influence as a large asset manager to engage with the companies we invest in to drive positive change in their behaviour. We do this through research and active ownership, exclusions and driving industry change."
pg. 17
"The Group General Counsel and Company Secretary and the Group Chief Operations Officer are active co-sponsors of our work on human rights and modern slavery; approving plans and reviewing progress. They also help to provide visibility of the issue at the Executive Committee level, remove barriers to implementation and represent the agenda in external stakeholder engagements (e.g. with other businesses within the United Nations Global Compact and on the UK Home Office’s Business against slavery forum)."