Training

We acknowledge that educating our staff is fundamental to ensuring potential human rights and modern slavery risks are identified and managed. BNY Mellon’s current on-boarding and refresher training for staff includes BNY Mellon’s “Doing What’s Right” principle. Our employees are required to certify that they have read and understood all of the provisions of our Code of Conduct, including “Doing What’s Right”. At BNY Mellon, “Doing What’s Right” means, among other things, that the following are expected and valued:

contributing to an ethical culture;

conducting business in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, and in accordance with the highest ethical standards; and

being willing to take a stand to correct or prevent any improper activity.