Environmental and Social Policy

Cordiant is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. The firm believes that screening investments for environmental, social and governance issues is a powerful tool for identifying well-run and forward-thinking businesses for inclusion in our portfolios. Demanding that the beneficiaries of Cordiant investments be responsible corporate citizens is fundamentally good business and has no doubt contributed to Cordiant's consistently solid returns since the firm made its first investment in 2001.

Cordiant is committed to investments that:

1. Promote adequate environmental and natural resource regulatory and management frameworks;

2. Adopt environmental protection, management, risk mitigation and enhancement measures;

3. Respect indigenous rights and community development issues;

4. Avoid involuntary resettlement matters;

5. Respect gender considerations and avoid unfair labor practices;

6. Address issues of social impact and sustainability, with due regard to the primary responsibility of operational units for design issues, such as poverty targeting and distributional impacts, among others; and

7. Uphold high standards of business integrity and honesty and operate in accordance with local and international laws and good practice.

Cordiant is a signatory of

An investor initiative in partnership with UNEP FI and the UN Global Compact