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Training on MSA
• All Liontrust employees and members of subsidiary entities are
required to complete training on the MSA and to support the
Group’s opposition to all forms of slavery.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Liontrust is an equal opportunities employer. Liontrust’s Equal
Opportunities and Diversity Policy outlines that all Liontrust
employees (temporary and permanent), partners, contract workers
and job applicants are treated fairly and are offered equal
opportunities in selection, training, career development, promotion
and remuneration. Specifically, we aim to ensure that:
• we have access to the widest labour market and secure the best
employees for our needs
• people are selected, promoted and treated equally, enabling
us to maximise potential to the benefit of individuals and the
company
• we meet, as a minimum, our statutory obligations regarding
employment legislation
• we communicate the Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy
and responsibilities for achieving fairness and equality
• senior managers understand their responsibility for enforcing this
Policy and we all share responsibility for upholding it
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
Liontrust employment policies prohibit unlawful and unfair
discrimination:
• we have employment procedures and practices which do not
discriminate on grounds of race (which includes colour, nationality
and ethnic or national origins), sex, pregnancy and maternity,
marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, disability,
religion or beliefs, age or sexual orientation
• During the year, we recorded no incidents of discrimination
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
Oversight
The Board of Liontrust Asset Management Plc oversees sustainability
and stewardship for Liontrust. The Board regularly discusses
potentially material ESG areas, including those related to climate
and global warming; diversity and inclusion; attracting and
retaining talent; cyber security; risk oversight; and other specific
issues as they arise. The Board also oversees Liontrust’s corporate
obligations, including the Group’s signatory status to the Principles
for Responsible Investment (PRI); the Net Zero Asset Managers’
Initiative (NZAMI) to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050; and
Liontrust’s reporting relating to the Taskforce on Climate-related
Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
The Group’s Management Committee has day-to-day accountability
for sustainability and stewardship-related activities. Assisting the
Management Committee are:
• The Sustainability and Stewardship Committee (SSC), a
subcommittee of the Management Committee
• The Sustainability and Stewardship Working Group
These two groups help oversee actions taken with regard
to stewardship and sustainability and report directly to the
Management Committee. The Sustainability and Stewardship
Working Group looks specifically at Autorité des marchés
financiers (AMF) Disclosures as well as the EU’s Sustainable Finance
Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) to ensure that Liontrust’s in-scope funds
can comply with the reporting requirements
Liontrust’s Portfolio Risk Committee worked during 2021 to integrate
ESG-related data and information into the risk monitoring of Liontrust’s
group funds. More development in this space is planned for 2022.
Liontrust Asset Management Plc
Main Board
Matters reserved
for the board
All other powers of
general management
Partnership Management Committees
Liontrust Fund
Partners LLP
Liontrust Investment Partners
LLP
Sub-Committees
Treating Customers
Fairly Committee
Financial Crime
Committee
Portfolio Risk
Committee
Health and
Safety
Committee
Client Assets
Committee
Distribution and
Products Committee
Technology
Committee
Stewardship and
Sustainability
Committee
Diversity and
Inclusion Committee
Workforce Advisory
Committee
Fund Management
Committee
Operations and
Outsource Oversight
Committee
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