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 Ultimately the ACT Framework aims to address this by capturing a company’s external commitments and show how they link to internal values. Companies that are using the ACT Framework are signalling to manager research teams that they understand the importance of looking at culture and inclusion across their whole business.

MRTs will know that by going through the framework, those companies will be able to identify gaps in their actions and create milestones to measure progress. Being able to ask standardised ACT Framework questions helps to create good conversations with asset managers, ensuring they understand that a good culture with inclusive practice is important.  

Stakeholders want to know how investment firms are addressing corporate culture and driving changes for a more sustainable future.

Companies with a fixed culture, by design or accident, are prone to oversights (leading to ‘greenwashing’ or ‘scandals’) and prevent divergent ways of thinking companies need to face complex challenges.

Increasingly fund selectors want to see how investment firms are improving internal culture and practices - it’s part of their investment decision making.

This is beyond looking at ESG and DEI - this is improving the industry’s culture as a whole (which will therefore lead to an improvement in ESG and DEI practices).

Lack of diversity and internal inequalities are in the spotlight. Disclosure demands, especially from regulators, are ramping up.

The media is an industry gatekeeper and plays an important part in holding companies accountable - whether that is calling out bad behaviour, highlighting best practice and reporting on trends in this area.

We can comment on:

Enhancing corporate culture.

Social equality from an investor and consumer perspective.

Due diligence - funds and asset managers.

Driving change within the investment management industry championing greater transparency, accountability, and equality in the sector.

Measuring and assessing change in culture at investment firms.

Importance of disclosure and why regulators are ramping up spotlight on internal inequalities.

When governance fails.

Rebalancing the workforce by addressing all aspects of diversity.

Flexible working and creating a genuine meritocracy.

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