{"id":335,"date":"2023-03-01T10:10:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqeq-staging.j.layershift.co.uk\/?page_id=335"},"modified":"2023-07-06T14:52:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:52:50","slug":"our-environmental-social-and-governance-esg-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/our-environmental-social-and-governance-esg-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"text-block standard-spacing  \">\n    <div class=\"container fade-in\">\n        <h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Our Purpose and our Mission<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We help global investors focus on investing and preserving capital in a sustainable and compliant manner.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>We are a trusted partner providing high quality personalised investor services<\/li>\n<li>We help our clients and the sector to stay compliant<\/li>\n<li>We act as a guardian and facilitate our client\u2019s investments<\/li>\n<li>Our people invest the time to get to know our clients, so that we know how to best service them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-336  alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rectangle-511-1-1.png\" alt=\"a person wearing a yellow jacket under a bamboo forrest\" width=\"503\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rectangle-511-1-1.png 505w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rectangle-511-1-1-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rectangle-511-1-1-62x49.png 62w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rectangle-511-1-1-98x78.png 98w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rectangle-511-1-1-160x128.png 160w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rectangle-511-1-1-267x213.png 267w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rectangle-511-1-1-374x298.png 374w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/>Our ESG underpins IQ-EQ\u2019s activities across all jurisdictions where we or one of our affiliates operate. It sets out our global approach to sustainable purpose and forms the basis of our decisions by focusing on business ethics and compliance, people and culture and community involvement<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Business ethics and compliance framework<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At the core of this framework is strong governance and a robust risk and compliance framework. This framework is supported by procedures and systems to ensure that we apply, at all times, high levels of personal and professional integrity. With the support of our risk and compliance function we have put in place the necessary policies and procedures including a code of conduct and an initial assessment of the reputation of potential clients, identification and monitoring of our clients (through initial and ongoing screening of clients, ongoing review of clients files and transaction monitoring) as well as ongoing training throughout our employees\u2019 careers to ensure that the highest standards of compliance are embedded right across our Group operations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We will not enter into, or maintain, relationships with individuals or organisations engaged in, or suspected of having engaged in, illegal or activities which go against its code of ethics. New clients are accepted in accordance not only with applicable laws, rules and standards on money laundering and terrorist financing, and international sanctions but also in accordance with our risk appetite policy. We do not accept clients activities involving money laundering, corruption or bribery, child labor, forced labor, the mining and trade of rough diamonds unless Kimberley certified, destruction of high conservation value areas, ship breaking, products or activities that impinge upon the lands owned or claimed under adjudication by indigenous and\/or vulnerable peoples or groups without full documented free prior and informed consent (FPIC) of such peoples or groups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Our client acceptance processes include a mandatory review of our clients\u2019 activities to ascertain they are not involved in such activities.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">People and culture<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Fostering openness, sustainability, and respect are our key objectives. We value everyone and strive to work as one team. We invest significantly in our people and their working environment by creating and maintaining a safe and healthy working environment and ensuring their ongoing professional and personal development.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1660\" style=\"text-align: justify\" src=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/People-Culture-and-Diversity-IQEQ-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"group of diverse hands coming together\" width=\"503\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/People-Culture-and-Diversity-IQEQ-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/People-Culture-and-Diversity-IQEQ-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/People-Culture-and-Diversity-IQEQ-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/People-Culture-and-Diversity-IQEQ-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/People-Culture-and-Diversity-IQEQ-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/People-Culture-and-Diversity-IQEQ-62x35.jpg 62w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/People-Culture-and-Diversity-IQEQ-98x55.jpg 98w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/People-Culture-and-Diversity-IQEQ-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/People-Culture-and-Diversity-IQEQ-857x481.jpg 857w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/People-Culture-and-Diversity-IQEQ-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/People-Culture-and-Diversity-IQEQ-374x210.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We strive to create workplaces in which there is mutual trust and respect and where every person feels responsible for the performance and reputation of our Group. We respect one another and each other\u2019s individual rights and customs. We work towards achieving a diverse workforce, recruiting, employing and promoting people only on the basis of objective criteria and the qualifications and abilities needed for the job to be performed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We continuously engage with our people at a local and at a Group level to translate our core values into action. We do this through communications and engagement, information and consultation so as to assist them in realising their full potential.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We promote integrity and professionalism throughout the Group and pride ourselves in leading by example which we do by setting the right tone right from the top of our organisation. We consider ourselves to be personable and approachable and hold these attributes up as being key when putting our core values into actions.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Corporate Social Responsibility<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We encourage our people to give something back to their local communities, whether it is time, effort or a financial contribution. Our key focus areas are the community, health, education and the environment. It\u2019s important that we play our part to build a better world for current and future generations. Our support is delivered through initiatives that:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Support local communities and those in need;<\/li>\n<li>Support local initiatives for the development and education of young people in the areas we live;<\/li>\n<li>Support our environment and reduce our carbon foot print.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We welcome initiatives from all sources but especially those from our own people.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"you-might-be-interested standard-spacing\">\n    <div class=\"container fade-in\">\n                    <h2>You might also be interested in&#8230;<\/h2>\n                            <div class=\"columns row-load\">\n                                    <div class=\"col\">\n                        <img width=\"395\" height=\"229\" class=\"attachment-you_might_be_interested size-you_might_be_interested lozad\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Clare-Chang-Split-2.png\" \/><a class=\"btn btn--darkmint-outline\" href=\"\/people\">Meet our people<\/a>                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"col\">\n                        <img width=\"395\" height=\"229\" class=\"attachment-you_might_be_interested size-you_might_be_interested lozad\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Clare-Chang-Split-2-1.png\" \/><a class=\"btn btn--purple-outline\" href=\"\/people\">Meet our people<\/a>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) statement - IQ-EQ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) statement, showcasing our commitment to sustainability. 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