Board members:
Bâtirente’s Board of Directors gives the Investment and Extrafinancial Risks Management Committee (IERM) the mandate to monitor the implementation and updating of the Guidelines. The Committee oversees the compliance of asset managers and other providers in discharging their mandates (portfolios, voting, shareholder engagement).
Batirente's CEO and one member of its Board of Directors and chairman of the IERM committee are members of the Board of Directors of Æquo Shareholder Engagement Services, our engagement services provider.
CEO, CIO:
The CEO is a member of the IERM committee. The CIO and the Senior Manager - Institutional Markets also participate in IERM committee meetings. This team oversees the investment strategy as well as all aspects of RI implementation by third parties.
Senior Manager - Institutional Markets:
As a part of its supervising activities with external portfolio managers, the Senior Manager is responsible for leading asset managers to:
- Integrate consideration of ESG risks into their portfolio building process.
- Become signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
- Implement shareholder engagement practices, when Bâtirente Funds participate in mutual funds of which they are the sponsor.
- Be familiar with these Guidelines.
- Develop their voting exercise policy.
- Submit appropriate reports accounting for their integration, engagement and voting rights exercise activities.