Responsible investing: the diversity dividend - Newton Investment Management

Rebecca White discusses how Newton engage with companies on diversity and inclusion.

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  • Credible research suggests that companies with diverse teams make better decisions and crucially make for better investments.
  • Newton's voting and engagement policy encourages companies to increase the participation of women and ethnically diverse candidates at senior levels by growing and encouraging a diverse talent pipeline..
  • They also push for improvements in diversity and inclusion-related disclosures and strategies.
It is now widely understood that diverse groups make better decisions because they are less likely to suffer from the ‘group-think’ which can lead to sub-optimal decision making.

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