The operating teams The Risk and Compliance teams are involved in establishing solutions to control and monitor our commitments. The Business Development teams actively contribute to the development of marketing materials, monitoring tools and commercial strategies. The Product Management team is involved in managing the existing range and in creating new products. The team also update the products database and support the creation of new responsible investment-related projects. As each team is involved in and responsible for its contribution to our sustainable approach, sustainability related topics and their integration are not a matter of an independent expertise but rather of all internal skills and employees. A committed governance At the firm level, the governing bodies of Rothschild & Co Asset Management Europe, i.e., the Executive Committee, the Management Committee and the Supervisory Board, monitor the ESG strategy deployed. The integration of sustainability challenges represents a strategic focus. In addition, several committees have been set up to decide and implement our responsible investment decisions: ■ A bimonthly “ESG Taskforce” organised by the ESG & Financial analysis team and with the Managing Partners , the heads of operating departments and the business development ■ A bimonthly “Sustainable Regulation” committee, coordinated by the Product Management, involving a Managing Partner, the head of compliance, and the Risk and Legal teams Sustainability issues and our developments in this area are also discussed with our governance bodies within the structure: ■ In the executive committee of Rothschild & Co Asset Management Europe, by the presence of Ludivine de Quincerot, head of the ESG & Financial analysis team In Rothschild & Co’s two responsible investment (RI) committee, with the participation ■ of Pierre Baudard, Managing Partner, and Ludivine de Quincerot. These committees are organised by Rothschild & Co’s RI team. The team's ambition is to advance the roadmap of the investment businesses towards the integration of ESG considerations into their approaches. To this end, it develops common exclusion policies, ensures regulatory harmonisation and participates in the development of synergies between the various business lines. The Group IR team reports directly to François Pérol, Co-Chairman of the Group Executive Committee.
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