Independence

Highest standard of independence

Standard Ethics aims to achieve the highest standard of independence, complying with the following five pillars:

• It does not include among its shareholders, companies or investors potentially in conflict of interest
• It does not provide among its activities any consultancy, to corporations or asset managers
• It does not accept any external certification processes that can affect and limit the independence of the methodology
• It is not part of any lobby organisation or any certification bodies and is not a member of opinion groups and does not participate in permanent forums on sustainable finance or social responsibility aimed at drafting new proposals to be submitted to international institutions.
• The Board of the Company complies with international guidelines on diversity of nationalities, professional skills and gender equality. The majority of the Board is independent.