2021
Global Principles for Sustainable
Securities Lending
GLOBAL PRINCIPLES
I. Sustainable finance alignment and development
II. Stakeholder involvement, inclusion and diversity
III. Transparency
IV. Interconnected sustainable finance collateral
V. Supportive tax
VI. Values-based short selling
VII. Voting and engagement
VIII. Innovation and digitalisation
IX. Continuous improvement
Opening signatories
We, the committed community of practitioners in order to promote and embed Environmental, Social and Governance [ESG] matters, Sustainable Development Goals [SDG] and long-term thinking into securities lending activities, hereby became opening signatories to these Principles on 7th September 2021:
Blue Orca Capital
Short activist hedge fund
BNP Paribas Securities Services
Multi-asset servicing specialist
Breakout Point
Data provider
eSecLending
Agent lender
Financial Decisions
Financial advisors
FIS Global
Data provider
J Capital Research USA
Short and long activist
Minerva Analytics
Data and governance support services provider
Muddy Waters Capital LLC
Short activist hedge fund
Nest Corporation
Pension fund
NN IP (part of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) since 2022)
Asset manager
PGGM
Pension fund
Pierpoint Consulting
Consultancy company
Sharegain
Agent Lender/Fintech Company
Standard Chartered
Agent lender
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
Agent lender/trustee
Quintessential Capital Management
Long-short activist hedge fund