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40 % of its senior leadership roles filled by women .
The organisation ’ s targets dovetail with the UN ’ s 17 Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ), but for Manning , simple alignment is not enough . “ We ’ re trying to focus on the targets beneath the logos . There are 169 underlying targets , and they are a lot harder to hit .” To achieve this , Refinitiv ’ s sustainability team coordinates global , centralised campaigns as well as local action via volunteer teams . “ It could be beach cleaning in the Philippines , or mentoring schoolgirls in India ,” he says . “ That ’ s where the real , true value of measuring the impact of those SDGs comes through .”
The spirit of using targets to drive performance extends to Refinitiv ’ s product offering . “ It ’ s always healthy to benchmark performance ; ESG is no different ,” says Manning . “ We have over 400 metrics that drive transparency and comparability in the market and that can only be a positive .” Beyond holding companies to account , having an idea of competitors ’ perfor-
AUGUST 2019