The Cedar Portfolio holds stable, profitable, cash-flowing global businesses with manageable debt and leverage, and with an integrated view of ESG, Socially Responsible and Impact Investing. We categorize this overall approach as Responsible Investment (RI).

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We incorporate RI into the investment decision-making process because it is a key part of our investment strategy, it enhances all stakeholders – investors, communities, employees, customers, suppliers and governments.

We are signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment:

Our Principles

The guiding principles for our investment process on our equity model portfolio are as follows:

• We have a dual focus on businesses with both great financial and socially responsible performance;
• We see this dual focus as providing mutual synergy:
  • Increasing profitability grows the stakeholder pie, enhancing socially responsible performance to all stakeholders
  • Implementing responsible corporate actions and activities has a positive influence on financial performance;
• We incorporate RI assessment into our investment analysis and decision-making processes;
• We seek disclosure relating to RI by the businesses we have in our model portfolio;
• We strive to add value and enhance the businesses in our portfolio through active management.

Alex Edmans on The Business Case for Purposeful Business: