P1 Investment Management has taken the unusual step of appointing an external Ethical Oversight Committee to guide its position on ethical and sustainable investment topics and policies. We are one of only a handful of wealth managers and fund houses in the UK to adopt this external monitoring.
The Ethical Oversight Committee reviews ethical and sustainability issues, and topics posed to them by the investment team to ensure that every fund P1 selects has robust ethical investment policies. P1’s Ethical Oversight Committee meets regularly, engages on ethical and sustainability issues, raises difficult questions and audits our process.
The Ethical Oversight Committee, combined with P1’s proprietary research, ensures that P1 only selects funds that meet high standards. This helps us avoid funds that are “greenwashed”, merely seeking an ethical label for marketing purposes.
P1 takes ethical and sustainable investing exceptionally seriously. We employ staff with formally recognised qualifications in ethical and sustainable investment and genuinely understand the issues and challenges surrounding ethical investment. Our Ethical Oversight Committee demonstrates this commitment.
External Ethical Oversight Committee
Prof Grzegorz Trojanowski
Governance Specialist
Grzegorz Trojanowski is Professor of Finance and departmental Director of Research and Impact at the University of Exeter Business School. He holds a PhD in Business from Tilburg University. His academic interests include corporate finance, corporate governance, ESG and corporate social responsibility, corporate reporting, top management teams, international business, and gender issues in business and management. He regularly engages with business, regulators, and policy-making bodies on issues pertaining to corporate governance, sustainability, and corporate reporting.
Dr Peter Walton
Environmental Specialist
Pete is a Senior Research Consultant in the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds. He has over 20 years researching climate change science with 17 years’ experience of working in climate change adaptation. Pete’s research specifically looks at how decision-makers can better understand and implement climate science, whilst considering how academics can better communicate their research to support greater engagement. This has related to UK Climate Projections, and more recently, how to use the science of extreme weather event attribution.
Prof Sarah Waters
Social Specialist
Sarah Waters is Professor of French Studies at the University of Leeds. Her research focuses on the workplace, working conditions and labour reform. She is currently leading a four-year Wellcome Trust-funded research project on work-related suicides in the UK, France and Canada. She has published widely in the international media and contributed to radio programmes in Europe and the United States.