How does gender bias manifest itself in the business environment?

The award-winning study ‘ESG shareholder engagement and downside risk’, which uses engagement data from Hermes EOS, reveals that companies that are successfully engaged by EOS exhibit a lower risk profile, particularly when environmental issues are tackled.

KLK has strengthened its labour standards and disclosure, following allegations of deforestation and poor labour standards in 2012 and 2013.

Hon Hai has demonstrated concrete improvements in its corporate governance, as well as its approach to labour relations and wider investor disclosure, since Hermes EOS began engagement in 2010.

We examine the pros and cons of artificial-intelligence applications in three areas of financial services: asset management, banking, and insurance.

In August 2019, Tencent appointed its first female director following Hermes EOS engaging with the company on gender equality. We believe that by encouraging change at Tencent, there will be a multiplier effect on other technology companies, both in China and globally.