Colleagues take part in fundraising activities in support of a number of charities globally with a common theme of meeting basic needs. Colleagues in our offices vote on local charities to support. In the UK, the London office supports The Felix Project, which fights hunger and food waste, and the Manchester office supports Wood Street Mission, which works with low-income families across Manchester and Salford. The New York office supports Crossroads Community Services, which focuses on hunger and homelessness. The Boston and San Francisco offices support, respectively, The Greater Boston Food Bank and the SF Marin Food Bank.
There are three key elements to our work in CSR.
- Our markets – we seek to protect client interests and operate our business with integrity and resilience.
- Our people – we seek to encourage effective leadership, well-being, diversity and inclusion for our staff.
- Our world – we seek to act responsibly to protect the wider world and, locally, to support the communities in which we exist.
Our markets
We seek to achieve our goals through robust risk management and governance and aim for forward-looking identification and assessment of potential risks considering both quantitative and qualitative impacts. This takes the form of clear reporting and escalation processes to ensure that the residual risk profile of the firm is appropriate and in line with the Board's risk appetite and timely setting and regular monitoring of actions required to reduce the risk profile or improve the control environment where these are deemed appropriate.
We believe seeking to understand and mitigate systemic risks within our clients’ investments and the wider financial system is directly relevant for most of our clients, whether we are managing risk management (including liability driven investment), fixed income, or another type of strategy on their behalf.
To read more about Insight’s efforts to advocate on behalf of our clients on a range of issues, please click here.
Our people
We aim to develop successful leaders and managers who drive high productivity and engagement within their teams while challenging ourselves and our recruitment partners to ensure we have the right initiatives in place to encourage the promotion and development of a diverse workforce.
Insight’s employees are critical stakeholders in the business. New joiners receive induction training and the opportunity to meet the CEO and the Head of Human Resources. This typically takes place a few weeks after joining Insight which gives new joiners the opportunity to review how Insight does things and make suggestions of how things could be improved, which is then taken on board by HR representatives.
Insight is a strong believer in employee development delivering a range of training programs designed to encourage employee and manager development at all levels. Our challenging environment provides the right conditions for employees to hone their skills and expertise and develop within the business.
Insight recognises that diversity of thought, talent and experience is critical to the continued success of our business, industry and society.
We believe that well integrated, diverse teams deliver better outcomes. Our mission is to ensure that Insight continues to cultivate our culture of inclusion where people with different perspectives and backgrounds can thrive and collaborate.
In order to remain a competitive and high performing firm, Insight aims to move towards an employee profile that reflects the environments in which we operate while maintaining our culture of inclusion that maximises the talent of all our colleagues.
Our Inclusion Mission Statement,
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Diversity, equity and inclusion are strategic priorities at Insight. We believe that having a workforce that reflects the broader society in which we operate enhances the way we think, adds significant value to decision making and is the right thing to do. No gender, ethnicity, or other social group has a monopoly on good ideas and talent. When recruiting we cast the net wide to attract the very best people from the broadest demographics and backgrounds possible. Hiring diverse talent into our inclusive and collaborative culture enables us to achieve a significant competitive advantage through our people.
There are a clear set of values embedded within Insight’s culture:
- Client Focus: Insight’s clients always come first and we combine this perspective with an environment for our employees that promotes a culture of innovation, collaboration, diversity and inclusion.
- Accountability: We foster a strong culture of ownership, providing our staff autonomy and trust from the start, allowing them to make their own decisions that impact our business.
- Teamwork: We create a culture of camaraderie and trust in our business. We focus on getting the right people with the right expertise and combining them in a diverse team to work together to deliver results.
- Cognitive Agility: We are inquisitive, skilled in analysing information and forming an opinion and then we take the initiative to act.
- Continuous Improvement: We maintain a questioning attitude and are not afraid to speak up and challenge conventional thinking or the status quo.
Click here to learn more about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Insight
Our world
