Governance
Robust governance is at the core of our business. It involves interacting with relevant teams related to corporate governance to ensure the highest standards of ethical conduct and to ensure that decisions related to E, S, and G are being made at the right level of the business. This includes business ethics, policies and codes of conduct, the management of bribery, corruption and money laundering, risk and the transparency of reporting related to ESG.
CORPORATE AND GOVERNANCE
- Rigorous due diligence of customers and other counterparties is undertaken to ensure appropriate legal and ethical standards.
- Over the years, we have built a compliance framework covering a range of areas including anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, sanctions compliance, anti-fraud, anti-bribery, personal account dealing, data protection, competition law compliance, and whistleblowing. This framework is updated regularly.
- Our internal governance structures are robust, open and transparent. We conduct regular meetings of our boards and committees to consider transaction proposals.
- Timely financial information is provided to all relevant authorities and our investor base is fully transparent. We engage in regular company-wide training in compliance and information security matters, with clear reporting lines.
- We have a compliance framework covering a range of areas including anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, sanctions compliance, anti-fraud, anti-bribery, personal account dealing, data protection, competition law compliance, and whistleblowing.
OUR STANDARDS
SMBC Aviation Capital acts with integrity and is committed to the strongest corporate governance. We have rigorous governance procedures across our business and we are building these out to focus on climate change reporting.
Progress to date
- Published first ESG strategy in 2022
- Published first TCFD report in 2023
- Published Suppliers Code of Conduct in 2024
- Preparing for CSRD from early 2024
- Preparing for our ESG Strategy 2024-2026