Sustainability Strategy
Let's Get Sustainable, Tomorrow Won't Wait
In many ways, sustainability has simply become part of the way we do business. But when we look at the world around us, many of the issues we identified in our early sustainability reports remain challenges not only for our business but for the broader community. We have also seen new issues emerge. Business as usual, even a more sustainable business, as usual, is not enough. Whilst we will continue with the actions we were quick to embed, such as sustainable sourcing practices and responsible lending and investment policies, we’re increasing our efforts on the emerging societal issues where we have unique skills and expertise to bring about meaningful change. Our people are passionate about it because it makes sense for our business because it’s part of who we are because we know that tomorrow won’t wait.
Stakefield’s Strategy
Understanding the issue
Demographic change is a key social and economic challenge. Low fertility rates and increased life expectancy in the population are aging. The implications are skills shortages and a bigger picture of slower economic growth.
Acting on the issue
Our initial focus is to improve participation - to attract the widest range of talented people and then use best practice flexible work practices and a wellbeing model to improve participation throughout working life. We’ll meet our own skill needs and share what we learn with customers, business peers, and the government.
Objective 01
Ensuring our workforce is representative of the community with overall workforce participation quite high, we need to identify and encourage participation amongst groups that are underrepresented in the workplace. Initially we will focus on:
Increasing the participation and earning potential of groups currently underrepresented in the workplace through career entry, development and flexible work practices
Launching leading flexible work practices, understanding that flexibility and mobility are key enablers of participation.
Promoting the productivity benefits for of a diverse and representative workforce.
Objective 02
Extend working lives and quality of life It’s our goal to provide our employees with the opportunity to extend the length and quality of their working lives, and to work with customers, the Government and other partners on the same challenge. This means helping our people understand the factors that influence their participation in work and their ability to adapt to a changing employment landscape throughout their working life. Ultimately we want to change the way our employees think about their wellbeing at work. To do this we will:
Roll out a practical tool, well being at HashRoot, to benchmark well being across the group
Establish targets and develop programs to help employees improve their individual well-being scores
Objective 03
Anticipate future needs of ageing and culturally diverse customers The impact of these demographic changes will stretch well beyond our own workplace. One aspect we want to tackle is to encourage a national discussion on the factors that shape financial well-being.
A Strong Strategy for a Long Term Business Growth
A team of 4 portfolio managers and research analysts manages our development strategy. The team is headed by Vice President, Mr. Sandeep Anand accompanied by Strategic Analyst Mr. Noyal T. Hari.
Our team is aligned by industry and we leverage our expertise to provide in depth research.
The growth team is organized by industry, with each portfolio manager and research analyst focusing on an area of expertise. While each team member guides the decision making process on his sector, the team's questions and challenges shape the final decision on what goes into and out of the portfolio and the CEO, Mr Anees T makes the final implementation.
Established brand name
Free cash flow
Favourable long term growth prospects
Excellent management
Recurring revenue stream
Our Strategic Growth strategy seeks long term growth of capital. By investing in high quality businesses that we believe are strategically positioned for long term growth, we seek to:
Deliver strong absolute returns to our clients over time
Consistently apply our long term philosophy, strategy and process
Manage risk through disciplined portfolio construction and in depth knowledge of our companies