Established a dedicated Corporate Governance Center of the Chief Investment Office with a strong expertise on governance topics (e.g. Board Composition, Executive Remuneration, and Equity Issuance) along with a Responsible Investment Center created to frame ESG governance for DWS and to ensure transparency for all stakeholder groups regarding the firm’s ESG activities.
Named European Transformation as a strategic priority for 2023 and beyond that includes creating investment solutions that enables private capital to help fund the transformation while establishing a European University Partnership Programme, starting with the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management to help ensure there is well-informed decision-making in politics and industry on the topic
A signatory of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, an initiative committed to supporting the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner.