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We invite asset owners, asset and investment managers to work with us in enabling responsible digitalization together
Our Unique Proposition
As a dynamic center of excellence for tech ethics, we work on transformative initiatives with only the most forward-looking investors, boards and executive teams to Create a thriving Future Us
Digital Age Governance & Stewardship
Our Mandate
Our remit is at the intersection of technology, ethics and capital markets. We bring together the latest research to educate, develop the stewardship and governance tools to equip our network of key stakeholders
An Influential Investor Collaboration
ISDE – Investors for a Sustainable Digital Economy
Mission
A coalition of stewardship-oriented investors working towards a sustainable digital economy through engagement with tech companies. As a pioneering initiative, ISDE seeks to understand what ethical tech outcomes would look like, and how to achieve them through a range of insights and tools.
Vision
Through Effective and Informative Investor Engagement, Spurring Tech Companies to Foster Net Positive Value for Stakeholders and Society
Members
Hosted by CFU, ISDE consists of a group of like-minded investors at the frontier of tech ethics. Members include Baillie Gifford, Church Commissioners for England, Ethos Foundation, Sands Capital, and Zouk Capital.
How We Can Work With You
Insights: We assimilate knowledge and distill it into accessible insights, for you to discern the signal from the noise
Action: We coordinate initiatives and develop tools that enable you identify risks and improve behaviour
Ecosystem: We help you build coalitions and pool resources, so that you can achieve greater stewardship impacts
Insights
Technology
Data Use: Data ownership, identity-based profiling & more
Algorithms: Neural networks, transformers & more
Hardware: IoT, Quantum Computers & more
Future of Work: automation, gig economy & more
Biotech: genetic modification, CRISPR & more
Space: debris, asteroid mining & more
Ethics
Research: identifying consensus, disagreement and gaps across literature
Taxonomy: developing common language to define and navigate tech ethics
Governance: Strategic imperative with board accountability
Stewardship
Sustainability: redefining sustainability to include tech ethics
Materiality: determining how tech ethics impact various portfolio holdings
Risks & Opportunities: understanding where individual companies fit within the range of possibilities
Action
Technology
Practical Expertise: Research Reports focusing on actionable insights/ to inform engagement and assess risks
Roundtables: Convening Leading Experts to develop expertise and insight
Transparency: Helping investors gain detailed understanding of issue-specific implications of tech use within companies
Ethics
Mapping: landscape of ethics in tech
Forums: for debate and discourse on relevant issues
Partnerships: with various stakeholders to balance complex trade offs
Stewardship
Tools: encouraging transparency, accountability, and best practices
Private Engagement: working with investors to guide companies in raising standards and mitigating harms
Public Engagement: issue-based coalitions, thought leadership campaigns
Ecosystem
Technology
Specialist Network: Academics and experts in data science, AI and programmers amongst others
Influencers: Regulators, legislators and think tanks across healthcare, environment, commerce, and other sectors
Practitioners: Technologists, biologists, psychologists, and security analysts who are implementing various technologies.
Ethics
Academics: Such as ethicists and business ethics scholars
Influencers: Think-tanks, universities, professional associations, and NGOs
Practitioners: Ethics and compliance officers, AI ethics experts, ESG analysts
Stewardship
Investors: Along the value chain of financing tech companies including public and private markets
Investees: Boards, Executive teams, CSR, and Investor Relations
Other Stakeholders: Professional associations, stewardship specialists and proxy advisors
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