Investec's core strategy includes promoting sustainability, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a balance between economic and financial needs, the needs of society, and their combined impact on the environment. Our commitment to sustainability is based on the fact that our business, the economy, the environment, and society are interconnected, and we support efforts to reduce global warming to less than 2 C above pre-industrial levels. We have also achieved net-zero carbon emissions in our global operations and committed to continuing to carbon neutrality for our operational footprint.