Common Capital Engagement Partners is an independent, mission-driven stewardship firm. We run sustained, evidence-based engagement with companies where long-term value is at risk, with a clear record of what was asked, what changed, and what did not.
As a structurally independent offering, we aim to fill a growing market and regulatory need for engagement that meets investors where they are. There is no ratings product, no index and no data subscription attached to the relationship, so the incentive is simply to get engagement right.
Our engagement leads are both thematic experts and engagement specialists. They bring decades of standards-based dialogue across human rights, conflict, environment, business ethics, climate risk and corporate governance, and have sat on every side of the process, in companies, at investors, in industry bodies and at service providers. They know what matters to each party and how to move a dialogue forward.
Investors reviewing their engagement providers want a direct say in what is engaged. The investor chooses the companies, themes and outcomes. We carry out the engagement and report the evidence.
We offer three services that work together. Norms-based engagement is the core of what we do. Conflict-focused and client-directed engagement extend it to the risks and priorities that matter most to each investor.
Sustained dialogue with companies in breach of international standards: the UN Global Compact, the OECD Guidelines, the UN Guiding Principles and ILO conventions. New cases are flagged, assessed and admitted based on established research screens. The aim is a demonstrable and committed change in corporate behaviour.
Commissioned engagements on the companies, sectors or themes that matter to a portfolio and its beneficiaries. The investor sets issuers, objectives, milestones, escalation triggers and reporting fields. Delivered as a fully outsourced service or alongside an in-house programme.
Engagement in conflict-affected and high-risk areas, where standards call for heightened human rights due diligence. Engagement seeks stronger prevention, mitigation and remedy, distinguishing incidents from foreseeable risks. Available from Q1 2027.
Each engagement follows the same six steps, so progress can be compared across companies and explained to beneficiaries, boards and regulators.
We establish what has actually happened by cross-verifying corporate disclosure against independent sources.
Specific, standards-anchored objectives the company can act on and we can measure.
Direct dialogue with senior management and, where needed, the board, on behalf of the investors we represent.
Dialogue-driven insights and regular methodology-driven case reviews.
Where dialogue stalls, agreed further steps, from formal requests to collaborative investor action.
We confirm change against evidence rather than company announcements, and the investor receives the full case record and outcome.
Engagement works when an experienced engagement lead builds a constructive relationship with a company. Our platform was designed by people who have done that work and built new for that purpose. It assembles research, tracks progress, flags priorities and delivers reports, so engagement leads can concentrate on impact and investors have a clear view of every case from commissioning to outcome. Consultation takes place at each stage. Investors can put questions to companies ahead of meetings and receive written summaries. All investment, voting and divestment decisions remain with the investor.
Pension funds, insurers and foundations that need engagement done in their name, to their priorities, with a record they can put in front of beneficiaries, boards and regulators.
Managers who need specialist engagement capacity on norms-based and thematic cases, whether as a fully outsourced service or working alongside an in-house programme.
The founding team of senior engagement leads brings specialist depth across core themes, covering the most consequential risks and opportunities for long-term investment value.
Over 25 years in investor stewardship, spanning academia, data and ratings product development, and proxy voting and engagement practice. Founded Fund Votes Research, a governance data tech company, and led it to acquisition by Morningstar in 2018. Led engagement and proxy voting teams at Morningstar and Sustainalytics. An early leader in NLP analysis of corporate filings. Published on climate action, proxy voting, executive pay.
Over 20 years on environmental, social and human rights issues, grounded in international norms. Led the Global Standards Engagement team at Sustainalytics, and brings that same standards-based practice to CCEP, engaging senior corporate representatives on complex, persistent controversies. Earlier career leading environmental and social projects in East Africa. Chartered Environmentalist and Chartered Scientist.
Over 20 years in business and human rights: due diligence, social auditing, responsible sourcing, grievance mechanisms and gender equality across manufacturing supply chains in Asia. Her PhD research developed the triangulation approach, cross-verifying corporate conduct against independent evidence so that impact can be demonstrated. That approach underpins CCEP's supply chain and labour rights engagements.
Over 15 years in ESG, stewardship and human capital. Has advised institutional investors and engaged boards and senior executives at some of the world's largest listed companies on workforce governance, corporate culture, diversity and inclusion and responsible business practices. Career spans retail, media, technology and financial services, across organisations operating in more than 30 countries.
Launch 1 January 2027, with onboarding through December 2026. We are taking on a limited number of mandates for the 2027 cycle and are happy to discuss coverage, method and terms in confidence.
info@ccengagement.comCommon Capital Engagement Partners is independent and is not affiliated with any ratings, index, data or proxy advisory business.