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Taking Care of Our Environment

Our commitment to the environment is a shared endeavor – across our company, within our city and around the globe. As a Fortune 500®* company, it is our responsibility to do our best and challenge ourselves to do more.
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Reducing Our Carbon Footprint

Throughout our home office campus we have several ongoing sustainability projects, including the use of daylight harvesting. Daylight harvesting is a technology that automatically adjusts interior LED lights based on how much sunlight comes in through exterior windows.

 70,000 square feet of our campus uses daylight harvesting

Energy & Operational Efficiencies

Doing our part to reduce our carbon footprint takes many forms. We continue to pursue technology that helps us become digital-focused and reduce paper billing.

Sorted Office Paper**

97 Tons

Cardboard

24 Tons

Total Recycled Materials

121 Tons

Investing Responsibly

We believe in repeatable practices that balance risk and return while adhering to the investment policies and framework set forth by each individual client.

Fort Washington's Approach to Responsible Investing

A Western & Southern subsidiary founded in 1990, Fort Washington Investment Advisors manages capital across a range of strategies, including public equity, fixed income, multi-asset class solutions, and alternatives such as public equity and private debt. It serves institutional and individual investors both domestically and abroad.

Fort Washington works closely with clients – including Western & Southern – to understand their responsible investment preferences and construct portfolios tailored to their values. They believe in repeatable processes that balance risk and return while adhering to the policies and framework set forth by each individual client.

Responsible Investment in Action

Fort Washington’s investment teams utilize reputable third-party ESG data providers, including MSCI ESG Research and Morningstar Sustainability Ratings, to assess company-, portfolio-, and manager-level exposure to ESG-related risks and opportunities.

  • Environmental: Climate change, resource depletion, renewable energy sourcing, waste management, pollution and deforestation.
  • Social: Working conditions, diversity and discrimination policies, labor practices, health and safety standards, and involvement with alcohol or weapons.
  • Governance: Executive compensation, bribery and corruption, political lobbying, board structure and diversity.
Learn More About Fort Washington's Approach
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A Rigorous ESG Framework for Investment Research

Touchstone Investments engages 15 investment managers to sub-advise its 28 mutual funds and seven exchange-traded funds (ETFs). During 2024, Touchstone laid the groundwork to launch three additional ETFs during the first quarter of 2025.

In conducting due diligence to identify and monitor its investment managers, Touchstone has developed a proprietary and rigorous set of standards evaluating organizational stability, investment personnel credentials, investment process characteristics and consistency, firm infrastructure and performance results while integrating ESG-specific questions that are incorporated into requests for information.

The responses to the questions and the interactions they inspire are integral elements of Touchstone’s asset manager evaluation discipline.

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Want the Full Report?

Our Corporate Responsibility Report highlights our efforts to create value for you and the communities we serve. Accomplishing our mission relies on key practices and policies designed to leave a positive impact on you, our communities and the world.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES

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** Sorted office paper consists of forms and business documents that are recycled and shredded.