Our governance

Our governance

Sep 28, 2018

QIC’s active Board, committees and tailored policies and standards provide the perspective and structure for efficiency and integrity in corporate governance.

Our governance and accountability measures are well-designed to ensure these structures perform their duties to responsibly further our objectives and targets.

QIC has a corporate structure with clearly drawn lines of accountability and delegations of authority. Adherence to QIC’s policies and standards, including the Code of Conduct and Ethics, is required at all times, and the Board actively promotes a culture of risk awareness, quality and integrity.

Our staff are required to observe a high level of professional conduct when undertaking their business activities and respecting our core values of passion, engagement, innovation, excellence and achievement.

Corporate governance and risk management

We place considerable importance on effective risk management, and have adopted a formal Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) framework designed to proactively identify, assess and manage risk.

We apply a ‘three lines of defence’ approach to managing risks and compliance obligations. This forms part of QIC’s broader Governance, Risk and Compliance Framework, which includes relevant board committees, executives, investment teams, the Risk, Governance and Tax (RGT) division and audit function.

QIC’s ‘Three Lines of Defence’

QIC Policies and Executive Standards

More information on QIC’s governance framework is available at http://www.qic.com/about-qic/corporate-information/corporate-governance.

Underlying this corporate governance framework, QIC has a robust internal framework designed to provide the rigour and challenge required to deliver the performance expectations of our clients.

QICGRE governance forums

Within QICGRE, we take careful consideration of the governance forums in place to ensure they are aligned with QIC forums and objectives, and provide robust oversight of our business.

Cross-function meeting structure

Internal forums overview guide

Ethics and integrity

At QIC, we believe it is the responsibility of all staff to ensure their personal conduct and behaviour is at all times professional, ethical and lawful.

We maintain a corporate Code of Conduct and Ethics policy which all staff are required to review and acknowledge on an annual basis.

QIC’s Code of Conduct and Ethics is a broad framework of the required behaviours which apply to everyone who works at QIC.

QIC's Code of Conduct and Ethics

Report contact

To find out more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) work at QIC, contact:

Michael Maranta
National Sustainability Manager
07 3360 3800

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