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Kestrel Group, Ltd..

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Ethical Profile

Mixed.

Kestrel Group Ltd., an insurance fronting service, has a business model with limited direct impact on many ethical areas like public health, fair trade, and animal welfare. The company maintains a whistleblower and an anti-bribery and corruption policy, but details on their effectiveness are not publicly available. For cybersecurity, Kestrel Group Ltd. reports using Keycloak for identity management and employing a threat-hunting approach with simulated intrusion tests. However, comprehensive data on data breaches or AI ethics governance is not disclosed. A carbon reduction plan targeting emissions by 2030 is attributed to Kestrel Ophthalmics Ltd, a separate entity, not Kestrel Group Ltd.

Value Scores

Better Health for All-60
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect-10
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business0
-100100
Kind to Animals0
-100100
No War, No Weapons0
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business0
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech0
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products0
-100100

Better Health for All

-60

Kestrel Coal Resources' core business is metallurgical coal production, which inherently carries health risks, evidenced by five fatal incidents in the Queensland mining industry prior to August 2022, and five workers seriously injured in a gas explosion on May 6, 2020.

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The company's total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR) was 3.9 per 100 people/year (below industry average of 5.9), and serious accident frequency rates reduced from 2.6 to 0.6 during the reporting period.
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However, <1.5% of over 480 monitoring events in 2019/20 exceeded exposure limits for respirable coal or silica dust.
3
The company's risk management is aligned to International Standard 31000:2018, and it publicly reports carbon emissions under NPI & NGER requirements.
4
Kestrel Coal Resources' carbon footprint for FY20 was 1,103,999t CO2-e.
5
The company offered flu vaccinations to its workforce and families in 2020 and maintains an independent employee assistance program (Gryphon Psychology).
6
Kestrel Coal Resources implemented a COVID-19 response, including site closure to non-essential personnel, health declarations, health surveillance, social distancing, and intensive cleaning.
7
The company supports community groups in Emerald and Central Highlands and plans to develop an inclusion strategy.
8
Kestrel Coal Resources won an award for its Healthy Lifestyle Challenge, which focused on creating healthy habits.
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The company also supports programs to open pathways for people, such as health and education, and encourages balanced eating behaviors through the Kestrel Healthy Lifestyle Challenge.
10

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

0

No evidence available to assess Kestrel Group, Ltd. on Fair Money & Economic Opportunity.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

-10

All employees at Kestrel are engaged through formal Enterprise Agreements and contracts.

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The company's Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) was 3.9 per 100 people/year.
2
Female gender representation is 6%, a decrease of 2%, and excluding underground mining roles, female representation is 9.2%.
3
The employee turnover rate was 7.1%.
4
Kestrel received whistleblower reports during the 2020 reporting period, which were independently investigated and resolved.
5
The workforce consists of 67% full-time employees and 33% FTE contractors.
6

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

No specific, quantitative evidence for KG.US (Kestrel Group, Ltd.) regarding fair trade and ethical sourcing practices was found in the provided articles. The articles refer to specific subsidiaries or related entities (Kestrel Coal Resources Pty Ltd, Kestrel Procurement, Kestrel Consultancy Group)

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but do not explicitly state that their practices or metrics apply company-wide to KG.US, as per the scoring rules.

Honest & Fair Business

0

No specific, concrete evidence was found in the provided articles for any of the KPIs related to Honest & Fair Business for KG.US (Kestrel Group, Ltd.). While some articles mention general ethics policies or anti-bribery policies for entities like Kestrel Coal Resources Pty Ltd

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or Kestrel Liner Agencies
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, these are subsidiaries and the evidence does not explicitly state company-wide scope for KG.US. Furthermore, the articles do not provide any quantitative data, details on policy implementation, or enforcement outcomes required by the rubric. Therefore, all KPIs must be omitted due to lack of direct and specific evidence for the specified company.

Kind to Animals

0

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles to score any of the 'Kind to Animals' KPIs for KG.US (Kestrel Group, Ltd.). While 'Kestrel Foods' is mentioned as focusing on 'ethical sourcing' and 'investing in reforestation', these statements are too general and lack the specific, measurable details required by the rubric for any KPI.

1
The Mauritius kestrel conservation project, which shows measurable impact, is explicitly attributed to ZSL and its partners/sponsors, with KG.US not listed among them.
2
Information regarding 'Kestrel ESG' primarily concerns sustainability in the fixed income market and does not provide direct evidence for animal welfare metrics.
3

No War, No Weapons

0

No information regarding Kestrel Group, Ltd. (KG.US) was found in the provided articles. The articles discuss other companies and general policies, but do not contain any specific data points or facts pertaining to KG.US for any of the ethical value's KPIs.

Planet-Friendly Business

0

No specific, quantitative evidence was found for Kestrel Group, Ltd. (KG.US) that directly addresses the defined KPIs for Planet-Friendly Business. While provided emissions data and reduction targets for Kestrel Ophthalmics Ltd, this information pertains to a single subsidiary and is not stated to be company-wide for KG.US.

1
Other articles describe Kestrel's services in sustainability analysis and green bond verification, or discuss general concepts of sustainable design, but do not provide performance metrics for KG.US itself.
2

Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

The provided articles do not contain any specific, quantitative data points or concrete facts that can be used to assess Kestrel Group, Ltd. (KG.US) against the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' ethical value. Articles primarily focus on financial or merger-related information. While one article mentions community engagement efforts and partnerships, it explicitly states the absence of specific metrics for all relevant KPIs, including the number of formal partnerships, revenue reinvested locally, cultural appropriation incidents, cultural impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, grievance mechanisms, FPIC participation, community governance inclusion, cultural preservation investment, local procurement share, indigenous supplier count, cultural site protection, social license operations, charitable giving, community fund allocation, language inclusivity, cultural incident response, and cultural training completion.

1

Safe & Smart Tech

0

Kestrel Group's privacy policy states that users can request data correction or removal, which aligns with industry-standard user privacy controls.

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The company also indicates it collects only necessary data, which is a standard data collection practice.
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Furthermore, Kestrel Group's privacy policy explicitly mentions compliance with the UK Data Protection Act, indicating basic adherence to relevant privacy regulations.
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The company is also mentioned as part of the Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA), which promotes open standards and collaboration in cybersecurity, reflecting a neutral stance on digital rights issues.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

0

No evidence available to assess Kestrel Group, Ltd. on Zero Waste & Sustainable Products.

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