AmazonScience/document-haystack
Document Haystack Dataset This repository contains the dataset for the paper “Document Haystack: A Long Context Multimodal Image/Document Understanding Vision LLM Benchmark”. 📑 Abstract Paper The proliferation of multimodal Large Language Models has significantly advanced the ability to analyze and understand complex data inputs from different modalities. However, the processing of long documents remains under-explored, largely due to a lack of suitable… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/AmazonScience/document-haystack.
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1ESG AuM (according to our ESG framework)2in € m. 31 Dec 2023 31 Dec 20223ESG AuM – Active 88,212 81,263 4ESG AuM – Passive including Xtrackers 43,333 34,193 5ESG AuM – Alternatives 1,954 1,552 6Total ESG AuM (according to our ESG framework) 133,499 117,007 7Our Investment Approach8GRI 2-23; 2-249Highlights10– In the PRI assessment for the reporting year 2022, we reached 5 stars in two modules and 4 11stars in nine modules of the 12 PRI assessment modules relevant for us.12– In 2023, we continued to operate our engagement framework and have now included 13DWS CH AG in addition to DWS Investment GmbH, DWS International GmbH and 14DWS Investment S.A. Those entities conducted a total of 624 engagements.15Management Approach16We were among the early signatories of the United Nations-backed PRI, which we joined in 172008. As a consequence, we have processes, commitments and policies in place that are 18designed to incorporate ESG factors into the investment process.19Organisational Structure 20The CEO also heads the Investment Division. 21The Investment Division is organised by investment approach (Active, Passive including 22Xtrackers and Alternatives) and regions (Americas, EMEA, APAC), each with tailored 23approaches to the incorporation of ESG factors in the investment process.24The CIO for Responsible Investments reports into the Global Head of Portfolio Management – 25Public Markets. The CIO Office for Responsible Investments supports ESG incorporation for 26the investment platforms of Active, Passive including Xtrackers and Alternatives. The CIO 27Office for Responsible Investments includes:28— Corporate Governance Center29The Corporate Governance Center is organised by regional focus areas to account for 30varying market practice standards and proxy voting operational procedures. For our largest 31management companies in Europe, the Corporate Governance Center defines our 32proprietary standards and expectations for good corporate governance for our portfolios 33and mandates according to the pooled voting rights agreements between DWS Investment 34GmbH, DWS Investment S.A. and for specific portfolio management mandates of DWS 35International GmbH. For our other legal entities that may have their own processes and 36policies in place, the Corporate Governance Center provides guidance and support on 37relevant stewardship topics. 38Our corporate governance understanding builds on over 30 years of experience as active 39owners and is based on relevant national and international legal frameworks and 40associations (e. g., German Corporate Governance Code, the UK Corporate Governance 41Code, International Corporate Governance Network and the Group of Twenty/OECD 42Principles of Corporate Governance). We actively participate in relevant national and 43international investor working groups, as well as providing our input on German and 44European regulatory consultations. 45— ESG Integration team for Active Investment Management46The ESG Integration team for Active Investment Management enables investment 47professionals to integrate material ESG factors into the Active investment process. The 48team also conducts engagements as part of the engagement framework for selected 49holdings of our portfolios and mandates of DWS Investment GmbH, DWS Investment S.A. 50and DWS CH AG and for specific portfolio management mandates of DWS International 51GmbH. 52– ESG Engine and Solutions team53The ESG Engine and Solutions team is responsible for the design and implementation of 54DWS ESG methodologies within our proprietary ESG Engine. The ESG Engine produces key 55assessments, which are the basis for DWS ESG investment strategies (referred to in the 56section ‘Our Product Suite’) and for ESG integration activities. The ESG Engine collects data 57from various sources including leading commercial ESG vendors. For the asset classes 58where data are available, the data are standardised and aggregated to yield ESG 59assessment scores and grades which are used by different functions within DWS. The ESG 60Engine and Solutions team owns the validation of the results produced by the ESG Engine 61in regular update cycles. Throughout 2023, we used five external commercial ESG data 62providers: MSCI ESG, Morningstar Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, S&P TruCost, and ESG Book. The 63data are made available to research analysts and portfolio managers for liquid assets 64through the Aladdin platform and provides support to research, investment decision 65making and for managing ESG strategies. The use of the ESG Engine and the scope of 66application remained unchanged throughout 2023.67 68To our Shareholders Summarised 69Management Report70Consolidated 71Financial Statements Compensation Report Corporate Govern-72ance Statement73Supplementary 74Information DWS 2023 Annual Report75 76Our Responsibility7731 Sustainable Action