Standards & Culture

Further information regarding DDJ’s signatory status and the Principles for Responsible Investment can be found at www.unpri.org. DDJ has also developed a Responsible Investment Policy and is committed to integrating ESG risk factors into its investment process, which entails a bottom-up fundamental approach to each investment opportunity. A copy of DDJ’s 2018 UNPRI Transparency Report can be found here, as well as on the UNPRI website. The primary objective of the report is to enable signatory transparency with respect to responsible investing activities and to facilitate dialogue between investors and their clients, beneficiaries and other stakeholders.

SOC 1 reports are examination engagements performed by an independent service auditor (CPA) in accordance with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) 18, Reporting on Controls at a Service Organization. A Type 2 engagement examines the suitability of the design and operating effectiveness of controls throughout a specified period, which for DDJ covers successive annual periods. As a result of this engagement, DDJ’s clients are able to gain additional insights regarding DDJ’s controls and the effectiveness of those controls, in addition to an independent assessment of whether the controls were placed in operation, suitably designed, and operating effectively. 

DDJ has registered its claim of GIPS compliance with the CFA Institute, and its claim of compliance has been independently verified. Further information regarding GIPS can be found at www.gipsstandards.org.

Accordingly, DDJ has adopted a robust professional development program, which encourages and sponsors employees to pursue and maintain relevant industry certifications, such as CFA, CIPM, and IACCP, and degrees, such as an MBA, at accredited colleges and universities. Furthermore, on a yearly basis, DDJ provides its employees with a specific dollar allowance to attend industry or job-related seminars, conferences and webinars.

DDJ has established a dedicated Community Service Committee, which meets quarterly and comprises representatives from multiple DDJ teams. DDJ takes pride in the variety and commitment of its community-driven activities as well as the contributions of its employees throughout each year, including:

• Seasonal drives: United Way Thanksgiving Project, Friends of Boston’s Homeless Sock Drop Drive, MSPCA Nevins Farm, and Fresh Start Furniture bank.
• Annual donations: Waltham Police and Fire Department, and United Way.
• Annual sponsorship: JP Morgan Corporate Challenge and Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation.
• Company-sponsored employee participation: Read-to-a-Child lunchtime program benefiting grade schoolers at a local elementary school, and New England Center for Homeless Veterans Gift-a-Vet Program.
• Employee-driven sponsorship: Pan-Mass Challenge bike-a-thon benefiting the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Children’s Trust and United Way Mass Bay and Merrimack Valley.

In addition, DDJ maintains an Employee Volunteer Time-off Policy, in which employees may use up to eight hours of paid time off per calendar year to volunteer time with a charitable organization of his or her choice.