International campaigns

Deep seabed mining. Etica Funds has always been committed to giving a voice to issues relating to the protection and preservation of biodiversity in the financial world. In 2023, it signed the Global Financial Institutions Statement to Governments on Deep Seabed Mining, coordinated by the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation. Today, the statement has more than […]

Etica Sgr, insieme a un gruppo di investitori istituzionali internazionali ha supportato un Investor Statement dedicato all’EU ETS (European Emissions Trading System), il principale strumento europeo per la riduzione delle emissioni di gas serra nei settori energivori e industriali. Nel documento, promosso dai network PRI e IIGCC, gli investitori sottolineano il ruolo cruciale di un […]

Etica Funds, in collaboration with the international coalition Stop Killer Robots, issues an urgent appeal to the investment community: it is necessary to promote international regulation of autonomous weapon systems—technologies capable of identifying and striking targets without human control. The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence in the military sphere is opening scenarios that raise profound […]

Etica Funds, together with 160 international financial institutions from 29 countries, has signed the Finance Statement on Plastic Pollution issued by UNEP FI (a collaboration between the United Nations Environment Programme and the global financial sector), UN PRI, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, the Business Coalition, the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO), and […]

Biodiversity and nature: Etica Funds endorses Spring, the new United Nations’ PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) initiative, designed to conserve biodiversity and combat its gradual loss. Biodiversity encompasses all forms of life, from the immense rainforests to the microscopic bacteria residing in the soil: essentially, it is the fabric that holds the planet – and […]

Etica Funds signed in 2020 the finance world’s commitment to biodiversity (Finance for Biodiversity Pledge). Etica, at the time of its launch, was the only Italian company among the 26 signatories to the finance world’s commitment to biodiversity (Finance for Biodiversity Pledge). The finance world’s commitment The Finance for Biodiversity Pledge is a collective document that […]

Dire, fare, disarmare. Ethical finance places humanity and the planet at the center of economic and financial activity. Furthermore, it aims to reformulate the purposes and means of finance to create economic value while enhancing the common good

Fiscal transparency: in June 2022, Etica Funds, Greater Manchester Pension Fund and Missionary Oblates filed a motion with shareholders of Cisco Systems. The fiscal transparency motion presented to Cisco The proposal calls for the company to publish a tax transparency report aligned with the GRI Tax Standard, including a tax strategy and a country-by-country breakdown […]

Corporate environmental transparency: in June 2022 Etica Funds, along with 263 investors in 29 countries, signed up to a campaign to encourage companies with a significant environmental impact to publish their data through CDP, the global non-profit organisation that manages the leading environmental disclosure system in the world. Corporate environmental transparency: Etica Funds with CDP […]