International campaigns

In august 2015 Etica Sgr signed the Montréal Carbon Pledge, an initiative supported by the UN PRI where institutional investors commit to measure and publicly disclose the carbon footprint of their investment portfolios on an annual basis. Every year Etica Sgr will therefore compute the carbon footprint of its equity investments and will share the […]

The Executive Committee of PRI responsible for engagement activities on the issue of palm oil, asked Etica Sgr to sponsor another fundamental step in the battle against deforestation in Indonesia, by signing a letter addressed to the President of Indonesia, Jowoki, asking for his support in stopping deforestation and the destruction of the peat bogs. […]

The PRI Network asked Etica Sgr to adopt an initiative aimed at supporting worldwide stock exchanges for the definition of guidelines for publishing ESG information by the end of 2016 with the aim of a greater transparency of uniformity. While many companies have begun to report on ESG issues, this information is often not enough […]

The PRI Network has invited Etica Sgr to join an initiative aimed at obtaining from companies across the world greater commitment in adopting and implementing policies concerning the management of issues relating to climate change. The initiative consists of signing a letter to be sent to various companies, urging them to develop their own coherent […]

Last August ICCR members sent a letter to 34 companies, both listed and unlisted, operating in the food sector, mass distribution and the media, to raise their awareness on the problem of childhood obesity. The initiative’s leader is the American responsible management company Boston Common Asset Management, one of the main partners of Etica SGR’s […]

This initiative concerns the topic of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and the agreement made between Europe and the United States known as TTIP (Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership) or also TAFTA (TransAtlantic Free Trade Agreement), i.e. the agreement regarding free trade between the two continents. The members of ICCR prepared a letter to be sent to […]

Three major incidents have occurred at clothing factories in Bangladesh in the last six months (in November, April and May), causing a total of 1,500 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries. The ICCR network has taken steps to prepare an investor statement on the issue of human rights, particularly on health and safety in the workplace along the supply chain […]

In line with what has been done since 2007, on 26 September 2014 Etica SGR joined the “Cotton” campaign to raise the awareness of the Uzbek government and to ask it to stop the incessant human rights violations of both children and adults. The campaign was promoted by various organisations for the defence of human […]

In August 2014, together with the members of the ICCR and PRI, Etica SGR signed a statement of intent with the aim of giving a voice to the financial community on the occasion of the United Nations Summit on Climate Change that was held in September 2014. The statement (“2014 Global Investor Statement on Climate […]