Environment

Etica Sgr signed the Paris Pledge for Action, an initiative promoted by the French Government and supported by various international networks, including the United Nation’s PRI. The Paris Pledge is a public memorandum of understanding created during COP21 in Paris aimed at pushing all investors, companies, organisations and NGOs to sign and confirm their strong […]

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 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 […]

2 May, Milan – “Terra Viva”, the manifesto for a new social, economic and agricultural agreement, was presented at Cascina Triulza, the pavilion of Civil Society at Expo 2015. The event was also attended by the environmentalist Vandana Shiva, Ugo Biggeri of Banca Etica and Etica Sgr, Don Luigi Ciotti of Libera and Maurizio Martina, […]

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 […]