Environment

Plastic pollution: a global agreement – the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment – supported by Etica Funds and hundreds of entities including businesses, public bodies, associations and NGOs, calls on all stakeholders to reduce plastic packaging and eliminate the problem at source. In early November, two years after the signing of the agreement , the second […]

The Science Based Targets initiative was launched with the aim of getting responsible investors involved in directing companies to set ambitious climate change mitigation targets to ensure that their actions are in line with the goals set by the 2015 Paris Climate Conference. Etica is one of 137 financial institutions worldwide that participate in the […]

Etica Funds signs the finance world’s commitment to biodiversity (Finance for Biodiversity Pledge). Our company is the only Italian business 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 originated from a group of European […]

This content is an extract of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD[1]) aligned Report released by the company ISS ESG in relation to the positioning of Etica Sgr’s Linea Valori Responsabili Funds. All asset classes have been analyzed accordingly to the TCFD recommendations, grouped as follows: Equity Portfolio; Corporate Bonds Portfolio and Sovereign […]

This content is an extract of the <strong>Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD<a href=”#_ftn1″ name=”_ftnref1″>[1]</a>) aligned Report released by the company ISS ESG. It details results for the analysis conducted, for the first year, on the Fund Etica Impatto Clima (Linea Futuri Responsabli) which investment strategy is focused on climate change related topics, among […]

Deforestation: investors can play an important role in the fight against this rampant scourge. Sustainable and responsible investment choices reward companies that protect forests and, vice versa, exclude those that do not have a specific anti-deforestation policy. Ceres (Coalition for Environmentally Responsible EconomieS) has published a framework that aims to provide investors with more information […]

The carbon footprint is a calculation of the climate change gases emitted by a product, organization or individual. We use this rigorous assessment of sustainability to give us an accurate measure of the environmental impact of our investments, which is taken into account during our analysis of securities. The environmental impact of our investments Etica […]

Riduzione dell’inquinamento da plastica: una sfida che abbiamo deciso di affrontare sottoscrivendo lo scorso ottobre un accordo globale per eliminare il problema alla fonte. Insieme a noi hanno firmato l’accordo molti dei principali produttori di imballaggi in plastica e grandi aziende multinazionali, nonchè governi, università e ONG. Oggi le organizzazioni che hanno sottoscritto l’accordo sono diventate 350 (+40% in meno di sei mesi). Tutte guidate dalla visione comune di un’economia circolare per la riduzione dell’inquinamento da plastica e la salvaguardia dei nostri Oceani.

The project for reforestation of the Veneto region provides for the breeding of thousands of new trees, which will then be planted in the forests of Northern Italy destroyed last year by the Vaia Mediterranean cyclone. It is difficult to forget those images depicting endless expanses of trees razed to the ground, as a result of heavy rainfall and extraordinary gusts of wind of over […]

The carbon footprint is a calculation of the climate change gases emitted by a product, organization or individual. We use this rigorous assessment of sustainability to give us an accurate measure of the environmental impact of our investments, which is taken into account during our analysis of securities. The environmental impact of our investments Etica […]