Insights

This document is an extract of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD[1]) aligned Report released by the company ISS ESG[2] based on its proprietary methodology, in relation to the holdings of Etica Sgr’s Linea Valori Responsabili Funds. All asset classes have been analyzed accordingly to the TCFD recommendations, grouped as follows: Equity Portfolio […]

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 […]

ESG investing: Etica Funds was proud to attend the webinar hosted by FinLantern on May 11, 2021. Our colleagues Arianna Magni, Head of Institutional and International Business Development at Etica Funds, and Alberto Ambrosi, Risk Manager at Etica Funds talked about the distinctive characteristics of Etica Funds: Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI), holistic ESG approach […]

Covid-19: a global response is needed to mitigate financial and economic risks. Etica Funds joins a collaborative dialogue initiative proposed by the ATM network (Access To Medicine), which the company has been a member of since 2019. Around 150 investors have issued a joint call for a just and fair global response to the pandemic, including through full […]

Shareholders for Change, or SfC, is a network of European institutional investors that, as shareholders, are involved in the active engagement of companies. Etica Funds is a founding member of the network and hosted its constitution in 2017. On 25 February 2021, the Sustainable Finance Committee of the German government released its final report: “Shifting […]

a|impacte is the closed-end fund promoted by Avanzi and Etica, which was created to support the development and growth of innovative SMEs and start-ups whose mission is to generate a positive social, environmental and cultural impact on the community. Recently, the fund chose to invest in Mygrants, an innovative start-up on digital education for asylum […]

H&K Responsible Investment Brand Index 2020: Etica Funds ranks sixth and is the first and only Italian firm among Europe’s top 10 asset management companies most “genuinely committed” to sustainability. Etica has burst onto the H&K Responsible Investment Brand Index, immediately entering the top 10 as an Avant-Gardist manager in the ESG area, therefore demonstrating a […]

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 […]

Etica Funds was recently guest of a call dedicated to institutional investors organized by SharingAlpha. During the call it was possible to present insights into alpha generation from several leading managers. The Etica speech was given by Arianna Magni, Head of the Institutional and International Business Development Department at Etica Sgr. Etica Funds, that this […]