Insights

Coronavirus, the scenario and the positioning of the funds of Etica. In light of what is happening on the financial markets in Italy and across the world, we are writing to share with you some thoughts about the current situation and the positioning of our portfolios. Scenario Between the end of 2019 and the start […]

Regarding tax transparency among corporations, Etica Funds has signed the investor letter to the OECD for action on the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project (BEPS) and on Country-by-Country reporting (CbCR). The document incorporates many of the issues contained in another letter signed by Etica Funds and sent last year to the American Financial Accounting […]

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 […]

Plastic pollution: a global agreement supported by Etica SGR and hundreds of stakeholders, including businesses, public bodies, associations and NGOs, to reduce plastic packaging and eliminate the problem at source. Signatories of the Global Commitment, launched on 24 October 2018 by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation together with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), have almost […]

L’engagement rappresenta un elemento imprescindibile del modo di intendere e praticare gli investimenti responsabili. L’obiettivo di questa attività è condurre le imprese verso comportamenti più sostenibili, portandole ad assumere decisioni che prendono in considerazione anche tematiche sociali, ambientali e di buon governo (ESG) nelle proprie politiche aziendali. Tale scelta può portare benefici anche in termini finanziari sia dal punto […]

ESG Risk: recent finance-related events demonstrate how social and environmental irresponsibility expose companies to serious risks, such as reputational and operating risks, which can also affect financial returns.

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 […]

Etica SGR has joined the Access to Medicine Index to recognise everyone’s universal right to access the best possible level of healthcare. This right has not been guaranteed to date since two billion people in the world do not have access to the medicine they need. This includes millions of individuals in low- and middle-income countries who die […]