International campaigns

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tax havens and offshore companies: Etica Funds is one of the co-signatories of an engagement initiative targeting the US Congress to support the Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act. The law was unveiled during a meeting of the US House Committee on Financial Services and aims to propose CbCR for listed companies. The letter […]

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 […]

No to racism: Etica Funds has signed a statement pledging solidarity and a call to action. The story of George Floyd in Minnesota and his last words, “I can’t breathe,” filmed on a mobile phone, made headlines the world over and turned the spotlight back on racism. Like all problems never really solved, the spark […]

Too many hurdles and too much red tape on ESG investments: Etica Funds signs a letter to the United States Department of Labor (DOL). DOL’s ESG investment proposal The DOL presented a guideline that aims to clarify the application of fiduciary duties of prudence under the 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for ESG […]

With a view to a sustainable economic recovery, Etica Funds has signed an open letter to EU leaders to implement concrete actions for sustainable development after the COVID-19 emergency and to accelerate the transition to a zero-emission economy in line with the Paris Agreement and the EU’s goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050. The […]

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 […]