Plastic pollution

Etica Funds, together with 160 international financial institutions from 29 countries, has signed the Finance Statement on Plastic Pollution issued by UNEP FI (a collaboration between the United Nations Environment Programme and the global financial sector), UN PRI, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, the Business Coalition, the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO), and […]

Plastic pollution in the sea is one of the gravest environmental threats of our time. Seas and oceans are inundated with plastic, to the point that they form actual islands, known as plastic islands or the great garbage patch. There are currently five — two floating in the Pacific, two in the Atlantic and one […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

Plastic Pollution: Etica Sgr is lending its support to “A line in the sand – The New Plastics Economy”, a global agreement to eliminate the problem at source. The signatories number around 250, including many of the leading manufacturers of plastic packaging and large multinational companies, governments, institutions, universities, and NGOs. “The proper use of resources is of […]