In making investment choices, the integration of financial instrument selection methodologies that take into account ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors, and SRI (sustainable and responsible investment) principles, is a must in pursuing sustainable performances over time.
The asset management industry plays a decisive role in supporting the development of a valid and sustainable system of businesses, with the aim of creating value in the long term for its customers.
Eurizon’s mission stresses the importance of collaborating with the companies in which it invests, to promote new rules and behaviours centred on investment sustainability and high governance standards.
We believe that the companies that take into account ESG factors in their production processes are more likely to achieve sustainable profits over time, and therefore to increase their value, in both economic and financial terms.
Our periodical reports are transparent in showing that investing in ESG funds means not only seeking value in the long term, but also contributing from the start to a more sustainable development, participating in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals laid out by the United Nations.
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Eurizon’s Sustainable and Responsible Investing Executive Policy
Eurizon’s commitment to ESG and SRI themes
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Eurizon is the first AM company in Italy to offer ethical funds which adopt clear and articulated asset selection criteria, a Sustainability Committee, and revenue devolvement |
| 2002 |
Eurizon is co-founder of the UNEPFI Asset Management working group* |
| 2005 |
Eurizon is co-Chair of the UNEPFI Asset Management Working Group, and contributes to the formulation of the six PRI principles |
| 2010 |
Eurizon is Treasurer and member of the UNEPFI Governing Council UNEPFI. |
| 2012 |
Eurizon is founding member of the Business Economy Environment (BEE) group of GLOBE EU at the European Parliament. |
| 2014 |
At the end of 2014, Eurizon underwrites the Italian Stewardship Principles for a responsible exercise of the administrative and voting rights of listed companies. |
| 2015 |
Eurizon, co-Chair of the UNEPFI European Task Force, underwrites the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The firm is a member of the Responsible Investment Working Group of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA). |
| 2016 |
Eurizon is a member of the Banks Environment and Climate Change Working Group of the Italian Banking Association (ABI) |
| 2017 |
Eurizon integrates ESG and SRI principles into its investment process and launches Eurizon Fund Sustainable Global Equity. It becomes a member of the Task Force on Green Finance of the European Banking Federation (EBF) |
| 2018 |
Eurizon launches Eurizon Fund Absolute Green Bonds and chairs the Disclosures, Indices & Metrics working group of European Banking Federation. |
| 2019 |
Eurizon launches new ESG products and creates a dedicated structure of “ESG & Strategic Activism”. |
May 2020 Edition
*UNEP-FI is a network of international investors that work in close collaboration with the UN to share a set of principles inspired by the understanding of investment sustainability mechanisms, by considering environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, and their integration in the investment process.