Disarmament and arms limitation are essential to enhancing international peace and security, as well as for the economic and social advancement of all peoples. For this reason, weapons and the defence sector are one of the recurrent engagement issues for SfC members. During the summer meeting hosted in Milan, SfC members had the opportunity to present ongoing projects regarding the arm sector,[…]
The SfC Summer Meeting 2025 provided an opportunity for in-person active engagement with Pirelli and to continue the discussion among SfC members of the critical shareholding working group. The engagement with Pirelli Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is an Italian multinational based in the city of Milan and one of the largest tyre manufacturers. During the meeting,[…]
On April 24, SfC – Fondazione Finanza Etica (FFE), an Italian member of Shareholders for Change (SfC), opened its 2024 critical shareholding season by speaking at the annual general meeting (AGM) of insurance giant Generali in Trieste. Representing also other SfC-affiliated investors — including ABS, Ecofi, FormaFutura, fair-finance, and Sanso — the foundation used the occasion to continue pressing Generali on[…]
In recent weeks, our Italian member Fondazione Finanza Etica and the Secretariat of Shareholders for Change collaborated on the drafting of the ‘Principles for Transition Investing’, promoted by the organisation Better Finance (The European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users). The ‘Principles’ are part of a broader report, ‘Shareholder Engagement and Transition of Capital Flows’, published[…]
Vivendi’s spin-off project In December 2023, Vivendi – the media conglomerate which is part of the French stock index CAC40 – announced a new spin-off project consisting of the listing of the Canal+ branch on the London Stock Exchange, the Havas branch on Euronext Amsterdam, and its publishing activities through a holding (named Louis Hachette Group) on the Paris Euronext Growth[…]
The Swiss SfC member Ethos Foundation, together with DSW, the European association of private investors Better Finance, and the SfC network, has launched a new engagement campaign calling on Germany’s largest listed companies to stop holding virtual-only general meetings and to instead opt for a hybrid model. Together, the promoters represent more than €350 billion in assets under management. At the end[…]
In June, at the annual summer meeting, SfC members met with representatives of three of the major rating agencies to discuss of the assessment process of companies involved in ESG incidents. In June, the members of Shareholders for Change gathered at the headquarters of Ethos Foundation in Geneva for the annual summer[…]
SfC member Forma Futura engaged Lindt & Sprüngli asking for explanations on the media allegations regarding child labour in various cocoa plantations. In January 2024, a report by SRF (the German-speaking Swiss television) uncovered cases of child labour on various cocoa plantations in Ghana, from which also the Swiss chocolate producer Lindt & Sprüngli sources some of its cocoa,[…]
Recently, our Swiss member Ethius Invest has been thoroughly working on quality control regarding animal testing within the pharmaceutical industry. Based on their findings, they have started to engage ESG rating companies to double check their assessments regarding animal rights exclusionary criteria. According to a survey by the German comparison portal operator Verivox, in the[…]
The chemical sector accounts for nearly 6% of GHG emissions globally.We need an urgent system-wide transformation to address the climate crisis and avoid climate disaster. In 2021, the responsible investment NGO ShareAction launched an engagement campaign targeting the 13 biggest European chemical companies. The goal? Persuading them to adopt credible strategies aligned with the[…]