Julius van Sambeck, managing director at SfC member Ethius Invest (Switzerland), is the new member of SfC’s Board. Three questions to Julius van Sambeck Shareholder engagement has become a common practice for investment management companies. However, in many cases it is just ‘a pat on the back’ of companies. How can engagement become[…]
Joint shareholder engagement with more than 130 companies and institutions. Focus on climate and environment, ESG policies, and human and worker rights. Today, SfC–Shareholders for Change released its Engagement Report for 2023. In 2023, the 17 members of the network, with a total of over €35bn AUM, jointly engaged 128 companies and three institutions, most[…]
Shareholders for Change released an appeal to say no to AGMs behind closed doors or virtual-only advocating for a hybrid approach that allows both in-person and virtual participation by shareholders. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is an important forum for corporate boards and management to convey the company’s financial position, performance, strategy, and long-term prospects to shareholders.[…]
Marco Carlizzi, Chairman of Etica Funds, spoke at the second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW to read the Investor Statement and renovate the commitment to stop fundings for nuclear weapons Three questions to Marco Carlizzi, Chairman of Etica Funds The 2017 TPNW complements and reinforces the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). What[…]
At the end of November, Etica Funds landed in New York, at the UN headquarters for the second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW. Between 27 November and 1 December, our member Etica Funds attended the second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) at the United Nations headquarters[…]
The second phase of the engagement delivered positive results (except for metal recycling). But there is still room for improvement. Our second research, “Rare metals supply chains“, published by our member Meeschaert Asset Management on behalf of SfC, evidenced potential social and environmental controversies in the supply chains of rare earths (such as Neodymium[…]
On December 11th and 12th, Shareholders for Change’s members gathered at the headquarters of Banca Etica in Padua for our annual winter meeting. During the winter meeting, we had the opportunity to discuss the successes of the current year’s engagements and plan 2024 activities. On the first day, we had the pleasure to have[…]
Alix Ditisheim, ESG Analyst at Phitrust, was elected Vice-President during our Winter Meeting Three question to Alix Ditisheim, ESG analyst at Phitrust Phitrust’s engagement is focused on companies in the French CAC 40 index. In your opinion, what are the main challenges (in terms of ESG criteria) posed by French companies compared to[…]
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[…]
In July, SfC member Ecofi launched a biodiversity engagement campaign with 22 companies selected on the basis of the quality of their biodiversity policies and the severity of their controversies on this topic. Four question to Alix Roy, ESG analyst at Ecofi What is your commitment to biodiversity? We integrated the biodiversity dimension into[…]