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Investing in Sustainability? Yes but how Learn about what happened at Mirova during Q4 2020.
We are proud to have contributed, together with our partner IDH - Sustainable Trade, to the publication of the "Little Investment Book for Nature", which aims to boost the financing of biodiversity protection by presenting a global framework that organises the mechanisms. While some biodiversity protection measures have an economic cost, others are likely to create environmental or social economic value.
As the One Planet Summit Biodiversity, organised by the President of the Republic in partnership with the United Nations and the World Bank, comes to an end, we wanted to go over the announcements made that day as well as the objectives that Mirova had set itself when it published its Biodiversity 2020 Roadmap.
The Alliance has been established by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, under his Sustainable Markets Initiative. HRH The Prince of Wales announced the Alliance today at the One Planet Summit, following the launch of the Terra Carta, a charter that puts sustainability at the heart of the private sector. Aims to mobilise USD 10 billion towards Natural Capital themes across asset classes by 2022.
Paris, 10, December 2020, MIROVA announces it has signed up to become a ‘Mission-led Company’1 , a French accreditation whereby signatories must define their "raison d'être" and one or more social, societal or environmental objectives beyond profit.
Electric and solar vehicle charging expert, DRIVECO has just raised a significant sum of several million euros from MIROVA, the affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable investment. Mirova has invested through its Mirova-Eurofideme 4 fund1, one of Europe’s main investment funds dedicated to renewable energy and energy transition, making it a major shareholder of DRIVECO.
At a time when we, along with five other management companies, have just called on French large caps to establish an action plan to have at least 30% women in their management bodies by 2025, Soliane Varlet, portfolio manager of our equity strategy dedicated to gender equality, looks back on this investment strategy launched by Mirova two years ago.
Six asset management companies representing nearly 3 trillion euros1 in assets under management – Amundi, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), La Banque Postale Asset Management (LBP AM), Sycomore Asset Management, and two firms affiliated with Natixis Investment Managers, Mirova and Ostrum Asset Management, – have created the 30% Club France Investor Group in order to promote better gender diversity within the SBF 1202’s executive management teams.
The Article 173 of the French Law on energy and transition for Green Growth requires French investors to communicate how environmental, social, and governance issues are considered in their investment choices and processes. Going beyond compliance, the annual publication of our impact report is an opportunity for us to demonstrate why and how we have put sustainable development at the core of our investment policies and engagements. It is an opportunity for us to emphasize the way we create environmental and social value, while simultaneously realizing financial performance.
The H&K Responsible Investment Brand Index 2020 just released its latest study, which highlights the asset managers that are leading the way with their commitment to ESG. For the third year in a row, Mirova makes the Top 10 of companies genuinely committed to ESG.
