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This document is part of a series published by Mirova to illustrate our approach to sustainability sector-by-sector. We aim to address solutions, risks, and how we optimize impact through investment. This fifth paper focuses on environmental, social and governance issues of pharmaceuticals and medical products.
This document is part of a series published by Mirova to illustrate our approach to sustainability sector-by-sector. We aim to address solutions, risks, and how we optimize impact through investment. This sixth paper focuses on environmental, social and governance issues of retail, apparel and household.
The energy, industry, buildings and transport sectors together currently account for three quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions, with mobility alone representing no less than 24% of CO2 emissions caused by energy combustion1. To limit global warming in accordance with the goals of the Paris Agreement, financing the transition of transport towards low-carbon mobility constitutes both an ecological imperative and an opportunity for positive impact investment.
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The concept of impact investing is increasingly prevalent in the financial industry. At Mirova, impact serves as a core structural feature of our corporate purpose. Every day, our teams are committed at the side of our clients to provide them with investment solutions that aim to reconcile financial performance with positive environmental and social impact.
The concept of impact investing is increasingly prevalent in the financial industry. Yet there is, to date, no clear consensus on what this notion comprises, nor on the financial sector’s exact relationship to reorienting our economies towards sustainable development. At Mirova, certainly, impact serves as a core structural feature of our corporate purpose. Therefore wa wanted to clarify our vision of impact
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.
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.
