(Finance) – Amundi SGR announces its entry into Open-esthe system initiative aimed at strengthening collaboration between all companies and accompanying them in measurement and improvement of ESG performance.
Open-es is an alliance which brings together the industrial, financial, associative and institutional world on a digital platform, to support companies in the growth process on the dimensions of sustainability. A platform free and flexible which allows all companies to start a guided path that dynamically follows the ESG maturity level of the company itself. LThe initiative today involves around 19,000 companies operating in 66 industrial sectors and thanks to an inclusive and collaborative approach, it constitutes a virtuous community of companies committed to achieving ESG objectives.
Entry into this alliance will allow Amundi to offer companies in the Open-es network tools to invest in their sustainable growth path. Thanks to management of PIR and Eltif fundsAmundi SGR has acquired a profound knowledge of the fabric of Italian SMEslisted and unlisted, and is capable of concretely support them in the implementation of its sustainable growth plans through the provision of contributions in line with its needs, enhancing the ESG component in the definition of investments. Amundi will also make its experience in the social security sector available to SMEs in the community, through the offer of open pension funds and the management of ESG pension mandates.
Gabriele TavazzaniCEO of Amundi SGR, declared that “joining Open-es is consistent with Amundi’s positioning as a responsible investor and with its vocation to prepare investment solutions in the interests of customers and society. The pension challenge is particularly strong in countries like Italy whose demographic dynamics highlight the vulnerability of public systems and require solutions from the private sector”.