Commitment & Initiatives

Amundi, a strong commitment to responsible investment

Shareholder voting and dialogue
Since 2003, corporate voting policy also takes into account environmental and social criteria. In order to improve the practices of companies in which it invests and initiating a constructive dialogue with them, Amundi provides advance warning ahead of General Shareholder Meetings of those resolutions that are likely to receive negative votes. Amundi also supports collective shareholder initiatives with the aim of encouraging companies to improve their practices in areas such as fighting climate change, deforestation and improving healthcare in developing countries.
As part of its policy of shareholder dialogue, Amundi also supports a number of collective shareholder initiatives that are coordinated at an international level and that aim to encourage governments to adopt incentives and companies to improve their practices. The areas concerned are climate change, water, deforestation, and healthcare in developing countries. They also seek to persuade the extractive industries to be more transparent in their relations with the countries where they operate.
Amundi supports the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the Global Water Disclosure Project, the Forest Footprint Disclosure project (FFDC), the Access to Medicine Index, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and the Global Compact engagement on leaders and laggards.
Participating in financial market organisations and international think-tanks
Amundi is a founding member of the Observatoire sur la Responsabilité Sociétale des Entreprises (French Study Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility), a member of the Forum pour l’Investissement Responsable (French Sustainable Investment Forum) and Eurosif (European Sustainable Investment Forum), and participates in numerous French and international working groups, as well as the Association Française de Gestion (French Asset Management Association – AFG), the Institut Français des Administrateurs (French Institute of Directors), and the Société Française des Analystes Financiers (French Society of Financial Analysts).
Contributing to research
A founding sponsor of the "Sustainable Finance and Responsible Investment" academic chair backed by the AFG, a sponsor of the Climate Economics Chair and financial backer of the FIR/PIR Finance and Sustainability European Research Award, Amundi actively supports academic research.
Involvement in the promotion of SRI :
  • Strong mobilisation during SRI Week. Sponsored by the French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development, the first SRI Week, which ran from October 3rd to 10th, was organised by the Forum pour l’Investissement Responsable (FIR) in partnership with other associations involved in promoting SRI.
  • TheComité Médicis, a think-tank and working group on sustainable development, and in particular its interaction with the world of finance. The committee meets at the Académie de France in Rome and brings together investors, representatives from the financial sector, experts and philosophers. In June 2010, the committee focused its work on climate change.
Carbon footprint
As part of its corporate social responsibility policy, Amundi carried out a carbon assessment covering all its activities in the year it was formed. This was done with the aim of:
  • preparing an action plan to reduce carbon emissions and identify areas for improvement,
  • raising the awareness of management.
A plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is currently being drawn up by the Bilan Carbone® project team in coordination with General Management in order to reduce Amundi’s carbon footprint over the coming years.
** As per our commitment under the Global Compact