LifeGate has always promoted change by placing the individual at the centre of lifestyle choices in line with sustainability values. Finance and savings were the missing elements — and they complete this journey.
It is aimed at those who are attentive to both financial returns and sustainable development — institutional investors and savers alike — interested both in achieving a financial return and in making their own contribution to sustainable development. With the partners we have chosen, Sella Gestioni Sgr and MainStreet, we have shared a vision of sustainable finance for the years ahead.
The listing on Borsa italiana's ETFPlus market allows savers to buy or sell units at their bank branches, via home banking or using trading platforms. At the same time, it guarantees investors maximum efficiency and cost transparency.
Impact investing
Some funds already choose to exclude companies or states deemed insufficiently ethical from their universe of possible investments. The policy adopted by the Investimenti Sostenibili LifeGate fund, however, is different.
It is called impact investment, or impact investing. This means that the fund invests in instruments in line with environmental, social and governance aspects (selected through ESG analysis) that have a positive social and environmental impact, generating value and becoming a driver of a virtuous system.
We have done this because LifeGate has always promoted change by placing the individual at the centre of lifestyle choices in line with sustainability values. Finance and managed savings complete this journey. Let me explain. Providing people with tangible tools to direct their own investments can concretely incentivise movement towards the future of a sustainable global economy that is respectful of people and the environment.
Data from the Observatory on sustainable lifestyles
The data we hold from the Osservatorio sullo stile di vita sostenibile shows that 30 per cent of Italians say they have a deep knowledge of sustainable finance, primarily young people between the ages of 24 and 44. The same research also found that 17 per cent of Italians have a predisposition to purchasing sustainable financial products. This is a very positive finding. The target is a slightly older demographic, from 35 to 44 years old. But the most significant finding is that, all else being equal in terms of returns, more than 69 per cent of Italians say they prefer sustainable financial products.
It is an important message that, I recall with great pleasure, we also delivered at the Stock Exchange: there, on the day of the presentation, we were told that they are very proud to host for the first time on the ETFplus market a sustainable mutual fund, and that interest in these products is constantly growing among Italian investors too. At last.
The last piece, but also one of the most important
I have often said that sustainable finance is certainly the last piece of an ethical way of behaving. In daily life, the food we buy, the modes of transport we choose — every action and activity has an impact. It can be destructive. Or it can have a positive impact on the Planet.
The topic of finance and savings is the last piece, but it is perhaps one of the most important, because it can genuinely change things at a global level. Giving people the opportunity to invest their savings in an impact finance framework — one that brings a positive social and environmental impact on society and the environment — can truly redirect enormous investments, money and resources towards a better future. And all of this begins with one's own personal choices.
Savings: the last missing piece for a sustainable lifestyle
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LifeGate has always promoted change by placing the individual at the centre of lifestyle choices in line with sustainability values. Finance and savings were the missing elements — and they complete this journey.
