Rome, 14 October 2021 - Atlantia SpA announces that today’s meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors, chaired by Fabio Cerchiai, has approved the “Policy for Engagement with the Generality of Shareholders, Investors and other Stakeholders” and the “Responsible Investment Policy”.
The two Policies form part of the radical overhaul of Atlantia’s governance, launched in 2020 in line with its strategy, mission and values.
ENGAGEMENT POLICY
Atlantia believes that the effective involvement of shareholders, investors and other stakeholders helps to improve financial and non-financial performance, in keeping with the primary goal of achieving sustainable long-term success.
Atlantia’s sustainable growth model aims to create added value for all the Company’s stakeholders, whilst also contributing to the achievement of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs).
In line with these principles, the Policy extends engagement activities to include stakeholders directly involved in activities of the Company. In addition to procedures to be followed by investors submitting Engagement Requests, the Policy also gives the Company the option of organising forms of dialogue designed to gauge the market’s views on important issues or on matters that are in any event of interest to Atlantia by issuing Engagement Invitations (https://www.atlantia.com/en/governance/engagement).
RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT POLICY
In adopting the Responsible Investment Policy, Atlantia intends to strengthen its investment strategy by assuming an active role in implementing the EU’s principles of sustainable finance. The Policy applies the recommendations of the European Union’s new sustainable finance strategy aiming at steering the flow of capital towards sustainable investments with the end of facilitating concrete implementation of the ambitious goals in the Paris Climate Agreement and the Commission’s Action Plan on financing sustainable growth.
In applying these principles, the Policy aims to integrate the risks and opportunities linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the selection and assessment of new business opportunities and into the strategic guidance issued to investees, with the goal of creating sustainable long-term value.
For this purpose, the Policy sets out principles and tools to be applied in selecting and defining investments, in line with the UN Global Compact principles (https://www.atlantia.com/en/governance/responsible-investment).
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Both policies are available on the Company’s website.