Partnerships and memberships

In 2021, Ethias confirmed its commitment as a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact and the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment.

Ethias confirmed in 2021 its commitment as a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, which promotes the integration of sustainability criteria into investment processes.

Ethias applies an exclusion policy aligned with the Towards Sustainability label, ensures compliance, manages related risks and communicates transparently and regularly on the criteria used.

BACA is a Belgian initiative led by The Shift and WWF that aims to encourage the adoption of a science-based approach to reduce the environmental impact of companies.

The Climate Action 100+ initiative, consisting of 617 global investors, aims to ensure that the (165) largest emitters of greenhouse gases take the necessary action on climate change.

PBAF is a partnership of 30 financial institutions working together to develop the "PBAF standard", which enables financial institutions to assess and disclose the biodiversity impacts and dependencies of loans and investments.

The Women in Finance charter is an initiative of the financial sector (Belgian Financial Forum) and various institutions founded by Women in Finance Belgium. Bringing together financial organisations helped to promote gender balance and share good practices.

For several years, Ethias has been promoting biodiversity and the protection of bees by installing beehives in green spaces around its buildings in Alleur and Hasselt. In 2022, Ethias is strengthening its efforts to protect biodiversity by joining forces with Natuurpunt to safeguard the Zwarte Beek valley in Lummen. It is one of the last peat areas in Flanders, currently under great pressure due to climate change. Thanks to the financial support of Ethias and the Flemish Government, Natuurpunt will be able to acquire the necessary hectares to create a contiguous and robust nature reserve. Water management is at the heart of this project, the objective being to allow this peaty area to regain moisture and thus play its role of storing CO2, stimulating biodiversity, as well as acting as a buffer zone against flooding. For Ethias, the protection of biodiversity is directly linked to its mission as insurer: more biodiversity contributes to the prevention of natural disasters, ultimately reducing the risk of claims and bringing more peace of mind to people and clients who live inhigh-risk areas.

In line with the commitment made in 2021 when joining BACA, Ethias joined SBTi in 2022. This strong commitment aims to file and have validated by an independent body (within a maximum of 2 years), a plan containing intermediate decarbonization targets (based on recognized scientific methods) in order to achieve carbon neutrality in line with the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement.