Our environmental, social and governance commitments

For 25 years, Aquiti has adopted a strategy of responsible investment by financing regional projects that contribute to the development of the local economic fabric, job creation and improving the quality of life in the regions.

Co-founder of the association 1PACTE.

Aquiti has also been pro-active in being founding members of the 1pacte association, located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, whose objective is to contribute to the development of future environmentally responsible and sustainable business models.

Aquiti is a founding member of the association 1pacte (law 1901), whose President is Cindy Charlot.The association’s member managers sign a mutual aid pact to:

1/ That their companies reduce their footprint on the planet and the living (climate, biodiversity, resources),
2/ Think and act to implement and promote business models that reconcile planetary boundaries and economic performance.

Signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment.

We are a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), and we will perform our first mandatory PRI Reporting in 2024.

Gender Parity & Value Sharing.

Aquiti is a signatory of the France Invest Charter’, which aims to promote Gender Parity among private equity players and the companies they support.We are signatories to the Charter of Commitment on Value Sharing.
The signatories of this charter declare that they are in favour of sharing value with employees and commit to playing a leading role with their participations.

Label « Relance ».

In 2023, Aquiti's RNA fund was labeled « Relance » (French Label).The «Relance» label recognizes funds that commit to quickly mobilize new resources to support the equity and quasi-equity of French companies, listed or not.
The objective is to direct the savings of savers and professional investors towards these investments that meet the financing needs of the French economy following the health crisis. Labeled funds must also meet a set of environmental, social and good governance (ESG) criteria.

RNA - Annexe Information Périodique

Our core Policies.

Climate Policy

Aquiti has adopted a Climate Policy to formalize its commitment to limit global warming through asset management.

Our Climate Policy applies to all stocks, bonds and current account advances (investment portfolios managed by Aquiti.).
Climate Policy

Exclusion Policy

Aquiti's Exclusion Policy defines a list of investments it considers incompatible with its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) values and approach.

This policy applies to all funds managed by Aquiti, whether they are Article 6, 8 or 9 funds within the meaning of the SFDR regulations.
Exclusion Policy

Our ESG Charter

Our ESG Charter defines the principles that apply to all our stakeholders, and in particular to our employees, investments and co-investors.
ESG Charter

Principal Adverse Impacts.

Management Company
As Aquiti Gestion is below the thresholds of the SFDR Directive, the management company is not required to declare PAIs.
2. Funds
a. Article 8 SFDR regulation
The objective of the FPCI RNA is to invest in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region in an economic activity that contributes to an environmental and/or social objective as well as in human capital consistent with the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI).Please note that in accordance with the FPCI's regulations, RNA does not have a sustainable investment objective, has not opted for principal negative impacts (PAI) on sustainability factors and therefore does not report negative impact indicators on sustainability factors.

b. Article 6 SFDR regulation
The FPCI NACI 1 and the SCR Aquitaine Création Investissement (ACI) and Poitou Charentes Expansion (PCE), given their nature, do not fall under Articles 8 and 9 as defined in Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27/11/2019. In this sense, they do not specifically take into account the main negative impacts in their investment strategy on sustainability factors.