Clima, Gigantiello (Axa): “Dolomite Conference will be innovative and inclusive”

“We decided to participate in the Dolomite Conference since this was immediately characterized as an innovative, inclusive and concrete initiative”. This was stated by Giacomo Gigantiello, CEO of Axa Italia, on the sidelines of the press conference to present the first ‘Dolomite Conference on the Global Governance of Climate Change. On the Road to Sharm-El-Sheik – The end of the zero-sum games’, conceived by Vision Think Tank, with Axa Italia as main corporate partner, Autostrada per il Brennero as locality partner and in scientific partnership with Bocconi University, the Milan Polytechnic and the Ca ‘Foscari University. “What attracted us was the format based on the inclusion of many different voices, on dialogue and constructive confrontation by all those who want to find concrete solutions to the climate crisis – continued Gigantiello – The exchange of reflections will then translate into a Manifesto, which will be presented at COP 27, the 27th United Nations conference on climate change, scheduled from 6 to 18 November 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt “.” During the three days, Axa will not only be present in quality of partners, but will actively participate with numerous experts in the panels and working tables, so as to really bring our suggestions and listen to the proposals of the other participants – added the CEO of Axa Italia, and then conclude by illustrating the actions implemented by the Insurance group to be more sustainable and help fight climate change – The fight against climate change is one of the pillars of the Axa at a global level and the Group’s shares in this sense are 3: the first concerns investments, with the aim of reaching 26 billion in sustainable assets by 2023 and arriving, by 2050, to have only Net Zero investments ; the second concerns the insurance part and consists in offering customers products with more sustainable solutions; finally, the third action concerns awareness, which we try to spread among the people who work in Axa also through projects aimed at decreasing our carbon footprint, such as the reforestation project of the Axa Forest Tree “.