Aldo is the Stewardship and ESG Networks Manager at Etica Sgr.  Aldo’s work in stewardship involves establishing a dialogue on ESG topics with the investee issuers, managing the advocacy with governments, regulators and standard setters, directing the voting activity, and managing the relations with the networks Etica is a member of, including ICGN, UN PRI, CDP, SfC and ICCR. He also supports the implementation of SRI strategies, and the promotion of sustainable and responsible investments to stakeholders.

Aldo is also active in teaching. He co-leads the ESG Lab at ALTIS Graduate School “Master in sustainable finance. He teaches the Asset Ownership module of the online certification program on “ESG Analysis & Investing” at MIP Politecnico di Milano and CFA Society Italy. Aldo is Adjunct Professor of sustainable and responsible finance at the MSc ERGOLABOS at Cattolica University in Milan, and at the MSc Management of innovation and entrepreneurship at Statale University in Milan. He is also Professor by contract in Sustainable Corporate Finance and ESG at University of Pavia.

Before joining Etica Sgr, Aldo held positions at Citibank International plc, BNP Paribas Asset Management, ECPI and Forum per la Finanza Sostenibile.

Publications: Investimenti Sostenibili (EGEA, 2010); Sviluppo sostenibile e Cina (L’asino d’oro, 2014).Aldo is the Stewardship and ESG Networks Manager at Etica Sgr.  Aldo’s work in stewardship involves establishing a dialogue on ESG topics with the investee issuers, managing the advocacy with governments, regulators and standard setters, directing the voting activity, and managing the relations with the networks Etica is a member of, including ICGN, UN PRI, CDP, SfC and ICCR. He also supports the implementation of SRI strategies, and the promotion of sustainable and responsible investments to stakeholders.

Aldo is also active in teaching. He co-leads the ESG Lab at ALTIS Graduate School “Master in sustainable finance. He teaches the Asset Ownership module of the online certification program on “ESG Analysis & Investing” at MIP Politecnico di Milano and CFA Society Italy. Aldo is Adjunct Professor of sustainable and responsible finance at the MSc ERGOLABOS at Cattolica University in Milan, and at the MSc Management of innovation and entrepreneurship at Statale University in Milan. He is also Professor by contract in Sustainable Corporate Finance and ESG at University of Pavia.

Before joining Etica Sgr, Aldo held positions at Citibank International plc, BNP Paribas Asset Management, ECPI and Forum per la Finanza Sostenibile.

Publications: Investimenti Sostenibili (EGEA, 2010); Sviluppo sostenibile e Cina (L’asino d’oro, 2014).

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Will Farrell

Federated Hermes
Assistant Manager, EOS
London

Will co-leads the climate change theme at EOS, the stewardship arm of Federated Hermes Limited, where his coverage includes companies in Europe and Australia, primarily financial services, energy, chemicals, and materials. Prior to joining EOS, Will worked in the energy and infrastructure investment banking team at Macquarie Capital, where he specialised in renewable energy. Before that, Will held a number of roles across the UK climate policy space, including as a parliamentary researcher for Rt. Hon. Chris Skidmore MP on climate and energy issues, and as a climate and economic policy analyst at a diplomatic institute. He was appointed as a voluntary adviser to Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, President of COP26, on preparations for COP26 after co-founding a Westminster climate policy group in 2019, which engaged MPs and Members of the House of Lords to advocate for more ambition on climate action in public policy. Will has a Bachelor’s degree (1st Class Honours) in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.