With nearly 3,000 companies engaged in 2025, Amundi is continuing its shareholder engagement initiative to improve their ESG practices
Amundi, the leading European asset manager [1], has published key metrics relating to its corporate engagement and voting activities in 2025. Carried out by a dedicated team of around 40 experts across 5 countries, stewardship is one of the cornerstones of its responsible investment policy. It is based on the conviction that sustainability is fundamental to resilient and long-term economic growth. With the belief that constructive dialogue leads to better outcomes, Amundi aims to deliver a tangible impact on the economy through its engagement and voting activities. A balanced approach, both ambitious and pragmatic, is a solid lever for fostering adaptation.
Highlights of Amundi’s engagement activities in 2025:
- Dialogue with 2,948 companies in 2025: this figure has more than doubled in 5 years and reflects Amundi’s consistent and systematic approach
- An approach that covers a significant proportion of key stock market indices:
- 95% of the MSCI World for equities
- 76% of the Bloomberg Global Corporate Index for corporate debt
- Dynamic dialogue on key themes such as:
- Climate: 1,700 issuers engaged
- Preservation of natural capital: 901 issuers engaged
- Human capital and human rights: 843 issuers engaged
- Geographical regions:
- The number of dialogues has increased across all regions of the world
- Growth has been particularly significant in emerging markets (up by 2.7x since 2021)
45% of commitments closed in 2025 resulted in a positive outcome, with the issuer having largely met key performance indicators or being well on track to do so.
Key highlights of Amundi’s voting activity in 2025:
- Amundi took part in 10,851 annual general meetings
- Amundi voted in favor of 86% of climate-related shareholder resolutions
- Amundi opposed 26% of the resolutions proposed by companies, considering that these resolutions did not fully meet Amundi’s high standards
Jean-Jacques Barbéris, head of institutional and corporate clients coverage and supervises the ESG department at Amundi, states: “We engage in in-depth dialogue with companies to encourage them to improve their environmental, social and governance practices. Our technical expertise, together with the scale and consistency of our shareholder engagement, is designed to create sustainable value for our clients. We consider the interdependencies between climate, biodiversity, social and governance issues, with the aim of achieving measurable progress that strengthens the long-term resilience of portfolios.”
Aware of its responsibility as Europe’s leading asset manager, Amundi is committed, as an investor and shareholder, to supporting companies in their transition challenges. Amundi’s stewardship activities combine proactive and systematic dialogue with companies on environmental, social and governance issues with the consistent and transparent exercise of voting rights.
This consistent approach has been recognized by external stakeholders, who have ranked Amundi among the global leaders in stewardship in the Voting Matters reports published annually by ShareAction. This recognition underscores Amundi’s commitment to maintaining high standards of stewardship.