Our impact strategy
Echiquier Positive Impact Europe
Echiquier Positive Impact Europe is a bottom up stock-picking fund. It invests in European stocks caracterised by their good governance, the quality of their social and environmental policies and who contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Fund documentation:
LFDE is one of the first signatories of the Investor Impact Charter.
This initiative by the Institut de la Finance durable establishes a common framework for funds wishing to qualify as “impact funds”, in order to promote a transparent and demanding impact approach.
Impact news
Discover all our articles on the subject
Waste management: a crucial sector for the transition
Pierre Schang, Co-Head of Impact and Environment Team,
Fund Manager, June 2026
Population growth, climate disruption, raw material costs and increasingly stringent health regulations are creating...
Carbon markets: balancing industrial sovereignty and climate credibility in Europe’s strategic choices
Valentin Vigier, Head of Responsible Investment Research, April 2026
For two decades, the European carbon market (EU ETS[1]) has served as a foundational pillar of climate policy...
Transition: America’s energy revolution
Pierre Schang, Co-Head of Impact and Environment Team,
Fund Manager, March 2026
Despite the United States’ formal withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on 27 January 2026, and Donald Trump’s early second-term suspension of the Green New Deal...
The team
A responsible investment research team at the core of our management
Valentin Vigier
Head of RI Research
Fanny Herbaut
SRI Analyst
Thomas Certeux- Jerôme
SRI analyst
Dorothée Lafitte
SRI Analyst
The Board of Directors of SICAV Impact
Governance for impact
Caroline Farrugia
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Head of regulatory solutions at La Financière de l'Échiquier, specializing in risk management, internal control and compliance.
Sophie L’Helias
Independent Director
President of LeaderXXchange, specialized in international corporate governance and sustainable finance.
Carole Crozat
Independent Director
Experienced ESG analyst, former research director at BlackRock, expert in sustainable investment.
Thibault Couturier
Independent Director
Vice-Chairman of Finansol and member of the Supervisory Board of Habitat et Humanisme, specialized in solidarity finance and impact investment.
