07 May 2021

Banca Generali and Reply: the final of the 2021 Sustainable Investment Challenge

The Sustainable Investment Challenge, the international online competition aimed at students and young professionals that we launched together with Reply, has reached its final stage. Concluded the first online round with 14,600 registered (+ 71% from 2020) from more than 90 countries, only the 100 traders who have obtained the best profits by adopting ESG principles now access the final phase scheduled from 12 to 14 May.

84% of the players are between 18 and 30 years old and 75% of them are students, data that confirm the attention of the younger generations towards sustainable finance.

The Sustainable Investment Challenge represents an innovative way for young people to learn how to invest, supporting participants in researching and identifying companies with the highest scores in the sustainability indexes, thus increasing awareness towards the investments world.

From April 19th to April 30th, players had 2 weeks to invest $ 1 million virtual capital on the US market and in real time, and deepen their knowledge of ESG ratings: participants had also the opportunity to participate in webinars with our experts.

Investment Challenge

The Investment Challenge is part of Reply's Challenges programme, which aims to target the most innovative trends in coding creativity, cyber security and finance. Since 2018, more than 100,000 people have joined the Reply Challenges community, and last year more than 8,400 players took part in the first Reply Investment Challenge.

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