2023
Notre rapport de durabilité
Governance & Transparency
- We want to work within an appropriate governance structure where sustainability/ ESG-related matters are managed across the organization (in line with defined Group-wide sustainability governance) and that ensures appropriate oversight
- We report in accordance with GRI standards for the 14th time and have expanded our TCFD reporting
- One BoD member was nominated to become the “Sustainability Spokesperson”
Investment Solutions
- Vontobel manages CHF 106.6 billion of investment solutions that incorporate ESG criteria.
- Our investment teams subscribe to four common ESG Investment Principles
- In 2024, we have partnerd with the UN PRI Spring initiatve
Advice for Private Clients
- Vontobel offers its private clients discretionary mandate solutions for multi and single asset mandates based on the individual client’s needs and preferences for sustainable investing
- Vontobel Private Clients has developed its own ESG framework, which offers the basis for the classification of investment instruments and client preferences
- Framework includes three ESG classifications: risk-adjusted performance, mitigation of negative effects and positive contribution.
Climate & Environment
- As part of our overall GHG emission accounting, we are now disclosing the financed emissions relating to our fixed income positions in the banking and trading books
- We have defined new emission reduction targets for the next 10 years for selected Swiss locations (Scope 1 and 2)
- We aim to offset all our remaining operational emissions (Scope 1,2,3) using high-quality emission certificates
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
- We have formulated DE&I goals until 2030 and achieved progress in them with increasing females in both managerial and senior- management positions compared to previous years
- Launch of our internal “Female Network”
- We are a future-oriented employer and offer our employees attractive benefits
Community Engagement
- We are a member of the Corporate Support Group of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) & a founding member of the Swiss Climate Foundations
- As part of our longstanding partnership with the ICRC, we have launched an internal fundraising initiative around the topic of “Climate adaptation in Niger”