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On 6 December at 4pm, BCV and the Ethos Foundation are organising a virtual round table about corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment. The focus will be on legislative developments and new sustainability reporting requirements affecting both companies and the institutional inves…

All the investment funds proposed by Ethos that underwent the re-certification procedure this year obtained the same number of stars as in 2022. The FNG Label is awarded by the University of Hamburg to funds that pursue a rigorous and transparent approach to sustainability.

The annual meetings of the Ethos Engagement Pools Switzerland and International took place this Thursday in Bern. Climate change, respect for human rights, governance, biodiversity: the members of the two programmes validated the priority ESG themes that will be discussed with Swiss and foreign companies n…

The "Clartan Ethos ESG Europe Small & Mid Cap" fund launched in September 2020 has been awarded the Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) label by an independent reference committee in the field of sustainable investment. This certification marks three years of fruitful collaboration between Ethos and…

Early October, AMAS and SSF published the Swiss Stewardship Code, a set of guidelines designed to promote the active exercise of shareholder rights in Switzerland. Ethos is pleased to have been able to contribute to the development and drafting of this code of conduct by actively participating in the worki…

These reports disclose the sustainability performance of the funds at the end of 2022, as well as the engagement activities carried out during the past year.

A webinar will be held on 19 September in Zurich, while two roadshows will be organised on 20 Sep-tember in Geneva and 21 September in Lausanne. The aim is to present the specific features of the Clartan Ethos ESG Europe Small & Mid Cap fund, which combines extra-financial and financial analy-sis to in…

Created in 1997 to promote socially responsible investment among Swiss pension funds, the Ethos Foundation recently welcomed its 249th and 250th members. Together, the 250 members of the Ethos Foundation manage assets totaling over CHF 355 billion and have almost two million insured members.