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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…

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.

On Thursday, Ethos unveiled a new methodology for assessing global warming caused by the activities of listed companies. The methodology also aims to measure the credibility of companies' climate transition plans and the risks that climate change poses to their activities. The "Ethos climate transition rat…

The 2023 General Meetings of the Ethos Foundation and Ethos Services were held in Fribourg on Tuesday 13 June. All items on the agenda were approved. The current members of the Foundation board of Ethos and the board of directors of Ethos Services were all re-elected.

Divestment or engagement, what is the most effective method for investors concerned about ESG issues to have an impact? The question is still debated. Ethos is organising on October 6 in Geneva, as part of the 2022 edition of the Building Bridges conference, a debate with a panel of specialists around the…