From Folklore to Added Value
s a consultant in the field of sustainability, Stephan Lienin has advised companies about everything from strategy development to integrated reporting for nearly 20 years. He’s seen it all during this time, from short-lived hypes to genuine trends and disruptive developments. However, he and his colleagues at Sustainserv are currently mulling over the industry buzzword […]
Non-Financials: From Checking Boxes to Making an Impact
e are used to receiving “non-financials” under the heading of “sustainability” as a kind of inferior annual report, a review of the previous business year. This common practice reveals much about the status of non-financials, and shows just how drastically a company’s non-financial performance is undervalued. Provided they are correctly integrated, non-financials make it possible […]
Nine Things to Look for in Sustainability in 2020
s we move into the new decade of the 2020’s, many companies are drafting budgets and setting goals for the coming year and the coming decade. From our close watch on all things sustainable – our client work, our speaking engagements, and major publications, we begin to see things emerge as key issues and subjects […]
Swiss Life – Sustainablity Report 2024
Get in touch. We are happy to tell you more about it. Nicole Schäfer Manager View the Annual Report 2024 here. Read more on LLB in our Case Study – Liechtensteinische Landesbank (LLB) publishes first sustainability report in accordance with ESRS – based on GRI
Landis+Gyr – Sustainability Report 2024
Transparency Delivers Engagement for Luxury Watchmaker
he reserved and private nature of the luxury watch industry has long been a cultural hallmark. The implicit promise in luxury is perfection and freedom from unpleasantries. However, luxury goods consumers are waking up to the truth that beautiful items may hide a back story of environmental damage and human suffering. Swiss luxury watchmaker IWC […]
Not Playing To The Gallery: Sustainability Must Be Monitored By The Board
equirements to disclose non-financial performance are steadily increasing for companies and their boards of directors. For larger companies, legal requirements are becoming more stringent, while smaller companies are being weighed down by the expectations of their larger customers and financial market partners. Today, it is no longer enough to report a few key figures and […]
Charting the Course: The Path to Climate Action
arlier this year, the World Economic Forum released the 16th edition of its annual Global Risks Report. In it, authors point to climate change as a continued catastrophic risk, worsened by weakened global cooperation. Among the report’s most major findings is that “climate action failure” is the most impactful and second most likely long-term risk […]
Developing Concise ESG Portfolio Recommendations with Swiss Sustainable Finance
hile some years ago there were not enough frameworks and systems to address ESG performance of investments, now there are almost too many. To avoid “not seeing the forest for the trees,” asset owners and asset managers are lacking a shared common denominator of which elements of the many current frameworks create the most understanding […]
Interview: Dr. Bernd Kasemir on sustainability reporting in MARKETS International
“Sustainability has rapidly evolved from a niche topic to a mainstream expectation of good business partnerships.”Dr. Bernd Kasemir, Managing Partner Sustainserv GmbH What tips can you give to companies that (have to) deal with the topic of corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting for the first time? Many companies that have not yet systematically considered […]
