Company mission |
Zurich Cantonal Bank (ZKB), the leading fullservice bank in the Zurich region, has boasted an experienced, interdisciplinary team of environmental and social analysts since 1996. Using a specially developed, multilevel screening and rating process, companies and issuers worldwide are analysed on the basis of their environmental and social performance. The team is integrated in the financial analysis department and can thus benefit from synergies. The results are used by various fund and asset managers when compiling their sustainable investment portfolios. The analyses are also used in Zurich Cantonal Bank's institutional asset management.
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| Legal form |
Public law institute
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Ownership
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Canton of Zurich
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Foundation
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1870 (ZKB), Environmental and Social Research since 1996
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Executive Board
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Marco Curti (Head of Research, Zurich Cantonal Bank)
Robert Hauser (Head of Sustainability Research, Zurich Cantonal Bank)
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Number / qualification
of employees
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The five analysts have different backgrounds, ranging from environmental science and economics to geography.
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Advisory Board / Council
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Zurich Cantonal Bank's Environmental Council advises the bank on strategic environmental issues and practical implementation in operations and products. It also advises Environmental and Social Research. Additionally, important questions related to company evaluations and the further development of analysis procedures are regularly discussed with the councils of Swissca and Migrosbank.
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Cooperations/
Memberships |
Zurich Cantonal Bank is a member of the German Sustainable Investment Forum and ÖBU (Swiss Association for Environmentally Conscious Management). It also participated in the EPI Finance and SPI Finance projects to develop sustainability indicators.
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| Background |
Zurich Cantonal Bank (ZKB) is the leading full service bank in the Zurich region with national stature and international connections. Its assets of CHF 80.5bn make it the largest cantonal bank and the third largest Swiss bank. In addition to its comprehensive competence in the mortgage and credit business, it has been evolving into an investment and pension bank since 1995. Today ZKB, with assets under management of CHF 74.5bn, is one of the biggest asset managers in Switzerland. As an independent public-law institute of the Canton of Zurich, the bank has a cantonal guarantee. Zurich Cantonal Bank's mandate requires it to work for the economy and people of the Canton of Zurich. A key strategic mainstay is the comprehensive provision of banking services to all segments of the population and to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Furthermore, Zurich Cantonal Bank has social mandate to promote inexpensive housing construction and projects in the areas of culture, education, nature and sports. Sustainability is an integral element of the company policy and thus is a key factor in the decision-making process.
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