Memberships and Ratings
The Swiss Life Group is a member of a wide range of organisations and networks in the area of sustainability, as well as being a co-signatory of initiatives. These include the following:
- Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI): unpri.org
- Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI): unepfi.org/psi
- UN Global Compact (UNGC): unglobalcompact.org
- Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB): gresb.com
- Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP): cdp.net
- Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD): fsb-tcfd.org
- Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC): iigcc.org
- Climate Action 100+ (CA100+): climateaction100.org
- International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN): icgn.org
- Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen (FNG) (Sustainable Investment Forum): forum-ng.org
In addition to its involvement in local industry associations, Swiss Life is active at its local locations in the following organisations:
- Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF): sustainablefinance.ch
- Klimastiftung Schweiz (Swiss Climate Foundation): klimastiftung.ch
- Energie-Modell Zürich (Zurich Energy Model): energiemodell-zuerich.ch
- Swiss Insurance Association (SIA): svv.ch
- Observatoire de l’immobilier durable (association for sustainable development in the real estate sector): o-immobilierdurable.fr
- Plan Bâtiment Durable (building-industry and real estate sector federation): planbatimentdurable.fr
- Netzwerk der Klima-Allianz der Stadt Hannover (Network of the Climate Alliance of the City of Hanover): klimaallianz-hannover.de
- Ökoprofit: oekoprofit.info
- Branchen-Initiative Nachhaltigkeit in der Lebensversicherung (“Sustainability in life insurance” industry initiative): branchen-initiative.de
- UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF): uksif.org
- Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAMi): netzeroassetmanagers.org
- IMS Luxembourg: imslux.lu
Numerous external ESG rating agencies assess Swiss Life independently and on the basis of their own methodologies. In this context, Swiss Life engages in dialogue with the rating agencies where possible and appropriate so that the business model and the measures implemented are taken into account in the assessment.
Do you have any questions or suggestions about sustainability at Swiss Life? Write to us at sustainability@swisslife.ch.