Metrics and Targets

Among other things, Swiss Life works with metrics and targets to assess climate-related risks and opportunities and to track progress towards the achievement of corresponding targets. Both help to ensure the future resilience of Swiss Life’s business model. Metrics communicated externally by Swiss Life also contribute to greater transparency in the financial industry.

In order to include different perspectives on climate-related issues and gain experience with metrics and measurement methods, Swiss Life compiles and uses a selection of different metrics and projections. All relevant areas of the company can thus develop their knowledge around climate-related metrics and measurement methods. In its external reporting, Swiss Life currently focuses on climate indicators whose methodology is mature and recognised and which reflect both risks and opportunities for Swiss Life and their impact on relevant stakeholder groups.

Climate-related metrics and the underlying methodologies belong to a relatively young – and hence still evolving – field of research, are often complex and offer only limited comparability as yet. Moreover, climate indicators are based on assumptions and are thus inherently subject to model risk. An additional challenge is that there is currently no broad consensus on the methodology of climate indicators. The quality and availability of the underlying data are limited, which ultimately makes the climate-related metrics less meaningful.