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
- Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC): iigcc.org
- International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN): icgn.org
- Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen (FNG) (Sustainable Investment Forum): forum-ng.org
In addition to their involvement in local industry associations, the divisions of Swiss Life are active at its local locations in the following organisations:
- Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF): sustainablefinance.ch
- Swiss Climate Foundation: klimastiftung.ch
- Zurich Energy Model: energiemodell-zuerich.ch
- Swiss Insurance Association (SIA): svv.ch
- Swiss Sustainable Geneva: sfgeneva.org
- Association for Sustainable Development in the Real Estate Sector: o-immobilierdurable.fr
- Building-Industry and Real Estate Sector Federation: planbatimentdurable.fr
- Finance for Biodiversity: financeforbiodiversity.org
- Network of the Climate Alliance of the City of Hanover: klimaallianz-hannover.de
- Forum for Responsible Investment: frenchsif.org/isr_esg
- Ecoprofit: oekoprofit.info
- Sustainability in Life Insurance Industry Initiative: branchen-initiative.de
- German Sustainable Building Council: dgnb.de
- UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF): uksif.org
- Living Wage Foundation: livingwage.org.uk
- Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM): netzeroassetmanagers.org
- Climate Action 100+ (CA100+): climateaction100.org1
- IMS Luxembourg: imslux.lu
- Green Building Council: byggalliansen.no
Various 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.
1 Following a review of the key data on our memberships during the year under review, this initiative has now been moved to the divisional membership area (listed last year under Group memberships).