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Ethos and Raiffeisen announced today an extension of their collaboration in the field of active ownership. Ethos will now also conduct shareholder dialogue on ESG issues to Swiss and international companies on behalf of Raiffeisen Switzerland. This new collaboration is part of Ethos' commitment to broaden…

Ethos has published this Tuesday the summary reports of the Swiss and international Ethos Engagement Pools (EEP) for 2021. These reports present the dialogue activities carried out by Ethos with listed companies regarding issues related to the environment, social or governance. Detailed reports are however…

On Monday, the bank published its responses to the request for information filed by the Ethos Foundation and seven Swiss pension funds concerning the “Greensill” and “Swiss Secrets” cases. These answers are a first step to enable shareholders to better understand the Greensill affair. However, Ethos consid…

Ethos and seven Swiss pension funds have filed a shareholders' resolution at Credit Suisse's 2022 general meeting calling for a special audit of the bank in connection with the Greensill affair – and the “supply chain finance funds” debacle that followed – and the recent so-called “Suisse Secrets” revelati…

The real estate company announced on Friday that it has modified the agenda for its annual general meeting 2022 to lower the threshold allowing shareholders to add an item on the agenda. This decision follows Ethos' recommendation to oppose the initial proposal of the board of directors to set this thresho…

Coordinated by Ethos and ShareAction, a group of institutional investors have filed a shareholders' resolution at the bank. Through a proposed amendment to the bank’s articles of association, the coalition asks that Credit Suisse improve its transparency regarding its climate impact and reduce its exposure…

Ethos is concerned that the modification of the articles of association in relation to the revision of the Swiss Code of Obligations will lead some companies to revise upwards the threshold necessary to submit an item on the agenda. This is what Swiss Prime Site, the first SPI company to adapt its statutes…

Since its creation on 2 February 1997, the Ethos Foundation has often played a pioneering role in Switzerland, whether it was to raise awareness among financial players of ethical issues, to promote best practices in governance or to change the environmental and social practices of companies.