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April / 04.2021
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- General meetings
06.04.2021Credit Suisse: Ethos expects full transparency on investigations requested by the board of directorsEthos welcomes the bank's decision not to pay variable remuneration and not to ask shareholders to grant discharge to the members of both the board of directors and the executive management for the year 2020. Investigations have also been opened following two financial scandals which expose the bank to sig…
March / 03.2021
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- General meetings
- Dialogue
18.03.2021LafargeHolcim announced today that it has agreed to Ethos' request to prepare a climate transition report and to submit it to an advisory shareholder vote at its 2022 annual general meeting (AGM). Ethos welcomes the board's decision to involve shareholders in the validation of its climate strategy.
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- General meetings
- Dialogue
16.03.2021Over the last few months, Ethos Foundation has held numerous discussions with the boards of Nestlé and LafargeHolcim with the aim of encouraging them to voluntarily submit their climate transition plans to a shareholder vote. After Ethos and seven Swiss pension funds submitted a shareholder resolution at N…
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- Dialogue
10.03.2021Ethos published this Wednesday 10th of March the 2020 summary reports of its engagement programs. These reports present the dialogues carried out by Ethos with listed companies, whether to address environmental, social or governance (ESG) issues. Detailed reports are only available for members of the pools…
January / 01.2021
- 12.01.2021
The board of directors of Ethos Services has appointed Mr. Anthony Gloor as deputy CEO from January 1st 2021. In this capacity, he will assist the CEO, Mr. Vincent Kaufmann.
December / 12.2020
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- Responsible investment
17.12.2020First step in the new partnership between Ethos and BCV, the investment fund has been launched on 19 November. Intended for both private and institutional investors, it has currently CHF 160 million in assets under management.
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- General meetings
- Corporate Governance
- Responsible investment
10.12.2020Ethos published this Thursday the 20th edition of its voting guidelines and governance principles for the 2021 general meetings. Ethos asks the major emitters of greenhouse gases to publish and submit to shareholders' approval an annual report on their climate strategy and introduces new voting criteria in…
November / 11.2020
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- Sustainable development
19.11.2020How to finance a climate friendly economy? The Swiss Sustainable Finance report published today presents a range of solutions available to achieve this goal. There are two contributions from Ethos in this report: the benefits of shareholder engagement and the evolution of Swiss environmental legislation in…