Climate Change
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Reducing our environmental footprint
We take care to minimise the environmental impact of our operations. Innovative initiatives have allowed us to substantially reduce the CO2 emissions caused through our own operations and have encouraged our employees to reduce emissions privately. For procurement, we apply globally valid guidelines.
As a financial services provider, we do not cause large environmental impacts in our own operations. Yet we regard it as an inherent part of being a responsible company to minimise our direct environmental footprint. Reducing CO2 emissions, raising energy efficiency and procurement standards are priority areas of our efforts.
Cutting CO2 emissions is one of four elements of our climate change strategy. Over the years, we have launched some pioneering initiatives: through our Greenhouse Neutral Programme we have achieved a substantial reduction of our total emissions (-59% from 2003 to 2009), while the COYou2 Reduce and Gain Programme has inspired our employees to achieve emissions reductions privately.
We include our purchasing operations in our efforts. Globally valid sourcing and procurement guidelines help us choose goods and services that have a low environmental impact. For individual product groups we apply minimal standards that further specify requirements.
Corporate responsibility
We have a long-standing commitment to corporate responsibility and strive to implement this across our business. Our performance has received high ratings from independent third-party organisations. Read the whole story
Switzerland Charity of the Year...
We are proud to announce that the “Stiftung Brunegg” was chosen as Swiss Re’s Switzerland Charity of the Year 2012. Read the whole storyFurther stories
- Providing Safe Water and Sanitation to Communities in Bangalore and Hyderabad, India
- Swiss Re and the ICRC: A knowledge-sharing partnership
- Providing clean water in Central Mindanao of the Philippines
- Making schools more resistant to earthquakes in rural Peru
- 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report
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Sustainable Solutions
2010 Corporate Responsibility Report
The report highlights how we use our risk expertise to create sustainable value for our stakeholders and society as a whole.Download the report (22MB)
