Sustainable operations

As a company committed to sustainability, we strive to minimise our operational footprint by taking ambitious measures and monitoring progress against targets.

We have been placing a strong focus on reducing our own greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy consumption for more than 20 years. Read about our sustainability journey in our milestones overview.

As part of our commitment to reach Group-wide net-zero GHG emissions by 2050, we launched the CO2NetZero Programme for operations in 2021. Through this Programme, we aim to reduce GHG emissions in the near-term guided by science-based standards, and to compensate all remaining in-scope¹ emissions with carbon removals as early as 2030. 

Click on the links below to learn more about our CO2NetZero Programme and other initiatives to reduce our operational footprint:

• CO2NetZero Programme 
• Swiss Re's approach to using carbon certificates
• Sustainability in the supply chain
• Sustainable gastronomy
• Management systems and certifications
• Partner initiative: Swiss Climate Foundation

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¹ _{GHG emissions in scope for compensation include Scope 1, Scope 2 (market-based) and selected Scope 3 categories (category 3 – fuel- and energy-related activities; category 5 – waste generated in operations; category 6 – business travel; and, within category 1 – purchased goods and services: copy paper and water).}