Take advantage of the oppor­tunities of Sustainability

With our funds with sustainability characteristics Responsible and Sustainable, you invest in a forward-looking manner and according to sustainable criteria. This allows you to take advantage of the opportunity for returns and be part of the journey towards a sustainable future.

A quarter of a century with a focus on sustainability

As the asset manager of our investment funds, Zürcher Kantonalbank's Asset Management has been offering investment funds with sustainability characteristics since 1998. In 2020, Zürcher Kantonalbank became one of the first Swiss asset managers to develop a uniform framework for sustainable investments.

Sustainable and transparent

We systematically apply sustainable criteria to out Committed funds with sustainability characteristic Responsible and strict exclusion criteria to funds with sustainability characteristic Sustainable. Our sustainability reporting makes our sustainability efforts transparent.

Investment funds with sustainability characteristics
Transparency and reporting

Exclusion criteria and ESG integration

We are committed to reducing states or companies with controversial business practices and take into account how much they do in terms of environment, society and good governance when making investment decisions.

Exclusion criteria
ESG integration

Paris climate goals and responsibility

We are committed to reducing the CO2e intensity of our actively managed funds in the traditional asset classes and demand sustainable business practices and adherence to recognised principles and standards.

Paris climate targets
Investment stewardship

Investment funds with sustainability characteristics since 1998

Sustainability – our focus

We invest actively managed assets in traditional asset classes in accordance with sustainability criteria as standard.

Around 500 meetings per year

We are committed to urging states and companies to set ambitious sustainability targets.

Sustainable growth

Demand is constantly increasing, and more and more new money is being invested in our investment solutions with sustainability characteristics.

Regular transparency

With our sustainability reporting, we regularly show how individual investments have achieved their goals for our products with sustainability characteristics Sustainable and Responsible.

Sustainability – our focus

We invest actively managed assets in traditional asset classes in accordance with sustainability criteria as standard.

Sustainable growth

Demand is constantly increasing, and more and more new money is being invested in our investment solutions with sustainability characteristics.

Around 500 meetings per year

We are committed to urging states and companies to set ambitious sustainability targets.

Regular transparency

With our sustainability reporting, we regularly show how individual investments have achieved their goals for our products with sustainability characteristics Sustainable and Responsible.

Voting behaviour: look over our shoulders

We exercise voting rights associated with equities and disclose how we vote.

Voting results

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