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- Industry news | 12 June 2025
Industry report: creating the basis to prevent greenwashing
The sixth private insurers’ sustainability report summarises the most important advances made by the industry in the 2024 reporting year.
- Regulations | 1 January 2025
Greenwashing self-regulation
The self-regulation to prevent greenwashing adopted by the Swiss Insurance Association SIA (hereinafter ‘self-regulation’) came into force on 1 January 2025.
- Media releases | 27 June 2024
Industry report: two thirds of insurers have sustainability strategy
The fifth private insurers’ sustainability report shines a light for the first time on the sustainability governance of the companies surveyed and reveals that two thirds of these insurers already have a sustainability strategy.
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- Media releases | 19 June 2024
AMAS, SBA and SIA welcome the Federal Council's decision regarding greenwashing
Improved minimum standard for sustainable financial products and services strengthens the credibility of the financial centre.
- Media releases | 25 October 2023
SIA, AMAS and SBA welcome the Federal Council’s approach on greenwashing
Focus on further development of self-regulation and dialogue with the authorities
- Media releases | 22 June 2023
Sustainability report 2022: Broad understanding of sustainability among insurers
In its fourth year now, the private insurers’ sustainability report has demonstrated that sustainability is taken into account at all stages in the value chain.
- Commentary | 19 June 2023
Nachhaltigkeit: Die Herausforderung Underwriting
Kim Berrendorf
Ein nachhaltiges Versicherungswesen im Interesse aller Beteiligten bedeutet, dass Versicherer den nachhaltigen Wandel fördern.
- Media releases | 16 June 2022
80 per cent of investments linked to sustainability criteria
Despite the pandemic and a summer marred by bad weather, the Swiss insurance industry once again succeeded in making the various aspects of sustainability an even firmer component of its business.
- Consultation procedure | 28 February 2022
Keine Unterstellung strategischer Infrastrukturen unter die Lex Koller
Der Schweizerische Versicherungsverband SVV lehnt die Vorlage ab. Die Lex Koller ist nicht das geeignete Instrument, um die strategischen Infrastrukturen der Schweiz zu schützen.
- Industry news | 1 June 2021
Erster Nationaler Klimatag: Lösungsansätze gegen den Klimawandel
Am 27. Mai 2021 hat der erste Nationale Klimatag stattgefunden. Expertinnen und Experten aus verschiedenen Branchen teilten ihre Visionen und Lösungsansätze im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel.
- Interview | 6 October 2020
«Sustainability is a central issue for insurance companies»
Climate change is accelerating and now affects all areas of our lives. Gunthard Niederbäumer explains what insurers can and should do to slow down this trend.
- Media releases | 18 June 2020
Erstes Nachhaltigkeitsreporting der Versicherungswirtschaft
Der Bericht zeigt, dass Versicherer bei 86 Prozent der Kapitalanlagen Nachhaltigkeitskriterien anwenden.
- SIA Report | 5 June 2020
Sustainability Report 2019
The first Sustainability Report of the Swiss Insurance Association (SIA).
- Industry news | 24 June 2019
Neue Basis fürs Geschäft
SVV-Vorstandsmitglied Patrick Raaflaub zeigt in seinem Gastbeitrag in der Handelszeitung auf, wo die Versicherungsbrache Nachhaltigkeit verankern kann und weshalb sie das tun muss.
- Industry news | 13 June 2019
Trend zu nachhaltigen Investments – auch in der Versicherungsindustrie
«Swiss Sustainable Investment Market Study 2019» und Interview mit Thomas Helbling zu Klimarisiken