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Submitted by a coalition of international investors with the support of the Ethos Foundation, the shareholder resolution calls for greater transparency from the Zug-based company, in particular with regard to the compatibility of its production and investments in coal with a global warming limit of 1.5°C.…

The proxy cards for the 2023 general meetings of Aevis and Swatch Group did not offer shareholders the possibility to delegate their voting rights, which the Ethos Foundation regrets as it makes it more difficult to exercise this fundamental shareholder right. The procedure for exercising such an option wa…

Ethos considers that Holcim's climate report has sufficiently improved to be approved this year. The company has taken into account the main criticisms expressed by Ethos in last year’s vote. Ethos will re-evaluate its position next year based on the company's progress on climate issues. However, Ethos rec…

Ethos regrets the lack of information from Nestlé concerning the Buitoni pizza scandal which led to the death of two people in France in 2022. Ethos has taken due note of the agreement between Nestlé and the families of the victims announced on 17 April but considers that the information contained in the a…

The CEO of the Ethos Foundation will be speaking this Tuesday morning at the last general meeting of Credit Suisse. In particular, he will call for full disclosure of the responsibility of the bank's current and former executives.

Ethos has published the summary reports of the Swiss and international Ethos Engagement Pools (EEP) for 2022. These reports present the dialogue activities carried out by Ethos with listed companies on environmental, social and governance issues. Detailed reports are however only available for members of e…

In a letter co-signed by 21 Swiss and international institutional investors, the Ethos Foundation urges the Swiss parliament and the Federal Council to strengthen the environmental and human rights obligations of Swiss companies.

The Ethos Foundation acknowledges of the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS and regrets a huge waste for the shareholders and the Swiss economy as a whole.