Our independent Sustainability Advisory Board, consist of five outstanding experts and monitors the selection and criteria of our sustainable investments. The Advisory Board members advise us on the weighting of the sustainability criteria and constantly inspire us with new initiatives. As a result, social-ethical and scientific know-how influence the discussion. The Advisory Board is continuously kept informed about all transactions of our sustainable mandates. It supports our wealth management in aligning criteria for sustainable investments according to new scientific and social developments and assists in reviewing investments with regard to their sustainability.
The Sustainability Advisory Board was founded in 2011 and since then has been a key player in the independent monitoring of our sustainable investments. The members deal intensively with questions of sustainable investments in the context of their areas of expertise.
The independent management consultant and expert for corporate social responsibility and change management has already been granted numerous international environmental awards and is a member of the Club of Rome (EU Chapter), among others.
One of her key areas of focus is the strategic anchoring of sustainability in all its facets in multinational companies. She was also a member of the Impact Investing Working Group of the Association of German Foundations and co-leader of the Organisational Exploratory Programme of “The Wellbeing Project”, an international project for social entrepreneurs.
She is President of Ecoropa and as such has an active role in the United Nations Environment and Sustainability Negotiations. She is also a member of the Board of the Association of German Scientists.
She is one of the leading international experts on climate change and climate change mitigation issues and was one of the coordinating lead authors of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on the impacts of global warming 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Her research focuses on regional climate modeling, the hydrological cycle, and adaptation to climate change impacts.
Sonja Schweizer comes from a fifth-generation entrepreneurial family. Sustainable development is a particular priority for her, both with regard to the family office she runs together with her husband and her own company, which was founded in 2011. Since 2018, Sonja Schweizer has held various advisory board positions in the finance and sustainability sector as well as in advising start-ups. She is particularly interested in promoting female entrepreneurs and women in leadership positions.
