Further memberships

UBS is not only a member of all the organizations listed below, but is also actively engaged in their activities. This ensures that our corporate responsibility expertise is always up-to-date.

The Conference Board

The Conference Board creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society. UBS participates in a number of Councils that are relevant for our Corporate Responsibility strategy, such as the European Council on Diversity and the Global Council on Business Conduct.

www.tbc.org

Business in the Community

UBS is a member of Business in the Community, a unique movement of companies across the UK committed to continually improving their positive impact on society.

www.bitc.org.uk

Eurosif

UBS is founding member of the European Sustainable and Responsible Investment Forum (Eurosif), an initiative of five European Social Investment Forums from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK, with strong support from the European Commission's DG Employment and Social Affairs.

www.eurosif.info

VfU

The Society for Environmental Management in Banks, Savings Banks and Insurance Companies (VfU), founded in 1994, supports the development and application of sector specific strategies and instruments in environmental management.

UBS was active in the formulation of the 1996 VfU environmental reporting guidelines for financial service providers. These guidelines contain proposals for applying an overall content and environmental performance indicators to such reports. UBS's set of indicators for in-house ecology is mainly based on the newest draft of the guidelines issued by VfU in April 2003.

www.vfu.de

ÖBU

The Swiss Association for Environmentally Conscious Management (öbu) and its 300 member firms aim to promote ecological awareness and action in corporate management.

Öbu working group topics include: environmental management, ecobalancing, environmental marketing, environmental legal compliance, eco-efficient investments, energy/carbon dioxide taxes.

www.oebu.ch

Zurich Energy Model

The Zurich Energy Model is an exchange of experience project, established in 1987, by twelve major energy consumers - among them UBS - in the city of Zurich. The intention of the firms involved in the Zurich Energy Model is a joint increase in energy efficiency (15% between 1997 and 2007), to optimize investments and corporate costs, and to communicate innovative solutions to the general public.