History

Our commitment to the environment goes back to the 1970s.

Key milestones of the last four decades:

2007	UBS establishes SRI competence center in Wealth Management and expands Global Asset Management SRI capability into US and Singapore UBS develops group-wide supply chain guideline and energy efficiency standard
2006	UBS decided in February to set a group-wide carbon emission reduction target of 40% below 2004 levels by 2012 UBS creates Environmental Advisory Group within the Investment Bank
2005	UBS successfully passed the second ISO 14001 re-certification covering banking business and in-house operations worldwide
2004	UBS's environmental policy was revised by the Group Executive Board The Investment Bank created an SRI team within Equity Research UBS selected as component of the Climate Leadership Index
2003	ISO 14001 surveillance audit confirmed successful integration of Wealth Management USA (formerly PaineWebber) into UBS's environmental management system
2002	ISO 14001 re-certification covering banking activities and in-house operations worldwide UBS participates in the Carbon Disclosure Project's first questionnaire
2001	UBS was included in the FTSE4Good Indexes and the Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Indexes for the first time
2000	UBS became the leading bank and topped the financial sector as a whole for firms included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Indexes (DJSGI)
1999	UBS was certified according to the international standard for environmental management systems, ISO 14001, covering banking activities world-wide and in-house operations in Switzerland Environmental criteria were integrated into UBS's risk and policy framework
1998	New organization and environmental policy at UBS
1997	Launch of Eco-Performance-Portfolio Funds Co-operation on the "Environmental Management in Financial Institutions" guidelines, published by the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA)
1996	Launch of environmental equity analysis for investment advisory services "Environmental management for building construction projects" brochure was published
1995	Purchasing guidelines for office ecology were released Environmental training functional unit was established
1994	Environmental credit assessment procedure for Swiss corporate clients First environmental report
1993	First environmental policy
1992	Signatory to the UNEP bank declaration Signatory to the Charter for Sustainable Development of the International Chamber of Commerce ICC First in-house ecology analyses
1991	Environmental strategy First environmental performance evaluations of in-house operations in Zurich
1989	The first formal energy guidelines
1978	The first energy unit

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