Invest for a better climate

How to combat climate change

Slowing climate change is one of the top goals of the United Nations. Watch the video to see how father-and-son-team Rob and Barney Swan risked their lives to spur action. If you want to join the fight, UBS can help. You’ll like the results, and you won’t sacrifice returns.

Putting the brakes on climate change

If global warming rises above 1.5 degrees, ice melts. Drought deprives us of fresh water. Whole species become extinct.

Sustainable investing can help.

 

Sustainability in action

Fresh perspectives

Before you start…

There are some things to consider before beginning your sustainable investing journey

sustainable investing

What is sustainable investing?

If you aren’t sure, you’re not alone. 72% of investors say they don’t understand sustainable investing.4 We’ll break it down for you.

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Sustainable investments

Sustainable investments. Our preferred recommendation.

At UBS, we've just made sustainable investments our preferred recommendation for private clients investing globally.

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Why UBS is your right partner?

We want to shape the future of sustainable investing. We are also confident that sustainable investing will soon become the world's most widely accepted way of investing.1, 2

Furthermore, as the world's leading wealth manager,3 we feel responsible for helping change things for the better. We have the capital, solutions and expertise to make a big difference globally.

These aren’t just words. We walk the talk. In 2017, we pledge to support our clients in investing USD 5 billion into impact investments over the next five years to help plug funding gaps needed to reach the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). And you’ll always have a team of sustainable investing experts helping you do more for your finances and the world.

Driving change

We drive change

How UBS is making a difference in the world.

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Shaping our future

We support global visionaries

Insights from thought leaders whose work is shaping our future.

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Wealth Manager

Everyone wins

Wealth Manager of the Year in the Environmental Finance IMPACT Awards 2020.

1 'ESG and financial performance: aggregated evidence from more than 2000 empirical studies', Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, Gunnar Friede, Timo Busch, Alexander Bassen, 2015
2 'Introducing the Impact Investing Benchmark', Global Impact Investing Network and Cambridge Associates, 2015
3 Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey 2019: Global Results
4 Based on UBS Investor Watch results 2018. for further information visit our website.

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