Sustainable finance

Alliance Sud works towards ensuring that the Swiss financial centre contributes consistently and effectively towards realising the UN Sustainable Development Goals and that its business activities are aligned with the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement.

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Reportage Rooms with a view

06.12.2023 Finance and tax policy

In November, a large majority of UN member states agreed to a UN Framework Convention on Taxation. In the run-up, our tax policy expert toured the city of New York and the institution.

Article Sustainable Finance: a generational project

06.12.2023 Climate justice, Finance and tax policy

In 2015, governments committed to aligning financial flows with the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement. Where do things stand with implementation? What is Switzerland doing? A stocktake.

Article The UN makes history

22.11.2023 Finance and tax policy

In New York, a vast majority of UN Member States has voted in favour of a UN framework convention on tax. That is a major success for the Global South and, for the world community, an opportunity to create truly globally applicable rules for the first time in the history of international tax policy.

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The Paris Climate Agreement requires countries to gear financial flows towards development with low greenhouse gas emissions and which is resilient to climate change. Similar goals are also in place internationally in the realm of biodiversity.

Switzerland is the world's leading centre for crossborder asset management, and has an insurance industry that covers global risks. It therefore bears prime responsibility for ensuring that financial flows are aligned with the goals of sustainable development and climate protection, and do not support greenwashing.

Sustainable finance

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IBAN: CH94 0900 0000 3003 6070 0 BIC: POFICHBEXXX

IBAN: CH94 0900 0000 3003 6070 0
BIC: POFICHBEXXX