Zürich, 21. März 2022 – Die Julius Bär Gruppe veröffentlichte heute den Geschäftsbericht 2021 (einschliesslich Vergütungsbericht), den Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2021 sowie den Geschäftsbericht 2021 (Financial Statement IFRS) der Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG. Diese Dokumente sind online verfügbar unter www.juliusbaer.com/reports.

Klimastrategie

Der Nachhaltigkeitsbericht enthält eine detaillierte Übersicht über die neue Klimastrategie von Julius Bär, die vorsieht, bis zum Jahr 2030 Netto-Null-CO2-Emissionen im eigenen Betrieb zu erreichen. Dazu beitragen wird die Umstellung auf erneuerbare Energiequellen, die Reduktion von Geschäftsreisen, einschliesslich einer internen CO2-Abgabe von CHF 100 pro Tonne für Flugreisen, sowie die CO2-Entferung bei weiteren Emissionen. Für das Treasury, das Kredit- und das Hypothekargeschäft ist das Zwischenziel der Gruppe, die Emissionen bis 2030 um 20% zu reduzieren und in diesem Bereich bis 2050 das Netto-Null-Ziel zu erreichen.

Philipp Rickenbacher, CEO von Julius Bär, sagte: «Unser Ansatz lautet ,Taten statt schöne Worte’. Deshalb ergreifen wir kurzfristig klare und pragmatische Massnahmen, die uns den Weg für die Erfüllung unserer langfristigen Verpflichtungen ebnen werden.»

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