Our vision
building for the long term
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Our aim is to be a player in the transformation towards a more sustainable world. At Edmond de Rothschild, we are convinced that creating economic value also means creating social and environmental value.
A conviction
Family-owned, independent and specialised, Edmond de Rothschild was founded on the conviction that wealth is an opportunity to build the future. In tune with societal changes, we project ourselves into the challenges of tomorrow while remaining true to the family's strong values of boldness, entrepreneurship and the desire to make an impact.
Actions
Our commitment is reflected in all the professions and activities of Edmond de Rothschild. We integrate sustainable development issues into our choices as a responsible investor and into our business practices, giving substance to our vision as a long-term investment specialist company, deeply rooted in reality and concerned about what will be passed on to future generations.
Responsible
investor
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A clear positioning
The world is facing profound changes that are mobilizing society as a whole. Climate, new technologies, food, health, urbanization, regulations. The transition to a new, more sustainable economic model is a major challenge, but it is also a driver for innovation and value creation.
Combining profitability and positive impact
Responsible investing is our core area of commitment. We use the power of investment to positively impact the world of tomorrow.
As an independent, 100% family-owned, we are free to express our convictions and develop innovative, long-term oriented investment solutions that combine performance and impact. We believe that anything that is sustainable is profitable, and anything that is profitable should be sustainable.
Responsible
company
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Sustainability at the heart of our corporate strategy
We have developed a powerful and detailed sustainable development strategy. We use investment to make the world a better place. However, we cannot ignore the feeling that at Edmond de Rothschild, this strategy has always been part of our DNA. When everything is sustainable, our work is useful.
The integration of sustainable development in all our activities and decisions involves identifying non-financial risks within our five priority pillars:
1/ Responsible Investment
2/ Responsible Company
3/ Human Capital
4/ Environmental impact
5/ Societal commitment
A pragmatic approach
Our objectives and programs for the coming years are clear and based on a transparent dialogue with our stakeholders. We focus on long-term solutions rooted in reality, such as: serving our customers by having a positive effect on the real economy, being an employer of choice, limiting our impact on our workplaces and on society, and supporting communities.
As a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, we are also working to provide, at our level, concrete responses to the most important Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for our sector.
We measure our efforts and results each year in our five priority pillars to keep our commitments under control and to ensure that our decisions add value across Edmond de Rothschild.
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Our five
pillars
Our ambition: to strengthen our historical positioning
As an investor, we consider it our responsibility to direct financial flows towards solutions that can contribute to the sustainable transformation of our economic models. At Edmond de Rothschild, we have been taking environmental, social and governance issues into account in our investment decisions for many years.
Our experts are attentive to economic, societal and technological changes in order to identify future themes that contribute to the real economy and help build the world of tomorrow. We are constantly enriching our offer for our private and institutional clients to reflect these convictions in solutions that combine meaning and performance.
Our responsible investment strategy is ambitious. It is based on the continuous strengthening of our ESG requirements across all asset classes, the ongoing development of our sustainable finance skills and the reinforced integration of climate risk.
Our ambition: to reconcile risk management and innovation
Ethics and integrity are founding values of Edmond de Rothschild. All activities and developments are guided by a strict sense of responsibility and transparency.
The ethical rules set out in our Code of Ethics establish a formal and binding framework for optimal risk management at both the collective and individual levels. We integrate extra-financial risks into our governance and processes to strengthen the alignment of our internal synergies with the management of sustainability issues.
With this controlled approach to risk, we remain true to our values as entrepreneurs who are attentive to change and refuse to accept the status quo, always looking for solutions that are best suited to the needs of our clients and all our stakeholders.
Our ambition: to be an employer of choice
Our strength lies in our human capital.
Our talents accompany transformations and contribute to sustainable performance. Health, well-being at work, organisational flexibility, skills development, career advancement and diversity.
Edmond de Rothschild does its utmost to offer its teams a stimulating work environment that is a source of commitment, driven by a strong common culture.
Our ambition: to control our environmental footprint
Acting as a responsible company means committing to limiting the environmental footprint of our activities. Edmond de Rothschild has defined an environmental policy that aims to reduce our impact through pragmatic actions, particularly in terms of reducing our carbon footprint, offsetting our CO2 emissions, using our resources more sustainably and managing our waste.
We have been measuring and publishing the environmental performance in our annual sustainability report since 2014.
Our ambition: to participate in the construction of a sustainable society
Our societal impact is focused on 3 key areas :
- Global impact through investment approaches geared towards finding concrete solutions to today's major challenges.
- Local impact through the commitment of our employees and the sharing of skills in the service of concrete projects, particularly in the field of entrepreneurship. We rely on strong synergies with the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations, which are managed independently.
- Dialogue with our stakeholders to contribute together to the advancement towards a more sustainable economy and society.