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Management and monitoring

To ensure that sustainability helps to boost enterprise value over the long run, the Bank requires integrated management systems and an organisational structure with clearly defined responsibilities.

At the strategic level, the Sustainability Committee and the Sustainability Council ensure that sustainability is firmly embedded in all of the Group’s divisions and at all levels. The task of the Sustainability Council is to assess all matters that are relevant in terms of sustainability with regard to target achievement, positioning opportunities and cost-efficiency. The Sustainability Committee ensures that there is engagement and a commitment to sustainability within the Group. It also deals with sustainability issues across divisions and offices at the highest management level.

Embedding sustainability in all divisions and at all levels of the Group is an ongoing process which is coordinated by the Group’s sustainability management team, which is part of the Corporate Communications department. It is supported by the international sustainability network. Sustainability officers have been appointed in Basel, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Singapore and Zurich. They are responsible for coordinating local sustainability measures and recording local sustainability indicators.