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Corporate sustainability at Pictet Asset Management

A responsible company, contributing to a more resilient and sustainable economy

Our purpose: For our clients, colleagues, and wider society, we always aim to do the right thing and honour our commitment to enduring quality.

Corporate sustainability

Pictet Asset Management is part of the Pictet Group, a partnership that has endured for more than 200 years. Throughout the Group, business is driven by a sense of responsibility to both present and future generations, to the real economy and the wider world.

Our responsible mindset is expressed through a commitment to reduce our environmental impact, foster the development and wellbeing of our employees, and help support projects through a tradition of philanthropy.

Our guiding principles

  • Independent partnership

    We are part of the Pictet Group, a stable independent partnership, founded in 1805. Free from shareholder pressure, we can focus on our clients’ needs.

  • Long-term investment mindset

    We are committed to investment quality. We offer pioneering strategies that dare to be different.

  • Responsibility is in our DNA

    We aim to do the right thing and do it right – in that order. We always act in the best interests of our clients, colleagues, society and the environment.

  • Innovative at heart

    We are recognised by professional investors for: innovation, being experts in what we do and our client-orientated thinking.

Reducing our environmental impact

In addition to our efforts to advance the global climate action agenda and educate investors about the management of environmental risks in their portfolio, we are committed to reducing our own environmental impact as much as possible.

We are taking steps to cut our carbon footprint by optimising infrastructure efficiency, including the building of cutting-edge low-carbon headquarters, supporting green mobility and streamlining our consumption.
Our recent initiatives

  • Efficient infrastructure

    Replaced lighting with LED at Pictet HQ

    Optimised temperature in technical rooms and data centres in Geneva and Zurich to reduce electricity consumption

    Installed open-door alerts for cold storage rooms

  • Green mobility

    Switched to 100% electric cars at lease renewal

    Added 70 electric vehicle chargers in Geneva office parking

  • Consumption optimisation

    Launched initiative to reduce food waste by selling leftover meals in Pictet HQ cafeteria at half price

    Removed PET plastics from HQ vending machines

Targets for our operations have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative to verify they are in line with science: we are committed to reducing our absolute scope 1 and 2 emissions by 55% by 2030 from 2019 levels.

Actively engaging with our employees, communities and the broader society

With our initiatives, we aim to stimulate action on environmental and social issues to make a long-lasting impact.

A long tradition of philanthropy

As the planet is endangered and globalisation increasingly shows its detrimental side effects, we must be a force for good for our communities and for future generations. The Pictet Group Foundation continues the tradition of philanthropic work undertaken by Pictet’s partners in the fields of medical research, culture, social and humanitarian causes. Efforts are focused on the following key areas: environment and education, nutrition, and water.

Diversity, equity and inclusion

As a firm, we are open-minded and open to all. We want to create a culture that enables our employees to develop and reach their potential. We have taken steps to create a diverse and inclusive workforce and have set up partnerships with organisations that allow employees to balance their personal and professional lives, encourage participation in charitable engagement, and make a difference in the fields of socio-economic mobility, minority representation and gender diversity.

Indian photographer Gauri Gill received the 10th Prix Pictet at a ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum for her series “Notes from the Desert”.

Prix Pictet

In 2008 the partners of the Pictet Group created the Prix Pictet prize to draw worldwide attention to and stimulate action on issues of sustainability through the medium of photography. Since foundation, the Prix Pictet has focused on environmental and social themes beginning with Water, followed by Earth, Growth, Power, Consumption, Disorder, Space, Hope, Fire and Human.
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