Credit Suisse Asset Management
Percentage of assets covered by the Net Zero Asset Managers Commitment Statement
44% of total AUM (USD $220.68 billion)
Information on interim target(s) covering the proportion of assets to be managed in line with net zero
Baseline(s):
Our target metric is the emissions intensity. For 2019 emissions intensity was calculated as 186 tCO2e per million CHF invested. The target metric is calculated for our in-scope assets (listed equities and corporate bonds) and excludes the in-scope AuM of instruments and regions where there is currently no automated data collection process available.
Target(s):
The 2030 interim goal of Credit Suisse Asset Management is to achieve a 50% reduction in investment-associated emissions in intensity terms (tCO2e per CHF million invested) compared to 2019. Our ambition is to achieve net zero by 2050.
GHG scopes included:
Our methodology accounts for Scope 1 and 2 emissions of all issuers held in our managed portfolios that are in scope and for Scope 3 emissions for the issuers in the energy sector. The enterprise value and GHG emissions data that we apply to calculate the investment-associated emissions are obtained from research and data provider MSCI.
Methodology:
Own/other methodology
Scenario(s):
According to IPCC special report on global warming of 1.5°C, the pathways that limit global warming to 1.5°C with no or limited overshoot require by about 45% (40-60% interquartile range) emission reduction by 2030. This translates into an annual reduction of 6%.
Additional information
Proportion of AUM committed:
Our interim 2030 goal will apply to listed equities and corporate bonds. Due to the current lack of available data, it is not possible to accurately measure the investment-associated emissions of all of our in-scope assets. Altogether, we were able to retrieve data to calculate the investment-associated emissions of 39% of the total AuM managed within Credit Suisse Asset Management in 2021. Our ambition is to include more assets over time in order to reach 100% coverage of our AuM in the long term so that we can achieve our net zero goal by 2050.
Policy on coal and other fossil fuel investments:
Credit Suisse Asset Management’s offerings classified as 2-Avoid Harm and above, based on the Credit Suisse Group’s proprietary Sustainable Investment Framework, currently do not invest in companies that derive more than 20% of their combined revenues from thermal coal mining or coal-powered electricity generation. Additionally, for the same product range, we have a plan to gradually strengthen these restrictions, which includes a 15% revenue threshold by 2025 and a 5% revenue threshold by 2030. In addition to our intentions for thermal coal, we are also introducing a restriction on companies active in Arctic oil & gas with a 5% revenue threshold as well as an oil sands restriction with a 10% revenue threshold. Both restrictions are introduced as of April 1, 2023, and will apply to actively managed portfolios in the same product range.
Further information:
Climate Action Plan: Sustainable Investing | Credit Suisse Asset Management (credit-suisse.com)
TCFD Report of Credit Suisse Group: Sustainability Reporting & Disclosure | Credit Suisse (credit-suisse.com)
Methodology specification: Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard for the Financial Industry developed by the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)