Sustainability – particularly in the environmental, social and corporate governance spheres – is becoming increasingly important to our clients.
We want to help them tackle the related challenges and have set up the Sustainability (ESG) Desk for this purpose: here, we have pooled the wide-ranging expertise and long-standing experience of our experts for the benefit of our clients. The key to capitalising on the opportunities and mitigating the risks associated with sustainability challenges lies in an interdisciplinary approach and the collaboration of specialists from different fields.
The Sustainability (ESG) Desk is led by Prof. Dr Isabelle Romy (Head) and by Marc Hanslin and Umberto Milano (Co-Heads). This interdisciplinary co-leadership allows us to draw on decades of experience across the three areas of environment, social issues and sustainable corporate governance. We are also firmly established in all linguistic regions of Switzerland, enabling us to provide our clients with the best possible advice.
Through its innovative move towards a cooperative umbrella structure dedicated to sustainable entrepreneurship and social engagement, Kellerhals Carrard is itself committed to a sustainable business model.
Prof. Dr Isabelle Romy is a renowned specialist in environmental law. Her experience includes advising on a wide range of environmental law issues, with a focus on contaminated land and groundwater pollution, as well as representing clients in civil and administrative environmental proceedings. Thanks to her experience as a board member of global companies, she possesses in-depth expertise on governance issues relating to managing the opportunities and challenges that ESG issues present for companies.
Prof. Dr Henry Peter launched the ‘Philanthropy Series’ at the University of Geneva, thereby laying the foundations for the ‘Geneva Centre for Philanthropy’, which he founded in 2017 and now chairs. He is one of Switzerland’s leading experts on corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship. Henry Peter sits on various boards of directors, including that of a leading Swiss private bank certified as a ‘B Corp’.
Prof. Dr Jean-Luc Chenaux is one of Switzerland’s leading governance experts, particularly in the field of cooperative governance, and has extensive experience as a member of boards of directors and boards of trustees.
We use our expertise to help our clients seize opportunities and mitigate the risks associated with these developments. We are guided by our values: ‘substance over form’, pragmatic and specialisation. Read our sustainability strategy to learn more about our approach to sustainability.
