Kellerhals Carrard launches Sustainability & ESG Desk
Sustainability & ESG Desk
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) as well as sustainability issues are becoming increasingly important for our clients. In order to support them efficiently and skillfully in dealing with the related challenges, Kellerhals Carrard – with its many years of experience in successfully operating the Startup Desk – has created an interdisciplinary Sustainability & ESG Desk. The desk brings together the firm’s wide-ranging expertise and connects our specialists with experts from outside the field of law, for the benefit of its clients.
The new desk is led by Prof. Dr. Isabelle Romy with Prof. Dr. Henry Peter and Prof. Jean-Luc Chenaux as Co-Heads. “The interdisciplinary co-leadership allows us to rely on decades of experience in the three areas of environment, social affairs, and sustainable business management and to be anchored in all three language regions,” says Prof. Dr. Isabelle Romy.
Sustainability & ESG Desk
KC as the legal partner of “Sustainable Switzerland”
As part of its commitment to sustainability, Kellerhals Carrard will become the official legal partner of “Sustainable Switzerland”, an initiative launched by the NZZ together with various companies and the two Federal Institutes of Technology with the purpose of working together to make Switzerland more sustainable. Kellerhals Carrard is backing the initiative with advisory and financial support as well as pro bono services. This shows how the firm is expanding its social commitment and setting new standards in the industry.
Innovative cooperative umbrella structure and internal think tank
“Kellerhals Carrard has committed itself to a sustainable business model by taking the innovative step of creating a cooperative umbrella structure with the purpose of sustainable entrepreneurship,” says the firm’s Managing Partner, Dr. Beat Brechbühl.
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Environmental (E)
Prof. Dr. Isabelle Romy is a renowned environment lawyer. Her experience includes advising on a large array of environmental legal issues with a strong focus on contaminated land and groundwater pollution. She represents clients in environmental regulatory, administrative, and civil proceedings. Her experience as a board member of global companies has provided her deep insights into the governance issues around mastering the opportunities and challenges of ESG topics for businesses.
Contact: +41 58 200 39 00
Social (S)
Prof. Dr. Henry Peter launched the “Philanthropy Series” at the University of Geneva and with it the basis for the “Geneva Centre for Philanthropy”, which he founded in 2017 and heads today. He is one of Switzerland’s leading corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship experts. He is a member of several boards of directors, including a leading Swiss private bank, which is a B Corp.
Contact: +41 58 200 31 00
Unternehmensführung (G)
Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux is one of the leading governance experts in Switzerland in cooperative governance, among other fields, and has extensive experience serving as a member of boards of directors and boards of trustees.
Contact: + 41 58 200 33 51
Managing Partner of Kellerhals Carrard
Dr. Beat Brechbühl is Managing Partner of Kellerhals Carrard and heads the Transactions Team. He works in the areas of cooperation and corporate/cooperative governance, to name a few, and actively publishes literature on these topics. Dr. Brechbühl is involved as a board member and trustee in several not-for-profit organizations.
Contact: +41 58 200 35 30