Gaining traction: Impact Report 2023

Key takeaways

• Vontobel’s expert team has boosted efforts to finetune the way analysts provide their assessment of their portfolio holdings and continually engages in efforts to increase transparency.
• The “regulatory tsunami” in sustainable finance is starting to show signs of affecting other major capital markets outside the European Union. Vontobel provides a deep dive into selected key developments from the epicenter of this modern regulatory phenomenon.
• To make real progress in getting to a net-zero world, we will have to redouble the efforts we are already making. Professional and institutional impact investors with their considerable financial muscle are key for us to get a handle on developing clean energy, transitioning the whole sector to drastically reduced carbon emissions and thus laying the foundations for a low-carbon future that is better for everyone on our planet.