PARTNER PROFILE: CREDIT SUISSE

Corporate Partnerships

CREDIT SUISSE

Credit Suisse is a leading financial services company in private banking, investment banking, and asset management. Founded in 1856, Credit Suisse currently employs over 47,400 people working in 550 offices in 50 countries. Through its commitment to global carbon neutrality and participation in dialogues about climate change, Credit Suisse has demonstrated a willingness to engage in finding solutions.

Credit Suisse Global Environmental Affairs worked alongside Earthwatch scientists at the Regional Climate Center in Brazil. The next year, Credit Suisse employees participated in Earthwatch expeditions in the Dinghushan Nature Reserve of China and coffee plantations of San Marcos de Tarrazú in Costa Rica to assist scientists in environmental research enhancing their understanding of climate change and sustainability.

CREDIT SUISSE

Conducting climate change research in the French Alps.

Conserving Leopards and Monkeys in South Africa
Credit Suisse employees have worked alongside Earthwatch scientists on critical environmental research projects around the world.

CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH

In 2013, six Credit Suisse employees will travel to France to conduct climate change research in the Alps. The partnership continues to engage Credit Suisse employees in powerful, hands-on professional development, such as team-building, problem-solving, and intellectual challenges, through the framework of environmental stewardship and sustainability. Upon return, each of the participants will share his or her knowledge and experience among colleagues, contributing to the overall sustainability strategy at Credit Suisse.

In addition to these six fellows, Credit Suisse has expanded the program in 2013 to offer three one-day ClimateWatch expeditions in Hong Kong, expanding the reach of the program to more employees and enabling their staff to learn about the issues surrounding climate change and research methods in their local community.

Turtle Conservation
Helping conserve Trinidad's leatherback sea turtles.

Climate Change Research
Studying climate and landscape change in Borneo's rainforest.

“It was an extremely rewarding experience on a personal level and also as an employee of Credit Suisse. It was great to see how sustainability manifests itself in business, and this experience gave me a whole new perspective on corporate sustainability.”

Rory Meyers
Credit Suisse employee

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