--- id: 7878 title: "UBS: Best Bank Sustainability Leadership Global 2020" award_year: 2020 published: 2020-06-26 12:14:49 published_gmt: 2020-06-26 11:14:49 author: "CFI.co Editorial" url: "https://cfi.co/awards/banking/2020/ubs-best-bank-sustainability-leadership-global-2020/" categories: ["Banking", "Best Practice", "Corporate Leadership", "Sustainability"] content_class: award_rationale independence_status: independent_editorial sponsor_disclosure: none editorial_lens: constructive_positive_lens historical_status: current_at_publication correction_status: none archive_policy: no_delete provenance_layer: github_versioned wayback_status: archived wayback_first_snapshot: 20200920170549 wayback_snapshot_url: "http://web.archive.org/web/20200920170549/https://cfi.co/awards/banking/2020/ubs-best-bank-sustainability-leadership-global-2020/" license: CFI-OAAL-1.0 content_sha256: 693571d070d55bf0fedf34e1264197c918ce7b286c83124d86445b4a1492a9f0 canonical: 7878-ubs-best-bank-sustainability-leadership-global-2020.json --- # UBS: Best Bank Sustainability Leadership Global 2020 > Verbatim archived copy. Canonical machine record: `7878-ubs-best-bank-sustainability-leadership-global-2020.json`. UBS

UBS is a constant cheerleader for the UN’s Sustainable development Goals (SDGs). The bank does all possible to enable clients, collaborators, policymakers, and peers to make informed decisions on the path towards their achievement, realising that efforts towards economic recovery post-pandemic must take the goals into account. UBS offers clients a range of opportunities for impact investing, enabling them to make a difference – while still enjoying favourable returns. The bank focuses its sustainability efforts on finance, philanthropy, and community engagement, as well as establishing a business model for sustainable growth, responsible stewardship of resources, and expansive social contribution. The CFI.co judging panel confirms the exemplary UBS support extended to host communities. These include a social enterprise that allows cocoa farmers to stake their claim in the industry, an academy to prepare underprivileged students for university, and a non-profit programme that trains, equips, and pays locals to administer basic healthcare. The bank’s sustainability report for last year was published in March. Core sustainable investments rose to 13,5 percent of invested assets, hitting its target three years ahead of schedule. Carbon-related assets were reduced by more than 40 percent. A sizable chunk of client assets has been directed into impact investments according to SDGs. Greenhouse gas emissions are reducing nicely, and the firm occupies a leadership position on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. UBS has an important role in the sustainable future, and the panel applauds its efforts. Named last year too, UBS is the 2020 winner of the award Best Bank Sustainability Leadership (Global).