öbu has a new presidium with Arthur Braunschweig
Arthur Braunschweig, Managing Partner of E2 Management Consulting AG, is the new President of öbu, the association for sustainable business. The vice presidency is held by Anne Wolf, Head of Corporate Responsibility at Swiss Post.
Arthur Braunschweig takes over from Ruth E. Blumer Lahner, Head Regulatory Affairs, Sustainability and SHEQ at Kolb Group. Ruth Blumer Lahner, as the previous öbu Vice President, initially took over the presidency ad-interim and then formally in January 2019 when Christian Hunziker resigned for health reasons.
Both have played a key role in shaping the association and the development of a sustainable economy in Switzerland.
öbu general meeting
At this year's general meeting of öbu, the association for sustainable business, Olmar Albers, Managing Director at öbu, gave an insight into the association's ongoing strategy process. In addition to new forms of financing, the focus will increasingly be on cooperation and member engagement as well as the implementation of sustainable management in the company.
In addition to the strategic transformation, there are also personnel changes. The newly appointed presidium of the association introduced itself to the company representatives present at the general meeting. öbu President Dr. Arthur Braunschweig, Managing Partner of E2 Management Consulting AG, helped establish the association in 1989 as Managing Director and has been on the board since 1999. He sees great potential in öbu as a platform where companies can jointly test out novel approaches, from new working and business models to sustainable supply chains - all in the interests of the future viability of companies. Anne Wolf, öbu's new vice president, reported on Swiss Post's materiality analysis and the valuable lessons learned when considering the relevance of sustainable development issues.
The general meeting was followed by a stimulating presentation by Christian Felber, economic reformer and initiator of the common good economy, on the question of whether we are not measuring economic performance incorrectly with financial data. The common good economy proposes to focus on the effects on people and society, such as satisfaction, security, etc., as indicators for the actual goals of economic activity as well. Financial things should thus be seen as a means and not as an end.
At a workshop with interested companies in the fall of 2019, the preparation of a common good balance sheet based on these principles will be elaborated. Further information will follow on www.oebu.ch
