Swiss Ethics Award: Announcement of the projects
On September 23, 2020, the SWISS EXCELLENCE FORUM will present the Swiss Ethics Award for the 9th time at the Museum of Transport in Lucerne. Five companies are nominated for the award and will present their projects.
Since 2005, the SWISS EXCELLENCE FORUM has been honoring outstanding ethical performance in business with the Swiss Ethics Award. The focus is on achievements by organizations that assume responsibility in a special way and are actively committed to sustainable corporate governance. Five outstanding projects have been nominated for the 2020 award:
- Alternative Bank Schweiz AG, Olten Project: Climate-Active ABS
- Arbofino AG, Männedorf Wood investment with biodiversity promotion
- Forma Futura Invest AG, Zurich Project: Independent Sustainable Asset Management
- Reckhaus AG, Gais with Insect Respect
- Vatorex AG, Wiesendangen with Bee Together Bee Alive
Note on the award
Note: The planned Swiss Ethics Award ceremony on April 30 could unfortunately not be held due to the current Corona pandemic. The award ceremony will now take place within the framework of this Ethics Talk on September 23.
The award ceremony will take place on September 23, 2020 at the Museum of Transport in Lucerne as part of an exciting program. Dr. Marc Holitscher, Member of the Executive Board at Microsoft Switzerland will speak about "Artificial Intelligence: why we need an ethical compass". He will be a guest in the subsequent panel discussion together with Dr. Regula Pfister, entrepreneur and member of the Board of Directors, and Dr. Michael Fürst, Head Social Innovation & Strategy, Global Health & Corporate Responsibility at Novartis International AG.
Jury
The projects are judged by a top-class jury consisting of ethicists as well as representatives from business, science, theology and politics:
- Stephan Baer, Baer Ammann GmbH
- National Councilor Corina Eichenberger
- Paola Ghillani, Paola Ghillani & Friends Ltd.
- Prof. Dr. Markus Huppenbauer, Center for Religion, Economics
and Politics, University of Zurich
- Prof. Dr. Hans Ruh, business and social ethicist
- Prof. Dr. Peter Schaber, Ethics Center of the University of Zurich
- Dr. Christoph Weber-Berg, Reformed Regional Church of Aargau
Partner
The Swiss Ethics Award is supported by Holinger AG, Die Post, ibW Höhere Fachschule Südostschweiz, Luzerner Kantonalbank, Linkgroup AG, the Zentralbahn and Umwelt Perspektiven.
For more details please contact:
Ruth Buholzer, SWISS EXCELLENCE FORUM
(r.buholzer@excellence-forum.ch)
