Event details

Making Climate Stewardship Comparable: A Practitioner Forum on Voting and Engagement

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06

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05

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2026

6:00 pm

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06

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05

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2026

8:00 pm

Online event
Hybrid event
In-person event

Organised by:

Green Fintech Network, rezonanz, PostFinance

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Solaris room - ORBIZ Josef, Zurich Josefstrasse 214a, 8005 Zürich
Solaris room - ORBIZ Josef Zürich
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About the event

Green Fintech Network (GFN) is hosting a practitioner forum at the GFN Hub, bringing together asset owners, asset managers, corporates, service providers, and civil society to explore how climate stewardship (particularly voting and engagement) can be better understood, assessed, and made comparable in today’s rapidly evolving context.

Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions, shifting economic conditions, and changing expectations since the net-zero momentum of 2021, financial institutions are reassessing how they approach long-term risks and responsibilities. While climate change remains a systemic priority, stewardship practices are increasingly diverging, making it harder to distinguish effective approaches and support informed decision-making by asset owners.

This session will bring together senior practitioners to address key questions:

  • What does responsible ownership look like in a world of competing priorities?
  • How can voting and engagement drive meaningful climate action?
  • How can differences in stewardship approaches be interpreted and compared?

The session will start with short input talks from speakers from PostFinance, ETH Zürich, Swisscleantech, rezonanz, and Additionality, offering perspectives across the investment and corporate landscape.

Why this matters

  • Stewardship is central to how investors respond to systemic climate risks, but approaches are evolving and diverging
  • Voting and engagement are widely used, yet their effectiveness is interpreted differently across the ecosystem
  • Without more structured and comparable approaches, it remains difficult to make forward-looking investment decisions

This discussion will contribute to ongoing work on developing more decision-useful approaches to climate stewardship, including development of a Net Zero Stewardship Indicator.

Participants will be invited to continue the discussion in follow-up sessions later in May.

***A Climate Week Zurich​​ event, held within a programme of 250+ sessions from 4-9 May 2026 focused on co‑creating and scaling climate solutions across sectors.***

Event language: English

Knowledge level: Intermediate understanding, Advanced knowledge, Expert / Professional level

Admission: Participants may request an invitation. The organizer reserves the right to approve or decline registrations.

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