ANTONIO HAUTLE - UN GLOBAL COMPACT

Sustainable finance has seen a strong increase in the past years, and demand from the investor side will grow even faster in the future. The challenge to find convincing sustainable companies to be invested in is growing. Responsible and sustainable businesses are key for the future of our societies. Since the financial sector is a key driver for economic development, it is crucial to get all financial actors involved in active reflection and action on business sustainability. Antonio Hautle will give an overview, and explain how the UN Global Compact and other actors in the field of economic, social, and ecologic sustainability like WBCSD, B-Corp, öbu, etc; support and push companies on their sustainability journey. The UN Global Compact Ten Principles, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), and the Agenda 2030 with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a helpful framework for the financial sector. To make this meeting as interactive as possible, we kindly ask you to formulate one or two key questions and/or reflections on:

• What do I expect from a sustainable and responsible business?
• Where do I see the role of the financial sector? Should sustainability be part of its value proposition to clients and personnel? Why and how?

Since 2015, Antonio Hautle is the Executive Director of Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein, the local Network of UN Global Compact. Prior to this position, he was the director of Fastenopfer from 2001 until 2013 and the director of the Social Department of the Canton of Lucerne from 2013 until 2015. Hautle has a background in Philosophy, Business Ethics, and Catholic Theology (Elève titulaire, Ecole Biblique et Archéologique Française Jérusalem, Master Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome) and holds a Master in Business Administration from the HEC University of Geneva.