credit-suisse Environmental Report 1997/1998 Short version

Credit Suisse Group published its first environmental report in 1996 and underwent a fundamental change in 1997 when it merged with Winterthur Insurance and became the Credit Suisse Group. The report discusses Credit Suisse Group's environmental management system, which has been certified to ISO 14001 at its Swiss banking sites. It also discusses the group's focus on environmental risks in lending and insurance activities, its "product ecology" including green investment funds, and trends in the environmental management and products.