ABSTRACT
AUSTRIA GERMANY SWITZERLAND
COUNTRY OVERVIEW
Population (2013) 8,221,646 81,147,265 7,996,026 Life expectancy (2011) 80.04 years 80.32 years 82.28 years Literacy rate 98% 99% 99% School life expectancy 16 years 16 years 16 years Religious groups Roman Catholic
73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecifi ed 2%, none 12%
Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffi liated or other 28.3%
Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Muslim 4.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, other 1%, unspecifi ed 4.3%, none 11.1%
Government type Federal republic Federal republic Formally a confederation but similar in structure to a federal republic
Legal system Civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court
Civil law system Civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts, except for federal decrees of a general obligatory character
GDP/capita (PPP) (2012)
$43,100 $39,700 $46,200
AUSTRIA GERMANY SWITZERLAND
COUNTRY OVERVIEW
Main industries Construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, metals, chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications equipment, tourism
Among the world’s largest and most technologically advanced producer of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages, shipbuilding, textiles
Machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments, tourism, banking, insurance
Unemployment rate (2012)
4.4% 5.5% 2.9%
Public debt/GDP (2012) 73.4% 81.9% 52.4% Market value of publicly traded shares (2012)
$100.4 billion $1.184 trillion $932.2 billion
Internet users/ population
72.6% 80.3% 76.9%
Special cultural aspects Strong green party Grassroots democracy
RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT OVERVIEW
Overall RI market without overlays
$7.66 billion* (€5.6 billion)
$100.21 billion* (€73.3 billion)
$54.10 billion** (CHF 48.5 billion)
Overall RI market growth rate
17% 16.3% 14.7%
Institutional RI market $3.09 billion* (€2.26 billion)
$60.79 billion* (€44.471 billion)
$28.98 billion ** (CHF 26 billion)
Retail RI market $3.92 billion* (€2.87 billion)
$39.40 billion* (€28.819 billion)
$25.10 billion ** (CHF 22.5 billion)
# of PRI signatories 5 47 59 # of PRI asset owner signatories
1 15 6
# of PRI investment manager signatories
4 21 40
# of PRI professional service provider partners
0 11 13
Asset classes used in RI
Bonds (83%), equity (15%), other (25%)
Bonds (57%), equity (23%), money market (10%), other (10%)
Equity (53%), bonds (31%), other (16%)
Overall fi nancial market size
3.6% 3.6%
Launch year of fi rst RI investment fund Launch year of national RI organization
Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen 2001
Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen 2001
Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen 2001
Largest three RI asset owners
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AUSTRIA GERMANY SWITZERLAND
RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT OVERVIEW
Largest three RI investment managers
Union Investment, KfW Bank
Bank Safra-Sarasin, Ethos-Pictet, Credit Suisse AG, Zürcher Kantonalbank
Important RI professional service partners
oekom research AG robeccoSAM
Other relevant RI organizations
Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen
Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen, Association of Critical Shareholders (Kritische Aktionäre)
Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen
Major ESG issues of concern to society over the last decade
Exclusion of controversial weapons, nuclear energy, production and trade of weapons, pornography, tobacco and gambling.
