Legal | Tax | Compliance
Legal | Tax | Compliance
We support our clients by building a sustainable future through our expertise in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) practice. With our dedicated ESG practice, we provide services at the highest level, ensuring legal certainty in an ever-changing world and delivering measurable results.
Our comprehensive ESG-Products: We support your business to gain competitive advantage
At MME, we offer a range of specialized services designed to address key ESG challenges and opportunities in a pragmatic, cost-efficient (fix-price) and risk-based approach:
We offer ESG products tailored to specific industries and client segments:
ESG for Real Estate: Sustainability is becoming more and more important for developers, investors, construction and real estate management. A key assessment method for companies is the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), which serves as a guide to ESG performance. GRESB is a valuation method that analyses the sustainability performance of companies and funds in the real estate and infrastructure sector. It focuses on the environment, social responsibility and governance (ESG) and assesses how well companies perform in these areas. GRESB is characterised by the fact that it is specifically tailored to the requirements of the real estate and infrastructure sector and offers clear criteria and benchmarks for comparability. We are happy to accompany you on your journey to achieve a GRESB score.
Download document now: Swiss Sustainable Finance ESG-Questionnaire for Direct Real Estate Vehicles
ESG for Sustainable Finance / Insurance and Pensions: Our experts assist you in incorporating sustainability principles into your financial strategies and product offerings and in being compliant with growing regulation. Investors: Are you ready for the new Swiss Stewardship Code?
ESG for Green FinTech: We support your business in harnessing the power of technology to create innovative and eco-friendly financial products, promoting sustainable economic growth. Sustainable Finance: ESG rating regulation
ESG for Family Enterprises and Family Offices: We can help you position your business as leader in your sector by advising on governance, sustainable investments and strategy. The Significance of ESG for Swiss Foundations: A Path to Responsible Impact
ESG for Travel & Hospitality: Sustainability in the travel and hospitality sector is a key success factor and we can support you on your own ESG journey.
ESG for industrial companies: We provide you with pragmatic support in clarifying and documenting due diligence and reporting obligations in the area of conflict minerals and child labour as well as the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). We advise you on various EU regulations, such as the Ecodesign Regulation, the Packing and Waste Directive or the Deforestation Regulation, so that you can continue to import or sell your products in the EU.
ESG: Will your company be affected by the new transparency regulations on sustainability aspects?
Impact of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EU) 2023/1115* on Swiss companies
ESG and CO2 Ordinance: The CO2 Ordinance regulates three new support instruments for industry: companies in the Swiss Emissions Trading System (ETS) can apply for financial support for measures that significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The ordinance also specifies the exemption of companies from the CO2 levy if they commit to reducing their emissions. This option is now available to all companies under the revised CO2 Act. We can provide you with comprehensive advice in these areas.
ESG for hydrogen: According to the Federal Council's report, hydrogen is currently used primarily as a raw material in industrial and chemical processes. It can make an important contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Hydrogen will therefore become increasingly important in the energy system over the next few years. A separate hydrogen economy is emerging with companies that supply technology and companies that operate electrolysis plants as well as grid and transport infrastructure. We advise you with a multidisciplinary team on all legal issues relating to the protection of intellectual property in the establishment and testing of new technologies and along the value chain in the production, sale, distribution, construction, storage and utilisation of hydrogen.
ESG for renewable energies: The revised CO2 Act aims to halve Switzerland's greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Two thirds of the reduction will be achieved through domestic measures. The CO2 Ordinance sets out the reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions in the various sectors by 2030 and specifies the measures to be taken. This represents the first step towards net zero in accordance with the Climate and Innovation Act. By 2030, emissions from buildings are to be reduced by 50 per cent, from transport by 25 per cent, from industry by 35 per cent and from agriculture, the waste sector (excluding waste incineration) and synthetic gases by 25 per cent overall. Energy supply, industry, buildings and mobility - the climate protection targets can only be achieved with a transformation in the energy-intensive infrastructure. The law can be one of the most important drivers of this development if it promotes change through more public and private investment. The federal government and cantons are working on an investment-friendly legal framework with a focus on faster approval procedures (e.g. building permits, zoning plans, etc.) and the promotion of sustainable technologies (subsidies). We support the public sector and the private sector from project planning and authorisations to building law and tax issues as well as contract design, financing and securing IP rights in order to successfully implement their projects. ESG: Pitfalls in climate transition plans from the perspective of Swiss law
ESG for data centres: A ‘green data centre’ is a conventional data centre that has been designed (infrastructure, location, equipment, devices) to be as energy-efficient as possible and to have as little impact on the environment as possible. Data centres currently consume around 3% of the world's energy. Although converting a data centre to environmentally friendly technologies incurs upfront capital costs, in the long term it reduces operating costs and improves efficiency. In addition to operational benefits, switching to green data centres also has other direct benefits, such as an improved brand image and a compelling value proposition for customers. For many customers, good ESG performance is an important factor influencing business decisions. We are happy to support you from A-Z in the project planning and implementation of a ‘green data centre’.
ESG for (public and private) procurement (Sustainable Procurement): Procurement risks no longer only affect supply chains and security of supply or cost and quality aspects. Increasing social, ecological and geopolitical challenges require a holistic view. Pandemics, resource scarcity, stricter climate and biodiversity laws, growing social inequality and new technologies are just a few examples that will increasingly concern companies and their procurement departments and for which they need to be prepared. How can procurement organise itself sustainably in the face of these challenges? We will be happy to support you in drawing up the relevant policies, contracts and processes to generate the desired positive impact. The importance of a sustainable supply chain policy
ESG for CFOs, CSOs, CEOs, Boards, GCs, Company Secretaries: We guide you through your role in ESG with tailored advice to your responsibility.
Why Choose MME
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