Press release: Leonteq's ESG rating upgraded to AA by MSCI

PRESS RELEASE | LEONTEQ’S ESG RATING UPGRADED TO AA BY MSCI
 

Zurich, 30 August 2023

Leonteq AG (SIX: LEON) today announced that MSCI ESG Research (MSCI) has upgraded the company’s ESG rating to AA from A.

Leonteq has received an upgrade to AA (on a scale of AAA-CCC) from MSCI, the world’s largest provider of ESG indexes. According to MSCI, Leonteq thus is leading its industry in managing the most significant ESG risks and opportunities and now ranks among the top twenty-five of MSCI’s 63 diversified financial peers worldwide.

Earlier this year, Sustainalytics assigned Leonteq an ESG Risk Rating of 12.3 under its newly introduced “Core Framework”. This score categorises Leonteq as continuing to have “Low Risk” (on a scale from severe (≥40) to negligible (≤10)) of experiencing material financial impacts from ESG factors. The company ranks among the top five percentile of Sustainalytics’ global universe as well as the diversified financial universe.

Both ratings are in recognition of the company’s efforts in further embedding ESG considerations and sustainability practices in its business activities and to reporting transparently on its progress each year.

Lukas Ruflin, CEO of Leonteq, stated: “Sustainability is an integral part of our Growth Strategy 2026, and we strongly believe that our focused approach in this regard is generating long-term value for all our stakeholders. Since 2021, we are taking targeted measures to foster sustainability and responsible behaviour throughout the organisation, and we are delighted to be externally recognised for these efforts.”

Leonteq’s sustainability disclosures and other ESG ratings are available at https://www.leonteq.com/about-us/sustainability

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LEONTEQ

Leonteq is a Swiss fintech company with a leading marketplace for structured investment solutions. Based on proprietary modern technology, the company offers derivative investment products and services and predominantly covers the capital protection, yield enhancement and participation product classes. Leonteq acts as both a direct issuer of its own products and as a partner to other financial institutions. Leonteq further enables life insurance companies and banks to produce capital-efficient, unit-linked pension products with guarantees. The company has offices and subsidiaries in 13 countries across Europe, Middle East and Asia...Leonteq AG is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX: LEON). www.leonteq.com

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