Media coverage

Inside Davos 2026: Key insights — and the best and worst of the forum, illuminem, January 29, 2026

Beyond ESG: How wealth managers are redefining the purpose of capital, University of St.Gallen (HSG), November 17, 2025

Ahlström family rewrites rules of philanthropy, PWM, November 10, 2025

Impact – Future-proofing family businesses (in Finnish: Vaikuttavuus – Tulevaisuudenkestävyyttä perheyrityksiin), Perhe & Yritys -lehdessä, November 6, 2025

The untapped wealth of reputation, relationships, and expertise, illuminem, September 27, 2025

Wealthy investors aiming to create social and environmental impact rely on far more than just money, illuminem, September 19, 2025

Leitfaden für wirkungsvolles Investieren, Tagesspiegel Background, September 18, 2025

Wealthy investors should use networking to build impact, report, impact Investor, September 16, 2025

Family offices must use all tools to stop world moving 'backward', new report finds, Environmental Finance, September 16, 2025

These wealth holders are deploying ‘multicapital’ strategies to deepen their impact, Impact Alpha, September 15, 2025

Wealthy families embrace systemic rethink to impact investing, PWM, April 16, 2025.

Next-gen wealth inheritors embrace investing for systemic change, Impact Investor, March 27, 2025.

The Week in impact investing: Abundance, Impact Alpha, March 21, 2025.

Systemic investing as a strategy for transformative impact, Impact Alpha. March 18, 2025.

Leitfaden für systemisches Investieren publiziert, Der Tagesspiegel, March 13, 2025.

Notes from a systemic investing conference, New Private Markets, March 13, 2025.

Impact investing grows up (5 part series), Illuminem, March 11, 2025.

Sustainability Action Requires Whole System Approach, ESG Investor, March 10, 2025.

Biodiversity: The next big investment trend?, LGT, December 17, 2023.

The 2023 Family Office Impact Investing Roundup, Forbes, October 8, 2023.

An interview with Florian Heeb: can sustainable investing save the world?, Illuminem, September 13, 2023.

Impact X - Falko Paetzold, Impact X, August 16, 2023.

In Conversation with Antonis Schwarz - Sustainability Talks, ETF Partners, July 6, 2023.

Rating the ESG rating agencies, Financial Times, July 4, 2023.

From purpose-driven entrepreneur to impact-driven investor, Illuminem, June 16, 2023.

Was hinter Impact Investing steckt, Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, May 8, 2023.

Potential greenwashing concerns over Article 9 funds, Responsible Investor, February 23, 2023. 

No Smoke and Mirrors Here: Good ESG Ratings Help Stock Prices, Bad Grades Hurt Them, Chief Investment Officer, January 26, 2023.

Forschungsfrage zu Greenwashing wird zu magistraler Empfehlung, Horizonte-Magazin, December 1, 2022.

Porträt von Falko Paetzold, Tagesspiegel, November 17, 2022.

Empty ESG Pledges Ensure Bonds Benefit Companies, Not the Planet, Bloomberg.

ESG-Ratings verändern in der realen Welt nichts, Cash, October 28, 2022.

Nachhaltige Anlagen: Die Wirkung ist egal. Wichtig ist vor allem das gute Gefühl, NZZ, September 16, 2022.

Facing hidden costs of going green, investor indifference to level of impact, and unachievable climate commitments, Forbes, September 6, 2022.

Market mispricing of risk will continue, Financial Times, July 11, 2022.

Seeking clarity as stakeholders shine a light on ESG ratings, IPE, July 9, 2022.

How ESG investing came to a reckoning, Financial Times, June 6, 2022.

Aggregate ESG confusion, Financial Times, May 23, 2022.

Beware the wild world of ESG data, Forbes, May 19, 2022.

MiFID Misses Mark: ESG Motivations Matter, Illuminem, March 27, 2022.

L’engagement n’est pas réservé aux géants de la finance, Le Temps, March 22, 2022. 

Boom in ESG ratings leaves trail of confusion, Financial Times, March 19, 2022.

NZZ Format/SRF: Green Money - How can sustainable investing work, NZZ, February 17, 2022.

Responsible Investor: Half of sustainability-linked bond issuers see greenium larger than step up, says study, Responsible Investor, February 11, 2022.

Kann der Finanzmarkt die Klimapolitik der Schweiz und der Welt aus dem Sumpf ziehen?, NZZ, November 19, 2021.

Oatly learns that it’s not easy being ‘green’, Fortune, October 11, 2021.

The United Nations free-thinkers who coined the term ESG and changed the world, Euromoney, October 1, 2021.

Investment motivations are being ignored in ESG, Responsible Investor, September 9, 2021.

Verbessern Nachhaltige Anlagen die Welt, Intalcon, 2021.

3 Powerful Tactics Impact Investing shall better use to Save the World, (Don't) Waste Water, July 7, 2021.

Das Märchen von den grünen Banken, NZZ, July 3, 2021.

Nachhaltig investieren mit «Engagement», SRF, July 6, 2021.

Wie Milliardärserben die Welt verbessern wollen, Manager Magazin, June 4, 2021.

ESG: Let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater, Responsible Investor, May 24, 2021.

Die grüne Blasé, Welt, March 14, 2021.

So helfen grüne Investitionen nicht nur dem eigenen Gewissen, NZZ, November 1, 2020. 

Companies Grapple With Sustainability Data, Wall Street Journal, October 13, 2020.

Nachhaltig investieren, Finanz und Wirtschaft, September 29, 2020.

Schweizer Kleinstkredite helfen Millionen Armen, Blick, September 27, 2020.

ESG als Finanzmethode und Lösung realer Probleme, NZZ the market, September 14, 2020.

Die Bank gewinnt immer, SRF. September 1, 2020.

L’engagement actionnarial entre dans l’âge de raison, Le Temps, August 23, 2020.

L’impact de la finance durable reste modeste, Le Temps, August 9, 2020.

Investors Love 'Socially Responsible' Companies. But Sorting the Good from the Bad Is Harder Than It Looks, Money.com, July 16, 2020.

ESG Investing in the Pandemic Shows Power of Luck, Wall Street Journal, July 15, 2020.

SEC chair warns of risks tied to ESG ratings, Financial Times, May 28, 2020.

ESG investing is having a good crisis. It's also killing jobs, Bloomberg, May 21, 2020.

Sustainable Investing Is Booming — But Where Is the Impact?, Milken Institute review, May 19, 2020.

Fund managers struggle to compare ESG apples with oranges, Financial Times, May 11, 2020.

Grünes Kapital, 3Sat, April 14, 2020.

Nachhaltigkeitsratings sind besser standardisiert, als man denkt, Boerse Zeitung, March 25, 2020.

Verändert grünes Geld die Welt? ZDF, March 15, 2020.

Heavy flows into ESG funds raise questions over ratings, Financial Times, March 4, 2020.

Grün, grüner, am grünsten, Frankfurter Allgemeine, February 27, 2020.

Think tank invites investors to support ‘evidence of impact’ work, IPE magazine, February 20, 2020.

Why the European Union’s green taxonomy is risky business, Eco-Business, February 3, 2020.

Falko Paetzold: «ESG ist den Kundenberatern zu kompliziert», Finews, January 13, 2020.

Conflicting ESG Ratings Are Confusing Sustainable Investors, Bloomberg, December 11, 2019.

Rich millennials push to put family wealth into impact investments, Financial Times, October 17, 2019.

Die Mär vom grünen Geld, Tagesanzeiger, October 8, 2019.

Gutes grünes Geld, Suddeutsche Zeitung, October 3, 2019.

ESG funds market, Sibos TV, September 24, 2019.

Harvard Course Teaches Rich Millennials How to Do Good (and Make Money), Bloomberg, June 9, 2019.

Impact Investing – zwischen Hoffnung und Hype, SRF, December 27, 2017.