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>> Arthur Braunschweig

>>Gaby Oetterli

>> Oliver Schmid-Schönbein

E2 Management Consulting AG Oliver Schmid-Schönbein

Consulting mandates, lecturing and expert services in sustainability management. Focus on the areas of strategic management, management systems, performance measurement as well as internal and external sustainability communication. Sector focus on financial institutions. Further entrepreneurial commitments in the areas of executive education and sustainable real estate.

Degree in economics at the University of St. Gall HSG. 1991 to 1993 with the Swiss Bank Corporation (later merged to UBS AG), involvement in the development of the first corporate environmental strategy and eco-balance methodology for financial institutions.

Since 1994 management consultant on environmental and sustainability management, president of the board of directors of ECCOSS AG, St. Gallen.

Since 1995 co-founder, managing partner and member of the board of directors of E2 Management Consulting AG. Since November 2016 president of the board of directors.

2001 co-founder, partner and member of the board of directors of Swiss Management Forum Inc. Switzerland

2006 co-author of the e-learning course provided by the Swiss Virtual Business School on "The Management of Corporate Sustainability".

Since 1997 visiting lecturer of environmental and sustainability management at the Lucerne School of Business, the University of St. Gallen, the Business School Lausanne and the University of Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow.

Since 1996 member of the working group for the development of the VfU-Indicators Standard, since 2003 responsible for the continous development and periodical updates of the VfU Indicators Standard Calculation Tool.

Member of the Green Liberal Party of the Canton of St. Gallen. 2019 Candidate for the National Council and 2020 Candidate for the Cantonal Parliament.

Since 2020 project partner of VfU and PCAF and co-lead of the PCAF/VfU regional group for the DACH region.

Oliver Schmid-Schönbein

lic. oec. HSG,
born 1963,
Managing Partner

Tel.: +41 44 368 50 27
E-Mail

  • Schmid-Schönbein O, Oetterli G, Furter S (2005): VfU Indicators 2005:

    Internal Envirnomental Performance Indicators for the Financial Industry (final version)
    Link to VfU Indicators 2005

  • Schmid-Schönbein O, Rufer D, Braunschweig A, (2004) Sustainability:

    Living off Interest, not Capital, io new management 05/2004, page 16

    Schmid-Schönbein O, Rufer D, Braunschweig A, (2004) Sustainability:

  • Schmid-Schönbein O, Oetterli G (2004) Sustainable Performance Measurement and Reporting in Financial Institutions.

    In: Values to Value - A Global Dialogue on Sustainable Finance. Published by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiatives (UNEP FI), 2004 

    Schmid-Schönbein O, Oetterli G (2004) Sustainable Performance Measurement and Reporting in Financial Institutions.

  • Schmid-Schönbein O, Oetterli G, Furter S (2003) VfU Indicators 2003:

    Internal Envirnomental Performance Indicators for the Financial Industry www.epifinance.com/VfU.htm. 

    Schmid-Schönbein O, Oetterli G, Furter S (2003) VfU Indicators 2003:

  • Schmid-Schönbein O, Braunschweig A, Oetterli G (2002) SPI-Finance 2002:

    Social Performance Indicators for the Financial Industry, www.spifinance.com

    Schmid-Schönbein O, Braunschweig A, Oetterli G (2002) SPI-Finance 2002:

  • Schmid-Schönbein O, Braunschweig A, Oetterli G (2001)

    Financial institutions develop social performance indicators in an effort to move towards greater transparency and open communication of their social performance. In: Bieker T, Gminder CU, Hamschmidt J (Hrsg) Diskussionsbeitrag Nr. 95: Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit auf dem Weg zu einem Sustainability; Controlling (Dokumentation des Umweltmanagementforums des IWÖ-HSG Oktober) 

  • Schmid-Schönbein O, Braunschweig A (2000) EPI-Finance 2000:

    Umweltleistungskennzahlen für Finanzdienstleister, www.epifinance.com

    Schmid-Schönbein O, Braunschweig A (2000) EPI-Finance 2000:

  • Schmid-Schönbein O (1996) Leitfaden Umweltmanagement in Banken.

    Schweizerische Bankiervereinigung (Hrsg)

  • Schmid-Schönbein O (1993) Ökobilanz Schweizerischer Bankverein Zürich.

    In: Braunschweig A, Müller-Wenk R (Hrsg.) Ökobilanzen für Unternehmungen, Eine Wegleitung für die Praxis. Paul Haupt Verlag, Bern, (Japanische 9bersetzung (1996) Tuttle-Mori Agency, Tokyo, Japan

  • Schmid-Schönbein O (1992) Debt for Nature Swaps:

    Funding Conservation in third world countries. In: Swiss Bank Corporation (eds) Economic and Financial Prospects, Edition 6/1992

  • Lecture on Sustainability Management in Abu Dhabi

    With the MBA program of the University of Strathclyde, the elective on Sustainability Management was taught at the international center Abu Dhabi

    (May 2014)

  • Presentation of the VfU Indicators Update 2015

    The update of the VfU Indicators Standard was presented at the annual VfU Roundtable in Bonn

    November 2015

    Presentation of the VfU Indicators Update 2015

  • Universität St. Gallen, Executive School:

    Essentials of Management: "Management of Corporate Sustainability" (November 2006)

  • St. Galler Nachhaltigkeits-Forum on:

    "Nachhaltigkeit und strategisches Management" (November 2006)

  • Swiss Engineering (Sektion Wil und Uzwil) on:

    "Nachhaltigkeit: von gesellschaftlichen Trends zu unternehmerischen und technischen  Herausforderungen" (August 2006)

  • The Mayulah Connection (Singapore) on:

    "The Management of Corporate Sustainability" (Juni 2006)

  • Private Business School in Pune (Indien) on:

    "The Management of Corporate Sustainability" (Juni 2006) 

  • Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) on:

    "Competitive Advantage through Sustainability in Corporate Strategy" (March 2005)

  • The Malaysian Insurance Institute (MII) on:

    "Competitive Advantage through Sustainability in Corporate Strategy" (March 2005)

  • the Lucerne School of Business for the graduate course in management on:

    "Environmental Management" (three times per year)

  • St. Galler Nachhaltigkeits-Forum on:

    "Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und Unternehmensstrategie" (September 2004) 

  • the University of St. Gallen on:

    "Benefits of Ecobalances in Practice" (November 2003)

  • VfU Symposium on:

    "Indicators to Measure Sustainability Performance" (November 2003)

  • St. Galler Umweltmanagement Forum on:

    "SPI-Finance 2002" (November, 2002)

  • the TBLI Conference in Bruxelles on:

    "SPI Finance 2002" (November 2002)

  • the Wuppertal Institut on:

    "Sustainability Performance measurement of Financial Service Institutions" (October 2002)

  • the UNEP Conference for Financial Service Institutions in Rio on:

    "SPI-Finance 2002" (March 2002)

  • the St. Gallen Environmental Management Forum on:

    "Sustainability Indicators for Financial Service Institutions" (October 2001)

  • at the University of Braunschweig on:

    "Social Aspects in LCA and Ecobalancing" (October 2001)

  • the SANU Seminar

    "Social Indicators" (August 2001)

  • the University of St. Gallen on:

    "Sustainability Indicators for Financial Service Institutions" (April 2001)

  • the UNEP Conference for Financial Institutions in Frankfurt on:

    "EPI-Finance 2000" (November 2000)

  • the Institute for Financial Services Zug IFZ on:

    "Bank Management" (November 2000)