Report profile

Our Corporate Responsibility Report covers the whole Swiss Re Group as it was organised by 31 December 2018, ie the publicly listed holding company Swiss Re Ltd, its three Business Units Reinsurance, Corporate Solutions and Life Capital, and all directly or indirectly held subsidiaries. No changes were made to the Group's organisational structure during 2018.

As in past years, the scope of the report is limited to Swiss Re's own operations. Although we provide information on our sourcing and procurement policies, we do not report on the performance of our suppliers because the re/insurance business does not involve an extensive supply chain. However, since 2013, we have been disclosing some of the emissions caused along our supply chain (Scope 3 emissions).

The present report follows the 2017 edition and covers the calendar year of 2018 ending 31 December 2018. We plan to maintain our annual publishing cycle and to present our next Corporate Responsibility Report in the first quarter of 2020, covering the year of 2019. To get a complete overview of our actions as a responsible company, the 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report should be read in conjunction with our 2018 Annual Report and the 2018 Report published by the Swiss Re Foundation.