Jonas Meier
he/him · @jonas-meierIn-house ESG LeadHead of ESG at Helvetia Climate Bank · building PCAF-aligned financed-emissions reporting for a EUR 38B loan book
Project portfolio · 4
Helvetia Climate Bank — PCAF Loan-Book Disclosure
2024Stood up the bank's first end-to-end PCAF-aligned financed-emissions disclosure covering CHF 38B in loans, project finance and corporate bonds. Includes a granular Scope 3 Category 15 breakdown by NACE sector and a quantified climate VaR.
First ISSB-Aligned Annual Report
2024Coordinated the bank's first ISSB-aligned report across the controllership, risk, treasury and investor-relations teams. Delivered a 188-page sustainability statement integrated with the financials and pre-cleared with FINMA.
Itaú PCAF Cat-15 Disclosure (LATAM-largest)
2024Largest financed-emissions disclosure in Latin America. Covers BRL 1.4 trillion in lending, leasing and asset-management exposures with PCAF Category 15 boundaries adapted to Brazilian agribusiness specifics.
Net-Zero Banking Alliance Alignment
2023Designed Helvetia's NZBA sector pathway commitments across power, oil & gas, steel, cement and real estate. Modelled three transition scenarios and the implied loan-book repositioning by 2030.
About
Lead the 9-person ESG function at Helvetia Climate Bank. We were one of the first mid-size European banks to file an ISSB-aligned report this cycle. My day is 30% methodology calls with our portfolio managers, 30% investor relations, the rest in policy work with FINMA and the SBTi finance group. Looking to swap notes with peer banks on Scope 3 Category 15 boundaries.
Expertise
Experience
- Head of ESGHelvetia Climate BankJan 2021 — present
- VP, Sustainable FinanceUBSApr 2016 — Dec 2020
- Sustainability AnalystCredit SuisseSep 2013 — Mar 2016
Education
- University of St Gallen· M.A. Banking & Finance2013
- ETH Zurich· B.Sc. Environmental Sciences2011