partnerships.

In December 2021, we invested in Systemiq, a leading systems change firm that aims to embed sustainability across global economic systems through strategic partnerships with representatives of business, finance, policy and civil society. Becoming a Strategic Capital Partner with Systemiq – the first banking group to do so – enables us to assess the alignment of potential investments to the sustainability transition earlier and in greater detail. 

In June 2023, we deepened this partnership with the launch of holistiQ, a new investment platform focussed exclusively on sustainable investments and deploying finance to accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy. With a team drawn from Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) and Systemiq, holistiQ is a unique and unprecedented collaboration that combines the best of both worlds – Lombard Odier's proven track record in sustainable investing and Systemiq's expertise in transforming economic systems.

As we build partnerships we form wider networks, enabling us to create deeper and more detailed sustainable investing methodologies, and adding value for investors. Working jointly with both the University of Oxford and Systemiq we have developed a unique, three-pillared approach to sustainable finance. The first of our three pillars is our Portfolio Temperature Alignment Framework, through which we provide investors an easy-to-use metric that assesses a company’s transition trajectory and climate-related exposure. This is designed to reduce portfolio risk. The second pillar is our Thematic Strategy, through which we create high-conviction portfolios that both fund and take advantage of radical transformations in energy production, the use of materials, and the way we exploit our Natural Capital. The third is our Impact Strategy, where we seek out those firms that we believe will harness nature’s untapped potential and preserve its value through a leaner form of industry.

Jeremy Oppenheim, Founder and Senior Partner at Systemiq: “The global conscience is focussed on the transition towards a just, prosperous and sustainable future. With Lombard Odier as a Strategic Capital Partner, we are confident in our collective ability to drive meaningful change. Through the launch of holistiQ we are demonstrating our conviction that sustainable investment will be a key catalyst of the transition, as we scale the solutions needed to build a net-zero and nature positive global economy."

Read more here: Lombard Odier and Systemiq

Since its first edition in 2019, “Building Bridges” has been bringing together stakeholders representing the financial sector, governments, UN agencies, NGOs and academia to accelerate the transition to a global economic model aligned to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The event is organised in Geneva around the shared understanding that no single sector or sphere of expertise can achieve the changes the world needs. For the transition to a sustainable economy to be successful, targeted finance must be coupled with carefully directed governmental policy and strong commitments from the world’s biggest businesses.

Building Bridges also acts to inspire the next generation – the business, finance and thought leaders of tomorrow. 

Lombard Odier has been a driving force behind Building Bridges since its inception, with our Former Managing Partner, Patrick Odier, the President of the conference. While the summit in Geneva acts as the annual centrepiece, Building Bridges is more than a single event. It is a year-round cross-sector collaboration that seeks to identify opportunities to promote sustainable finance and to advocate for policies that will facilitate the shift to a global economic order that works for all of humanity.

The 2023 edition of Building Bridges showcased more than 65 events, bringing together leading voices from across finance, energy industry, policymaking and NGOs to explore the role that large-scale finance can play in tackling climate change by accelerating the transition towards a more sustainable and nature-positive economy. 

Read more here: Building Bridges 2023: mobilising trillions to create a net-zero, nature-positive economy

Founded by Jean-Daniel Compain and Julien Frydman, OFFSCREEN is an annual contemporary art event that challenges viewers to reevaluate their relationship with the world.

OFFSCREEN’s rethink approach is one that we, at Lombard Odier, have embraced for more than 225 years, and one that we have been proud to support since its inauguration in 2022.

Bringing together works by both emerging and established international artists, and focussing on still and moving images, OFFSCREEN invites visitors to take an immersive plunge into the diversity and richness of contemporary, international art. We support OFFSCREEN’s innovative, pioneering and unorthodox approach, which resonates with our rethink everything^® philosophy, as we step back from the noise and offer a fresh perspective for our clients.

©Joseph Jabbour

After choosing the emblematic Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild as the setting for its first edition, OFFSCREEN has taken over the Grand Garage Haussmann for the last two years – a brutalist, architecturally disruptive venue located in the heart of Paris's 8th arrondissement.