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Franz Knecht
Managing Partner - SRI & Development

Who is ConNexiS Strategy Consultants? Founded in 1999, ConNexiS developed since to a network of international experts with corporate and consulting experience. The added value we provide is in analysing the economic relevance of environmental and corporate social responsibility aspects and developing and implementing strategic, operational and management solutions for companies and organisations. The corporate basis is located in Basel, Switzerland. The members of the network are based in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, UK and USA. The range of Connexis\' experiences is manufacturing industry, financial service industry, multilateral finance organisations, legal services and scientific research. Founder and Managing Partner is Franz Knecht, 1991-98 Head of Environment at Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS). What are the main business activities of ConNexiS? • Sustainability and finance aspects, management system development and reporting, Social Due Diligence • Translating sustainability aspects into corporate performance indicators and corporate governance systems • Scenario building and option generation for strategic planning of organisations • Education and training for the finance service industry, corporate finance departments, communications and investors relations Examples of consulting projects performed by ConNexiS • For Banks: ISO-14001 type environmental management system development and implementation, preparation for certification, Corporate Governance system development • Insurance companies: strategic and business relevance of environmental and social topics for management system integration, governance, product development and communication • Asset Management Firms: SRI-product development, marketing and communication • SRI-Rating and index providers: development and focussing of corporate performance evaluation methods • Manufacturing industries: Identification of CSR-aspects with a significant risk potential for operations or corporate brand value, development sustainability reporting solutions, stakeholder dialogue and engagement process design and coaching, briefing investors relation specialists on sustainability aspects • Quality assurance and due-diligence service providers: Integrating economic language, direct financial relevance and CSR into business models, environmental and social due diligence • World Bank/IFC: Education and training for credit specialists in Asia, developing investment documentations • UNEP: Outreach and education measures for the finance initiative • Business organisations, governmental planning and manufacturing industry: Sustainability scenario development and strategic planning adaptation