Doconomy and Viseca initiate collaboration on carbon footprint measurements using Åland Index

Stockholm April 7th

Doconomy and Viseca have entered a collaboration on the Åland Index CO₂e Tracker within Viseca’s innovation app “Walter Finance”. The objective is to measure, educate and engage Swiss consumers within climate action and to support the user in making more conscious lifestyle choices. Viseca is the first payment services company in Switzerland to offer carbon footprint measurements using Åland Index.

The “Walter Finance” app was developed to pilot and test new services in cooperation with select customers from Viseca and partner banks. The app displays weekly spending and helps define spending targets, allowing users to make more sustainable purchasing decisions thus having an even better overview of their spending. Åland index will be integrated within the app to automatically provide CO₂e calculations to drive positive change.

The project will start on a smaller scale with a pilot, inviting select Viseca customers to participate. On successful termination of the pilot, the plan is to integrate the CO₂e Tracker into Viseca one, Switzerland’s leading payment app, therefore making it available to all Viseca customers.

“We all have to do our part to use our natural resources responsibly, mindful of the very small part a card transaction can do in the big picture of climate action and that shopping uses resources. By integrating Åland Index in our app, we want to give Swiss consumers a tool, so they can make informed decisions about their spending behavior”, says Bedrija Hamza, Senior InnoTech Lead at Viseca Payment Services SA.

Innovation is a key differentiator for Viseca. Therefore, we invest in partnerships with leading companies in various innovation fields. Together we then test and improve the services directly with our customers through our own innovation App Walter Finance. We are proud to welcome Doconomy to our partner ecosystem, says Tobias Wirth, Head Digital Business & Innovation at Viseca Payment Services.

“We are very excited to see this development as a first to market in Switzerland. As the movement of conscious consumers rapidly grow I’m proud to see Doconomy support Viseca in the ambition to enable greater transparency and actionable insights.” Says Mathias Wikström, CEO Doconomy

Viseca in Switzerland adds to the list of front runners in banking, making carbon footprint measurements using Åland Index available in 25 markets.

Doconomy

Doconomy, founded in Sweden in 2018, is a world leading provider of applied impact solutions. Doconomy wants to future-proof life on planet earth by empowering individuals and corporations to take responsibility for their environmental footprint. We firmly believe that the climate crisis can only be solved as a collective. Doconomy is also a partner of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Mastercard, S&P Trucost, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Mitsui, and Parley for the Oceans. Visit www.doconomy.com for more information.

Viseca – swiss cashless competence

Viseca is a leading provider of products and services of cashless payment. This includes the issue of payment cards (Viseca Card Services SA), the provision of card business services for issuers (Viseca Payment Services SA) and the development of innovative financial management solutions (Contovista AG). In 2020, revenue was at CHF 385.2 million. Viseca is wholly owned by the largest Swiss cantonal and retail banks. These include all cantonal banks, the Raiffeisen Group, Entris Banking, Migros Bank, Bank Cler, regional banks and a number of private and commercial banks.

Media contact

Viseca Payment Services SA, Hagenholzstrasse 56, 8050 Zürich

+41 58 958 60 47, media@viseca.ch, viseca-payment.ch