Month: August 2023

Kilchberg ZH/Winterthur/Bern – Three member companies of NextGenerations (NG) will decide this year’s Design Award in the category Circular Design among themselves. Only Lanur, Loopi […]

Baden AG – Axpo is becoming increasingly involved in the use of wind energy. A new team is to drive the development, construction and operation […]

Bern – The federal and cantonal building program has seen record demand for the third year in a row. At 425 million francs, the cantons […]

Opfikon ZH – Implenia has improved its Sustainalytics sustainability rating by one point. With 86 points, the construction and real estate company consolidated its position […]

London – Researchers from Imperial College London, University College London and Yale University have published a report in the journal International Society for Industrial Ecology. […]

Ennenda GL – Glarus companies are examining how they can use the instruments of the circular economy. Around a dozen of them are taking part […]

Zurich – At the Zurich Design Weeks from August 31 to September 9, six Swiss textile brands will show how waste-free products can be realized. […]

Geneva/Reno – TechMet-Mercuria relies on American Battery Technology Company’s novel process for recovering metal products from lithium-ion batteries. The Geneva-based company is supporting this process […]

Landquart GR/Schaan – The Grisons-based start-up The Green Mountain wants to grow its so-called protein peas in Switzerland for the first time. Thus, the cultivation […]

Zurich – The Climate Cent Foundation is supporting five CO2 capture and storage projects with a total of 50 million Swiss francs until 2030. The […]

Altdorf/Wiesbaden – The Uri-based start-up Swiss Wood Solutions has signed a licensing agreement with Copecto for its wooden payment cards. The cards are already being […]

Münchenstein BL – Aventron has joined forces with partners from the energy industry to form the ABCD-Horizon consortium. Together, they are equipping highway rest areas […]

Brussels – The European Union has issued a new battery regulation. This will gradually introduce new requirements for manufacturers and consumers. They are designed to […]

Winterthur/Attinghausen UR – Zgraggen Transport has taken delivery of the first fully electric milk collection vehicle from Designwerk, the Winterthur-based e-mobility specialist. This enables the […]

St.Gallen – Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (Empa) in St.Gallen have developed an epoxy resin that can be recycled […]

Zurich – CE123.ch, the workshop for circular economy, launches its platform. The one-year test phase begins on August 22. CE123.ch aims to provide SMEs with […]

Some facts about floods The extreme weather events around the world this summer got me thinking, not only about how we address climate change, but […]

Bern – The vegan bakery Bakery in Bern starts a pilot project with the University of Bern. A new type of cafeteria is to be […]