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  • April 1, 2025 VARO becomes Europe’s second-largest producer of green fuels
  • March 11, 2025 Solvias receives top rating from EcoVadis
  • March 10, 2025 Bühler and xFarm join forces for sustainable agriculture
  • February 14, 2025 SUSI Partners sells wind farms
  • December 13, 2024 Hydrogen becomes part of the Swiss energy strategy

SDG 15

Protect and restore terrestrial ecosystems and promote their sustainable use.

The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are crucial for social and economic development and for human survival. However, statistics show a constant decline in biodiversity and loss of forest. The loss of forest land threatens human well-being, particularly affecting the rural poor, including indigenous and local communities. Biodiversity and forests contribute to poverty reduction by enabling food security and health, providing clean air and water, and storing CO2 emissions. Biodiversity is the basis for ecological development.

Goal 15 calls for the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of ecosystems. By 2020, deforestation is to be ended and degraded forests restored. Reforestation should be significantly increased worldwide. Similarly, desertification is to be combated by 2030 and areas affected by desertification, drought and flooding are to be rehabilitated. To protect biodiversity, Goal 15 calls for urgent action to end poaching and trade in protected plant and animal species.

SDG 15 explained in detail

Savimbo
Innovative 4 Nature

Savimbo empowers indigenous communities to preserve forests | I4N Award Winner 2024

April 9, 2025 Business Sustainability Today

In 2022, Savimbo started in the Colombian Amazon, born directly out of the urgent need to stop deforestation and create a viable alternative to destructive […]

Green Roots - Green Business Award 2024
Green Business Award

New Roots produces sustainable Swiss cheese | Winner of Green Business Award 2024

February 16, 2025 Business Sustainability Today

New Roots is revolutionizing cheese production by creating plant-based alternatives that are both environmentally friendly and tasty. Based in Switzerland, the company combines traditional cheesemaking […]

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Green Business Award

Waste to value by SELFRAG | Finalist Green Business Award 2024

February 14, 2025 Business Sustainability Today

In Switzerland, approximately 800,000 tons of combustion residues from waste incineration plants are generated annually. SELFRAG has developed an innovative technology to extract valuable metals […]

I4N Purpose, presented by Andre Hoffmann
Innovative 4 Nature

Why and how can Innovate 4 Nature change the economic system? André Hoffmann explains ..

January 20, 2025 Business Sustainability Today

In this video, André Hoffmann, President of Innovate 4 Nature (I4N), talks about the urgent need to fundamentally change our economic system. He outlines a […]

I4N Award and Day
Innovative 4 Nature

The Innovate 4 Nature DAY & AWARD, presented by Barbara Dubach

January 18, 2025 Eva Tabernig

In this video, Barbara Dubach, Managing Director of Innovate 4 Nature (I4N), explains why the I4N initiative was launched and what the aims of the […]

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Innovative 4 Nature

Innovate 4 Nature (I4N) | Marketplace for Nature of the Future

September 9, 2022 Katharina Reblitz

Innovate 4 Nature (I4N) seeks nature-based solutions for conservation or renaturation projects as a marketplace. These are scientifically evaluated to interest companies and investors. […]

Majbritt-Byskov-Bridges Co-Founder Alver World SA
Innovative 4 Nature

Innovate 4 Nature Marketplace: Majbritt Byskov-Bridges | Co-Founder Alver World SA

September 9, 2022 Katharina Reblitz

Behind Alver is the idea to help a sustainable and natural way of eating with the right products to the breakthrough. The name “Alver” in Old Norse language means something like “elves”. […]

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Green Business Award

Green Business Award 2021 | Portrait of the finalist WingtraOne by Wingtra AG

September 22, 2021 Editorial team

WingtraOne is a high-tech flying robot that takes off and lands like a helicopter, flies like an airplane and efficiently collects data from large areas such as natural habitats, agricultural areas or construction sites. […]

Kompotoi revolutioniert die mobile Toilette
Video Series: Inspiration for Innovation

Kompotoi: The mobile toilet rethought and implemented

May 29, 2019 Editorial team

“Out of sight, out of mind” … that’s how the sewage system works in our Western society. With plenty of clean water, we Swiss let […]

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Green Business Award

EcoRobotix SA: Winner Environmental Award 2018

October 8, 2018 Business Sustainability Today

ecoRobotix develops, manufactures and markets innovative energy-saving agricultural machinery. These reduce the environmental impact associated with modern agriculture and at the same time lower costs. […]

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  • VARO becomes Europe’s second-largest producer of green fuels

    Baar ZG/Stockholm – VARO Energy is acquiring 100 percent of the share capital of Preem. The fuel producer has 80 percent of Sweden’s refinery capacity. This makes VARO the second-largest producer of renewable fuels in [...]
  • Solvias receives top rating from EcoVadis

    Kaiseraugst AG – Solvias has been awarded an EcoVadis badge for its commitment to sustainability for the first time. The biotech company ranks in the upper range of more than 100,000 evaluated companies. (CONNECT) Solvias [...]
  • Bühler and xFarm join forces for sustainable agriculture

    Uzwil SG/Manno TI – Bühler and xFarm Technologies have signed a far-reaching agreement to monitor supply chains in the agricultural industry. The aim of the partnership is to collect data and practices that increase sustainability [...]
  • SUSI Partners sells wind farms

    Zug – SUSI Partners has sold inland wind farms built in France and Finland. With the sale of a total of six wind farms, the Zug-based investment manager has sold 60 percent of its SUSI [...]
  • Hydrogen becomes part of the Swiss energy strategy

    Bern – The Federal Council has adopted a mission statement and objectives for its future strategy for hydrogen as an energy source. This should create the framework for hydrogen to contribute to a fossil-free energy [...]

The objectives of NRP 73

Circular Economy

Insights

The acquisition of scientific knowledge to better understand and promote a sustainable economy
Circular Economy

Dependencies

Understanding the dependencies and uncertainties resulting from the selected measures and instruments
Circular Economy

Areas of Action

The identification of future fields of action and recommendation of specific application areas
Circular Economy

Risks

The identification of opportunities and risks against the backdrop of a globally connected Switzerland

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