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🚨 Report Launch 🚨 Biodiversity Reporting Practices in Switzerland in 2022 🌍 Biodiversity is critical for both business sustainability and human well-being, underpinning ecosystem services that provide water, raw materials, and climate stability. Yet, as biodiversity loss accelerates, the need for businesses to understand and act on their impacts and dependencies has never been more urgent. Our latest report answers pressing questions such as: 🌱 How many of Switzerland’s largest companies include biodiversity in their sustainability reporting? What does this tell us about corporate awareness and action on biodiversity issues? 📊 How in-depth is their reporting? Do companies truly understand their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity, or are they overlooking critical aspects? 🔍 What are the key challenges in reporting on biodiversity? Why do companies struggle to integrate biodiversity into their sustainability strategies, and what barriers need to be addressed? 📄 You can dive into the full report here: https://lnkd.in/ehB2bhtW 🙏 A big thank you to all contributors and stakeholders who made this study possible! SPEED2ZERO, Leland Werden, Nicolas Somogyi, Vanessa Rueber, Jean Binay, Oliver S., Delphine Gozillon, Mátyás Csiky, Alexa Tonja Pucher, Rob Wyse ⁉️ ✉️ Want to discuss the findings or learn more? Reach out to Lisa Lambert, Gabriela Vojtova, Emily Mitsuko Lennon, Julia Bachmann #Biodiversity #Sustainability #CorporateResponsibility 

🔄 Call for participation: Scaling Up ReUse Join us on March 12th  2025 for an interactive CBI Booster Open Innovation Workshop on scaling reuse practices in the built environment, in collaboration with cirkla.ch and öbu - Der Verband für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften. Register here: https://lnkd.in/evEKfa5A 🌐 Event Details:  Date: March 12, 2025  Time: 13:30 – 16:30 + apéro  Location: Fribourg    🎯 Goal: develop innovative ideas for a circular product, service or systemic innovations scaling up reuse in the building industry. This workshop is designed to help you prepare to submit your idea to the CBI Booster program 2025, with the opportunity to receive 20,000 CHF in funding! ♻️ This challenge will have the following focus points:  1) Tools and Innovations for Urban Mining and Reuse Logistics to enhance material recovery and optimize logistics for reuse  2) Rethink Education Towards ReUse exploring new education models  3) Technical Reuse Innovation – Multiple Loops, no End of Life developing products and methods for multiple reuse cycles    🔍 Who Should Attend? This workshop is designed for individuals and organizations passionate about advancing reuse in the construction industry. Whether you’re looking to develop fresh ideas or build on existing concepts, this session offers the perfect environment to explore innovative solutions and connect with potential collaboration partners. Register here: https://lnkd.in/evEKfa5A ⏰ Once you have attended the workshop, you can submit your idea by April 9th 2025 the latest. Learn more about how to apply on:  https://lnkd.in/eWDSk3Dq 🗓️ Stay tuned for our upcoming two challenges on digital process innovation for circular construction (March 27th 2025) and procurement and planning for circular buildings (Date TBD) Core Team: Lisa Lambert Marloes Fischer Prof. Dr. Christine Grimm Reto Largo Sem David Mattli Christof Knoeri Michèle Wicki Bettina Zipper Sira Treyer Powered by Innosuisse   #swissinnovationbooster 

If you are working in carbon removal or interested in what's happening in CDR in Switzerland, this event is for you! Register until 6 November: https://lu.ma/sglwzbnr

📣 💡 Exciting findings alert! We conducted the largest inquiry into what it means to be a CDR startup globally. And we are very proud of the final product. Teaming up with sus.lab | ETH, we dove deep into the world of European CDR startups once again. Our explorative survey of 69 European CDR startups has revealed a movement towards diversified business model strategies. Through follow-up interviews, we gained deeper insights into their strategic adaptations and the reasoning behind these changes. A sneak peek of what we discovered:  🛠 Pursuing the traditional business model of selling CDR credits on the VCM forces startups to vertically integrate multiple activities outside of their core expertise. 🦾 Startups deviate from the traditional business model, often leveraging the strengths of their technologies, to realize alternative revenue streams. 🤝 These evolving business model strategies point to a transition in the CDR market towards more classic B2B market dynamics. ♻ Devising a CDR startup’s business model strategy is a dynamic, ongoing process requiring continuous evaluation and adaptation to the market environment(s).  Curious to learn more? Check out the full report here: https://lnkd.in/dSUwHyB3  #cdr #startups #businessmodels Oliver Akeret Gudrun Thorsdottir Aliénor von Roten Marian Krueger Hans Westerhof

📢 We are hiring!!!! 🚨 We are looking for an impact-driven SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER to work on sus.lab | ETH's exciting sustainability projects, such as on our new Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF Project: FOOD WASTE REDUCTION MEASURES FOR HOUSEHOLDS in collaboration with Jeanine Ammann and Carole Liechti from Agroscope! 💚 🥕 🥐 🥒🫘 💚 Applications will be reviewed and accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, so be sure to submit yours soon through our online portal: https://lnkd.in/dHMdBTsR Further information about the project can be found here: https://lnkd.in/d3JjQuWn #PolicyAgainstWaste #InterventionsAgainstWaste #SaveFood #FoodWasteResearch

📢 New Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF Project: FOOD WASTE REDUCTION MEASURES FOR HOUSEHOLDS We just had a successful kick-off meeting with Agroscope for our newest food waste project. Over the next four years we will be investigating: - How much food waste is generated in Swiss households? - What role do actors along the food value chain play? - Which policy measures are most promising for reducing household food waste, and how accepted are they by the public? - How effective are different interventions in reducing household food waste? We are thrilled about this project and the collaboration with Jeanine Ammann and Carole Liechti from Agroscope – together against food waste! 💚 🥕 🥐 🥒🫘 💚 Want to find out more? Reach out to Julia Bachmann from sus.lab | ETH

Apply to the Innovation Booster Carbon Removal until 24 October to benefit from exclusive coaching by remove and to receive up to CHF 24'000 non-dilutive funding to test your idea 🚀

If you are planning to apply to the Innovation Booster Carbon Removal we encourage you to join this workshop to prepare for your application 🚀

🚨 CDR job alert 🚨 Do you want to join our research group SusTec at ETH Zürich and conduct research that addresses broader organizational, institutional, or technological questions in the field of #CDR? Notably, you will have the opportunity to collaborate closely with us on more applied CDR projects with startups, buyers, and the broader ecosystem. 🤝 Find the detailed job description below for more information.

Für die erfolgreiche Umsetzung einer Carbon Removal Strategie braucht es mehr als nur technologische Innovationen – auch die richtigen regulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen sind entscheidend. Nimm am Innovation Booster Carbon Removal Roundtable teil, um gemeinsam die aktuellen Herausforderungen für CDR in der Schweiz zu identifizieren und Lösungsansätze zu erarbeiten. Warum teilnehmen? 🌍 Austausch mit Experten aus Technologie, Politik und Wissenschaft 🔧 Diskussion praxisnaher Lösungen für die Schweiz 🤝 Netzwerken mit Vordenkern im Bereich CDR Sei Teil der Lösung – wir freuen uns auf dich! 📅 Datum: 12. September 2024, 12.50 - 17.30 📍 Ort: ETH Zürich #CarbonRemoval #CDR #Klimapolitik #Schweiz #Nachhaltigkeit #NetZero