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SWISS SOLUTIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD.

Solutions that inspire!

As a world champion in innovation, Switzerland is ideally located to play a pioneering role in a sustainable economy.

 

Our alumni show in exemplary fashion that entrepreneurial sustainability is the most significant economic opportunity of our time and, at the same time, the only viable path.

Excellence, Finalist, Winner
Lighting of the future
LEDCity
Extremely flexible, decentralised, intelligent and the most energy-efficient lighting system on the market.
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Excellence, Finalist
Haelixa
Haelixa
A unique DNA marker to trace raw materials.
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Excellence, Finalist
namuk
Namuk
Outdoor clothing for kids
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Excellence
High-performance rod-laminated timber made from native hardwoods
Fagus Suisse
With Fagus Suisse, innovative architects and civil engineers find what they have been waiting for
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Excellence
Microlino
Micro Mobility Systems
This is not a car! The Microlino is a space-saving, light electric vehicle born in Switzerland and produced in Italy.
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Nominee
Networking and funding platform
Beyond Animal
Beyond Animal is an innovative fintech platform and application on PC, Android and Apple, with a host of included funding and collaboration services.
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Nominee
100 % Nature
CALIDA
For an unbeatably great feeling. Not just on your skin.
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Nominee
Kromatix
Kromatix
KROMATIX glass for Building integrated Photo Voltaic
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Nominee
HYDROMEDIA
HOLCIM
Hydromedia is a water management system absorbing rainwater off streets, parking surfaces, driveways, and walkways – reducing the risk of flooding
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Nominee
Migros plastic collection bag
Migros
Migros is the first retailer to close plastic loops: it collects plastic in collection bags, recycles it and reuses it in packaging.
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Nominee
Sustainability Scale M-Check
Migros
Sustainable shopping made easy: The more stars, the more sustainable. The M-Check sustainability scale provides an overview.
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Nominee
kooky
CEBS
Infrastructure and platform for reusable packaging
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SaveEnergy - flue gas condenser
IS SaveEnergy
The SaveEnergy-flue gas condenser increases the heat efficiency of wood-fired heating (power) plants by 15-50%.
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Energy-efficient, resource-saving and digitized building technology for the future
Swissframe
Energy-efficient, resource-saving and digitized building technology for the future
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Urbio
Urbio
Like Google Maps, but for energy: target the most rewarding buildings and automate the design of decarbonization levers to get to net-zero, faster.
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PLA: The sustainable plastic of the future
Sulzer Chemtech
PLA: The sustainable plastic of the future
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Farmy
Farmy
Farmy offers hand-picked products from more than 1,200 authentic producers, delivered uniquely fresh and in a time-saving manner.
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Hybrid Wind-Solar Mini Power Plant PowerPyramid™ and EnergyTower™
NewGreenTec Int.
Sustainable power supply on the roof top from the renewable resources of wind and sun in combination, even at night and in snow, for everyone.
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Greenova aeroponics growing system
CleanGreens Solutions
Growing unique vegetables in the air without environmental impact
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Solution INNERGIA®
Innergia
Innergia – a transition under control
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mobi-charge
BKW Power Grid
The mobile plug & play charging station for public spaces
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Predictive Control as a Service (PCaaS)
viboo
Make your building look into the future and save 20-40% of heating energy.
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Large-scale forest landscape restoration carbon removal projects
Tree Global
Tree Global SA is the early market leader in forest landscape restoration at scale financed through carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits.
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New recycling plant for fridges
Immark
Immark sets new standards in Switzerland and throughout Europe
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Water Intelligence Platform
Droople
Digitalizing 100+ billion water-based assets “off radar” today. To monitor, predict maintenance and incorporate water and energy efficiency practices.
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SmartHelio
SmartHelio
Smarthelio provides predictive climate software to solar the industry. SmartHelio is also known as Doctor of solar plants.
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Teak Impact Investment
Arbofino
Return on investment with measurable, positive impact! A tree investment that combines commercial goals and nature conservation.
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Nominee
Building Intelligence
ECCO2 Solutions
Knowledge that pays out
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Winner
Plant-based Meat
Planted Foods
We bring delicious plant-based proteins with a perfect texture and fibre to the table - without any additives.
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Finalist
Gravity Energy Storage
Energy Vault
Energy Vault sustainable energy storage solutions are designed to transform the world’s approach to utility-scale energy storage for grid resiliency.
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Finalist
MultiLife
KYBURZ Switzerland
KYBURZ MultiLife extends the lifespan, improves the eco-balance and revolutionizes the industry sustainably with the new type of battery recycling.
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Excellence
CO₂ncrete Solutions
neustark
neustark removes CO₂ from the atmosphere, stores it permanently in concrete and cuts new emissions by reducing the use of cement in the production pro
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Excellence
Ecological Reusable Packaging
reCIRCLE
reCIRCLE replaces single-use packaging with more ecological reusable packaging in a network
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Nominee
Inyova Impact Investing
Yova
Invest for a better world.
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Close the Loop
Mammut Sports Group
What has shaped Mammut since 1862 is now to be shaped by us. Climbing goes circular as we close the material loop and take our responsibility.
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Competence Center for a sustainable Future
Votre Cercle de Vie
What if you imagined a farm with an organic architecture offering you an eco-friendly, educational environment to spend time and taste holistic food?
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Online Bicycle Marketplace
velocorner
The most efficient bike marketplace in Switzerland
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Rental Umbrella
Valora
Rain and no umbrella? Just rent one! You can rent and return sustainable umbrellas at any k kiosk, Press & Books and avec near you - where ever you are.
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Web-App
Urban Sympheny
Sympheny is a software which optimizes urban energy systems and empowers the planning of net-zero districts and cities.
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SIGNATURE 100
SIG Combibloc Group
SIGNATURE 100, the world’s first aseptic packaging material linked to 100% forest-based renewable material.
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Sharing Platform
Sharely
Own Less, Do More.
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ECOPLAS C3
Sefar
Replacement of the state of the art critically classified C6 FC technology by environmentally safe resources and methods (ECOPLAS C3) .
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Upcycling Collections from Old Clothes
Rework
The world doesn't need another fashion brand. It needs a better alternative!
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NovaAir
Regli Energy Systems
A sustainable air-source heat pump, significantly cutting lifetime-emissions and costs compared with fossil-fueled heating as well as conventional heat pumps
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Sustainable ICT
Prime Computer
Prime Computer is a climate-neutral and internationally award-winning technology company that provides sustainable hardware and services.
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essence line
Mondaine Watch
Fully carbon neutral watch from Mondaine. Good for you, and the planet.
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Nominee
Plastic Free Sportswear ®
Mover Sportswear
STOP PLASTIC
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Nominee
Closed-loop Battery Recycling
Librec
We recycle the batteries from e-mobility with more than 90% recovery. All materials go back into manufacturing of new batteries.
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UpKnit - Upcycling for Uniqueness
by FTC
Premium fashion brand FTC® achieves zero-waste production through a simplistic, technological innovation in yarn and knit processing.
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infra3D Service
iNovitas
Your road, rails, and infrastructure anytime digitally available as high-precision 3D images. Increase safety while reducing costs and CO₂ emission.
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Eco-Innovative Watch
ID Genève
Founded in Geneva in 2020, ID is a new watch brand where the production chain is entirely based on sustainable development
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Globalance World
Globalance Bank
Globalance World brings transparency. The platform dis-closes to investors the impact of their investments. A "Google Earth for investments".
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Solar Roof Tiles
Freesuns
Can you tell it’s solar? What if transitioning your home to renewable energy made it more beautiful and cheaper to run?
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Hydroponic Salad Production
Forster Gruppe
Better than bio
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Insect-based Food
Essento Insect Food
Making Insects delicious
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Sika Monotop®-4012
Sika Technology
Concrete repair mortar containing supplementary cementitious material and providing superior performance
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Office subscription à la Airbnb
Deski
We are the Airbnb for offices: Companies book professional workspaces and meeting rooms in established companies.
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Pesticide separator based on activated carbon
Creabeton Materiaux
Innovative purification plant for pesticide-containing wash water
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HealTech
CompPair Technologies
Healable and sustainable composite material solutions to improve circularity.
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Protein-rich foods from chlorella algae
Alver
The most sustainable protein in the world! Alver has cracked the taste barrier of using microalgae in regular foods and developed a range of High Protein Vegan Foods.
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BactoSense
bNovate Technologies
BactoSense, the automated flow cytometer for online monitoring of bacteria in water, allows water analysis on-site in only 20 minutes instead of days.
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Indigo®
aquama®
The unique onsite sustainable disinfection
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Upcycling SBB Lockers
SBB and 89grad
SBB and 89grad digitalize analog Lockers and enable new business cases beside the traditional luggage storage.
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Sonico Balance
GWF MessSysteme
Simple and accurate non-revenue water analysis in water grids
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Pigging System
Uresh
Easiest way to save raw materials, products and valuable energy
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Textile Geothermal Probe
TTS INOVA
Coaxial geothermal probe consisting of an elastic, waterproof fabric hose and a central plastic tube for use in groundwater areas.
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Nominee
Black Box® Toner Recycling
SOREC
BlackBox® is the only recycling system for toner modules developed and installed in Switzerland.
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Winner
Futuricum E-Truck
Designwerk Products
Ecology, performance and economy combined - the Futuricum e-trucks.
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Finalist
WingtraOne
Wingtra
WingtraOne - the Aerial robots for efficient use of resources.
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Finalist
PackOnTime 2box
Kern
Tailor-made packages - quick and easy
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Mobile single cell analysis
Amphasys
Amphasys revolutionises cell analysis, contributing to sustainable food production and the reduction of greenhouse gases.
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Hydrogen ecosystem for emission-free mobility
H2 Energy
H2 Energy is commercialising hydrogen technology and developing the first commercially viable and scalable green hydrogen ecosystem.
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Climate Goal
Swisscanto Invest by Zürcher Kantonalbank
We have committed to the Paris Climate Agreement in 2020 with all actively managed traditional asset class products.
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Unit-One
AELER Technologies
The greenest and smartest container in the world
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COBRA
Omnisens
Omnisens’ fiber-optic based solutions monitor the integrity of high voltage cables for offshore wind farms and large electrical power interconnectors.
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Rethinking Textiles
Muntagnard
Circular clothing for all those that do not want to compromise quality, comfort or style.
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FluidSolids® Biocomposites
FluidSolids
Waste to Value
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Linenyarn out of Swiss flax
SwissFlax
Circular clothing for all those that do not want to compromise quality, comfort or style
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EarthColors®
Archroma
EarthColors® is Archroma's patented method for creating warm colour tones from nature.
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Lombard Odier Portfolio Temperature Alignment (LOPTA)
Lombard Odier
LOPTA, a proprietary Lombard Odier analytical tool, aims to enable people and institutions to invest with foresight throughout the climate transition and support the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Fair-Meter
Landis+Gyr
Towards a more just world - one counter at a time.
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3DX Blade Platform
Sulzer & Schmid
The 3DX Blade Platform is a fully digital technology platform that uses autonomous drones to inspect wind turbines.
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Sarnafil® AT
Sika Services
We have redefined the boundaries for roof waterproofing.
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H2O/2
E. Schellenberg Textildruck
Textile dyeing with a water reduction of up to 50 %.
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Tyrexol™
Tyre Recycling Solutions
We are reinventing tyre recycling by transforming scrap tyres into a valuable and sustainable resource.
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Your recycling service
Mr. Green
Recycling - The first step towards a waste-free world
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Cradle to Cradle Textiles
Möbel Pfister
From climate killer CO2 to environmentally friendly product - Mibelle Group focuses on a new generation of sustainable raw materials.
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Goodbye Diesel
Lidl Schweiz
It would already be possible today to make freight transport practically CO2-neutral. Goodbye Diesel advocates for existing and future solutions.
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CO2 Recycling
Mibelle Group
From climate killer CO2 to environmentally friendly product - Mibelle Group focuses on a new generation of sustainable raw materials.
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Cooling of mobile radio base stations
Swisscom
Clever measurement - efficient cooling
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Varroa Kit
Vatorex
Chemical-free and fully automatic parasite control for honey bees
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Modular Lighting System
Swiss Precision Lighting
Enjoy a good night : floodlighting without spill.
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ReTool®
FRAISA
FRAISA ReTool® – Industrial tool reconditioning with performance guarantee – reuse of precision tools thanks to guaranteed performance.
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Battery Recycling
Kyburz
KYBURZ is breaking new ground in battery recycling: The company has commissioned an innovative recycling plant - the first of its kind in Switzerland.
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Detox-compliant production solution for the industrial
Remei
Textiles for Future. Detox Fashion from a detoxified supply chain. From Remei for retail.
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CO2-neutral production site
Dätwyler Schweiz AG
At its Swiss site, Datwyler demonstrates how CO2-neutral production is possible through the innovative use of renewable energies.
 
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Partector
Naneos
A novel detection principle allows nanoparticles to be measured more easily and at a lower cost without special training.
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Shovery Bag
Hutter Products
The first circular delivery packaging and shopping bag in one.
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Quadrin
Invias
The small, flexible wooden room cube
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Smart E-Filter
Clean Air Enterprise
Substitutes a disposable product with closed-loop technology
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Bauteilbörse Basel
powered by Overall
Perspectives for people and the environment, simply sustainable.
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Cleaning Products /Detergents based on European Vegetable oils
Good Soaps
European vegetable oils for the production of detergents and cleaning agents.
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Insect Respect
Reckhaus
Insect Protection instead of insect decline - The number of insects is decreasing dramatically: It is time for a new way of dealing with insects!
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Winner
Urban Mining
Eberhard
We are eliminating Switzerland's largest waste stream by turning our cities into urban mines.
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Finalist
Simplified Food Waste Management
Kitro
We simplify food waste management for the hospitality industry by offering our customers an automated solution.
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Finalist
Swiss transport portal
Pickwings
Organise your transports sustainably and 100% digitally with the largest online delivery network in Switzerland.
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powerRibs™ automotive interiors
Bcomp
powerRibs™ represent a revolution in the production of composite materials through enormous weight savings and the use of environmentally friendly natural fibres.
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Smart Lease
Elite
Rental of mattresses for hotels in the circulation system.
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Smart shower meter
Amphiro
Our intelligent consumption display for the shower saves an average household 453 kWh of thermal energy every year - as much as is used for lighting in the entire household.
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Fast and ecological spare parts delivery
swissconnect

How do urgently needed spare parts get to the place of use? Is there no faster and more ecological delivery option besides car delivery?
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School furniture as a service
Zesar.ch
School furniture on a monthly or long-term subscription basis with full service such as maintenance, repair and reconditioning.
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Swiss Shrimps
SwissShrimp
Fresh Swiss shrimps from sustainable farming significantly reduce CO2 emissions and food waste.
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Filter integration
OekoSolve
The catalyst for wood combustion.
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Waste to Value with high voltage
SELFRAG
Innovative solution for the treatment of waste slag using high-voltage pulse generators.
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#tide
tide ocean
Ocean plastic was considered worthless and unusable. tide ocean SA has found a way to use it as a raw material and upcycle it.
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Switzerland-wide network of coworking spaces
VillageOffice Cooperative.
Work where you live!
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Benu Talent
Christian Fischbacher Co
The world's only recycled, flame retardant velour that is also suitable for outdoor use.
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GridEye
DEPsys
GridEye accelerates the energy transition in the distribution grid because the system provides real-time data for optimal decisions and automates grid operations.
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coatmaster Flex
coatmaster
Solutions for non-contact coating thickness measurement.
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Collection bag
InnoRecycling
Consumers collect plastic waste in a child's play, state-of-the-art technology ensures that it becomes new raw materials again.
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Biodegradable and pollutant-free textiles
OceanSafe
Textiles for future generations, 100% biodegradable, free of pollutants.
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Nitrogen recovery by means of membrane stripping
Alpha WasserTechnik
The membrane stripping process reduces nitrous oxide emissions from the WWTP, closes the nitrogen cycle and produces a biological fertiliser.
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Ultra-Silent
Autoneum Management AG
Ultra-Silent: The lightest textile vehicle underbodies made from up to 70% recycled PET fibres.
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wear2wear
Schoeller Textil AG
Functional textiles: 100 per cent recycled and recyclable. A huge step towards a textile circular economy.
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Energy Geostructures
GEOEG
Energy Geostructures transform all structures and infrastructures in contact with the ground as continuous sources of renewable energy.
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Swiss Energy Planning
geoimpact AG
Cleantech, real estate sustainability strategies and public information needs all in one place. Digital, collaborative and simple.
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Rental and leasing platform for everyday objects
Sharely
Why buy a jigsaw when you only need it 1x? With Sharely.ch you rent from other people in your neighbourhood. Simple and sustainable!
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100% Nature
Calida
A completely compostable collection with fabric made from 100% cellulose, produced in a closed, resource-saving cycle.
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District heating project with large-scale heat storage
AGRO Energie Schwyz AG
Supplying the Schwyz region with electricity and heat from natural and regional resources.
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Financing solar systems
Solarify GmbH

With Solarify, you invest in solar panels in a sustainable, simple and profitable way - even without owning a home.
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Smart-Indigo™
Sedo Engineering SA
Smart-Indigo™ - The cleanest way to dye jeans.
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Compost toilet
Kompotoi
Kompotoi revolutionises the toilet
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Gramitherm®
Clean Insulating Technologies
Gramitherm® - the first 100% clean insulation material made from meadow grass with negative carbon footprint.
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Veramaris Algae Oil
DSM Nutritional Products
A breakthrough technology that revolutionises the world of aquaculture and provides a sustainable solution that helps to conserve over 1 million tonnes of wild-caught fish.
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Recyclable ski boot
Heierling Services
The Bündner Skischuhmanufaktur Heierling develops a fully recyclable ski boot. EMS supplies the plastic for it.
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Winner
HeiQ Clean Tech
HeiQ Materials
This textile technology enables a more eco-friendly and effective polyester dyeing process while at the same time optimizing textile product quality. HeiQ Clean Tech – make the sustainable choice!
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Finalist
Solar folding roof HORIZON
dhp Technology
The solar folding roof is the first to allow the dual use of industrial space for solar power production, thanks to its unique lightweight construction and folding mechanism. These areas cannot be developed by conventional fixed solar systems and form the enormous market potential of the folding solar roof.
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CO2 Capture Plants
Climeworks
Climeworks technology is simple and efficient: By capturing CO2 from ambient air, a negative emissions future and truly circular carbon economy is enabled
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We aRe SpinDye
Clariant & WRSD
Clariant collaborates with We aRe SpinDye®. The result: a clean, traceable coloring method for textiles with unparalleled performance and long-term awesomeness.
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Veramaris Algal Oil
DSM & Veramaris
Omega-3 EPA & DHA fatty acids from natural marine microalgae for aquaculture nutrition – a breakthrough innovation that enables the sustainable growth of the global aquaculture industry, reducing our reliance on finite natural resources and helps to conserve the natural biodiversity of our oceans
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Intelligent self-consumption energy solution for solar power
Smart Energy Link
Generating solar electricity is one thing. The bigger challenge is to use it optimally. Smart Energy Link (SEL) offers software development and other intelligent self-consumption energy solutions in multi-party buildings and areas.
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Clean City Index
CortexIA
CortexIA is the first Cleantech company to use Artificial Intelligence to monitor and optimize cleaning of cities.
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Biocomposites
FluidSolids
Turning waste into value – Thanks to FluidSolids proprietary technology you are now able to make custom biocomposites.
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Pollination service and wild bee sponsorship
Wildbiene + Partner
Wild Bee + Partners implements a holistic strategy for a future with wild bees.
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Sustainable catering solution
Menu and More
Through its business activities, menuandmore has an influence on the menu design of over 460 lunch counters in German-speaking Switzerland. In line with their vision, they want to use this influence positively and thus contribute to reducing the environmental impact of food in Switzerland.
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Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Printed products
Vögeli
Cradle to Cradle Certified™ print products from Vögeli AG have been optimised so that harmful substances are not used in the first place. Thus, these products are 100% recyclable, no toxic printing waste is produced.
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Compost toilet
Kompotoi
Beautiful, comfortable all-wood rental toilets that help the environment and turn the human output into something you can use.
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eSMART home automation platform
eSMART Technologies
eSMART provides the professional platform for eco-friendly and connected buildings. It connects the building infrastructure to the world of connected objects.
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Oecoplan
Coop Gruppe
With the Oecoplan label, Coop offers a green alternative for almost every product in the household, garden and DIY. Oecoplan protects the environment - today and tomorrow
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CityCat 2020ev
Bucher Municipal
The world's first all-electric compact sweeper in the 2-m3 class sets standards in terms of noise reduction, zero emissions and efficiency, without compromising on performance for inner-city area cleaning.
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