News
19
Apr
Tetra Pak Highlights Recycling Initiatives Ahead of Earth Day
Category: ESG News
Tetra Pak highlights its recent recycling initiatives to keep materials out of landfills, ahead of Earth Day. The packaging company has invested in creating recycling infrastructur...
25
May
Climate Earth and Holcim Join Forces to Expand Global Environmental Product Declarations
Category: ESG News
Holcim and Climate Earth join forces to expand global Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), driving low-carbon demand. The partnership aims to enhance Climate Earth's digital ...
31
May
Building a Forest-Positive Future: Barry Callebaut Takes Bold Steps Towards Sustainable Cocoa Production
Category: ESG News
Barry Callebaut, a leading signatory of the Cocoa and Forest Initiative, is committed to combatting cocoa-related deforestation through their CFI 2.0 Action Plan, agroforestry prog...
25
Jul
New EU Policy Proposals Shaped by Swiss Empa Research
Category: ESG News
EU proposes new circular economy provisions for automotive sector based on Empa research, promoting recycling and reuse of materials. Switzerland pioneers separate electronic devic...
30
Aug
Breakthrough: Innovative Coated Mesh Turns Fog into Clean Water while Combating Pollution
Category: ESG News
Swiss scientists unveil a coated mesh that gathers fog, producing clean water while neutralizing pollutants. This breakthrough method offers hope for water-scarce areas plagued by ...
21
Dec
ESMA Updates Fund Naming Rules for ESG and Sustainability in EU Markets
Category: ESG News
ESMA updates guidelines for fund names to combat greenwashing, introducing a "transition" category. Stressing an 80% minimum investment for sustainability, Paris-aligned benchmarks...
22
Feb
Griesser and Energiehaus Arquitectos Create CO2-Neutral Living Space
Category: ESG News
Swiss firm Griesser has transformed a Barcelona terraced house into the city's first CO2-neutral passive house, "ShowPass." Partnering with Energiehaus Arquitectos, they used Metal...
09
May
EPFL Start-Up NovaMea Receives $3.2 Million Funding
Category: ESG News
Swiss cleantech start-up NovaMea has raised USD 3.2 million to advance its green hydrogen production technology. Founded at EPFL, NovaMea specializes in anion exchange membrane ele...
01
May
UniSieve Raises $5.5M to Reduce Carbon Emissions in Chemical and Plastics Manufacturing
Category: ESG News
Swiss start-up, UniSieve, raised $5.5m to reduce carbon emissions by developing innovative technology that separates CO2 from gases produced during manufacturing, with the potentia...
02
May
FOEN’s Latest Report Shows an Increase in Swiss Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2021
Category: ESG News
Swiss greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly in 2021 to 45.2 million tonnes CO2-equivalent, driven by higher heating demand due to a colder winter. The increase was mainly in ...