Green Business Switzerland now cooperates with Ringier Media Switzerland and Impact Gstaad

The signs are increasing: our planet is at five to twelve. Decisive and immediate action is therefore becoming increasingly necessary. In principle, everyone knows this, there are many fine words and declarations of intent, but hardly any action - neither on the part of politicians nor on the part of consumers. What's more: Switzerland is falling further and further behind in the climate protection rankings. Green Business Switzerland, on the other hand, is convinced that business is part of the solution and has the greatest leverage - because it is fast and can scale internationally. For this reason, the Green Business Award recognizes entrepreneurial solutions that combine ecological impact with economic success. A new cooperation is now set to give these intentions an additional boost: "Thanks to two new partnerships with Ringier Media Switzerland and Impact Gstaad, we can further strengthen Switzerland's most important sustainability award," says a delighted Cédric Habermacher, Director of Green Business Switzerland.

Greater awareness and better chance of scale-up financing

With its Green Circle platform, the major Swiss media company is putting sustainable companies in the national spotlight. And the finalists of the Green Business Award are given the opportunity to present themselves and their solutions at the Impact Circle event organized by the Impact Gstaad association. Under the motto "From little Gstaad to the big world", the Impact Gstaad initiative aims to bring sustainability visionaries together with potential investors at its events. Manuel Linder, President of the association's board, says of the collaboration: "For ecological solutions to make a real difference to the planet, they need to grow internationally. Finding the necessary funding for this has been very difficult in Switzerland until now. Together with the Green Business Award, we want to close this gap."

High-caliber selection process remains

The selection process for the sixth Green Business Award remains multi-stage and unique in order to find the best Swiss solutions every year. Former Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard is the jury president and is convinced: "The award is so important because the economy needs role models. We publicize those who really make a difference and help them to spread their solutions as globally as possible." In the first phase of the selection process, around 20 national scouts from business and environmental protection nominate the best solutions in their sector for the award. From these, an interdisciplinary jury of experts awards the Green Business Excellence label to the five best solutions. These five companies present themselves with a pitch to the main jury. In addition to President Doris Leuthard, this jury includes 14 other well-known personalities, including Reto Knutti (ETH professor of climate physics), Betrand Piccard (Solar Impulse), Roberto Cirillo (CEO of Swiss Post) and business journalist and entrepreneur Patrizia Laeri. Three of these five companies will be selected as finalists for the Green Business Award, one of which will receive the coveted award at the Impact Circle of Impact Gstaad on February 14, 2025.

Green Business Switzerland is a cooperation of key players from business and environmental protection. It is backed by Go for Impact, the FOEN, economiesuisse, öbu, Pusch, the Swiss Environmental Foundation, Scienceindustries, Swissmem, Swiss Textiles and WWF Switzerland, among others.

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