Swiss Climate Foundation projects have an impact
What the Swiss Climate Foundation does works. In 2024, the foundation carried out an impact assessment over the period since its establishment in 2008. 40% of the innovations are successful on the market. This can be seen in the recently published annual report.
Protecting the climate and strengthening SMEs: This is the motto of the Swiss Climate Foundation, which supports projects by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that contribute to climate protection. Since its establishment in 2008, the foundation has awarded grants amounting to over 40 million Swiss francs in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. Of this, over 20 million francs have been invested in around 200 innovation projects. The Swiss Climate Foundation is charitable and independent. It is under federal supervision and is open to interested companies that want to strengthen climate protection through the efficient and targeted use of the redistribution from the CO2 incentive tax.
The impact of such projects often only becomes apparent years later. Only successful technologies can be scaled up. While the aforementioned 40% market-established innovation projects have a positive impact on the climate and economy, it should be noted that almost a third of the projects were discontinued. The reasons are of a technical, economic or organizational nature. These are the key findings from an impact assessment conducted by the Swiss Climate Foundation 2024.
Over the past 16 years, more than half of the projects supported have been in the areas of energy production, buildings and construction, food and agriculture. In 2024, the focus of support was on climate innovations in the field of energy production. The climate innovations and solutions are therefore there to strengthen the energy strategy of Switzerland and Liechtenstein as business locations, the Climate Foundation concludes.
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