#MoveTheDate Switzerland

#MoveTheDate Switzerland is a movement that inspires and motivates people to take action and implement sustainable models. The overarching mission is to push back the Swiss “Overshoot Day”.

Olivier Mächler, overall responsibility

Talk to me about: Circular concepts / circular economy, sustainable food concepts, sustainability

Alternative Bank Switzerland

Alternative Bank Schweiz AG is committed to the common good, people and nature through its business activities. As a socially and ecologically oriented bank, it refrains from maximising profits “unlike others” and always places its ethical principles of action at the forefront. It invests customers’ money in social and ecological projects and companies over the long term. All loans are published to show what the money achieves. ABS is just as consistent in its investment business and working conditions. It is committed to gender equality and operates without a bonus system. Based on this ethical foundation, ABS offers the usual services of an everyday, investment, savings and credit bank throughout Switzerland.

Katrin Wohlwend, Responsible sustainability communication and ethics

Talk to me about: Sustainable (financial) economy, sustainable transformation, (economic) ethics

Bananatex AG

Bananatex® is the world’s first durable, technical, biodegradable and plastic-free fabric made purely from the naturally grown Abacá banana plants. Cultivated in the Philippine mid- and highlands within a natural ecosystem of sustainable mixed agriculture and forestry, the plant is sturdy and self-sufficient, requiring no pesticides, fertilizer or extra water. These qualities have allowed it to contribute to reforestation in areas of former rainforest that were once cleared for logging, whilst enhancing biodiversity and the economic prosperity of local farmers. As an open source project Bananatex® offers a truly circular alternative to the synthetic fabrics that dominate the market today.

Stephanie Walter, Brand Development & Communications

Talk to me about: Sustainability, Innovation, Design

Circular Clothing Genossenschaft

The Circular Clothing project aims to help more and more Swiss textile companies venture into the circular economy.

Karen Rauschenbach, President

Talk to me about: Vision of a waste-free textile industry, achieving more impact thanks to collaboration, Cradle to Cradle® design

Circunis

Our vision is a Switzerland that uses what is there instead of managing at the expense of the environment and society.

Olivia Menzi, Co-Founder & Project Leader

Talk to me about: Circular economy, food waste, food upcycling

Crowd Container

At Crowd Container, we love good food. And to us it matters, where it comes from! We are convinced that healthy soils, diversity and a fair compensation of our producers work, make the moments of pleasure possible in the first place. That’s why at our webshop you’ll only find products from sustainable agriculture far from industrial mass production.

Simon Reich, Co-Founder

Talk to me about: Sustainable food value chains, new models of corporate management (self-organisation, responsible ownership), financing of purpose-driven companies

ECOnGOOD Switzerland

We are a global movement based on the “Economy for the Common Good” economic model. In this model, the economy is based on ethical values in order to enable a good life for all on a healthy planet. We are committed to this with our transformation tools.

Ralf Nacke, Spokesman and speaker
Priska Sennhauser, Chairwoman

Talk to me about: New economic models, in particular the economy for the common good, sustainability reports, in particular the common good balance sheet and education for sustainable development (ESD) – www.bildung-fuer-morgen.ch

Freie Gemeinschaftsbank Genossenschaft

Freie Gemeinschaftsbank uses the deposit money exclusively for people and institutions that use it to realise meaningful projects for people and nature or to purchase owner-occupied residential property. It consistently aligns its work with values: Transparency, diversity, sustainability, positive impact and responsibility. It refrains from maximising profits.

Transparency: All borrowers are published. Customers are given a precise insight into who is working with their money. Stock market transactions and speculation are excluded.

Impact: By opening an account with us, customers help to finance projects that have a positive impact on people and the environment.

Relationship: Investors can invest their money directly and specifically in a project.

Freie Gemeinschaftsbank is a member of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values.

Max Ruhri, Member of the Executive Board

Talk to me about: A banking system that is consistently aligned with values. How to make the bank “transparent” so that people come into the picture and a conscious approach to money is made possible.

FREITAG lab. ag

Since 1993, FREITAG has been driven by the principle of keeping used materials in circulation for as long as possible – and in the future to close its cycles as well.

Talk to me about: Circular economy, design, innovation

Frigg

Swiss-based SaaS company, that equips green project developers with tools to connect their projects with institutional investors. We streamline the documentation, rating, underwriting, securitization, and post-investment monitoring (real-time) of private market deals.

Philip Berntsen, CEO

Talk to me about: Impact investors, renewable energy projects, and purpose driven investing

Gaia Tech AG

Peels, pulp, pomace, pits, shells, seeds and other food byprodcuts are often entirely discarded. Gaia Tech turns these sidestreams into useful ingredients for cosmetic, food and feed manufacturers.

Samuel Bühlmann, Co-Founder

Talk to me about: Innovation, Startups, Technology

gebana

Together, we are changing global trade for the benefit of farming families, local economies and the environment. We want more sustainability, more equity and more quality at affordable prices. Therefore, we change the rules of the game: we trade differently, you buy differently.

Christophe Schmidt, CEO

Talk to me about: Food value chain, sustainability, Fairtrade

Globalance

We enable investors to successfully invest in forward-looking companies that solve global challenges and shape a positive future.

Peter Zollinger, Head of Impact Research

Talk to me about: How to deal with assets in a modern way. How boards of directors and company management recognise the essentials of global megatrends. What sustainable business models and strategies look like.

Hestia.ai

HestiaLabs wants to put user data at the service of social progress. In this way, they become the engine for innovation.

Paul-Olivier Dehaye, CEO

Talk to me about: Generative AI, data value, digital compliance

HofLabor

Making regenerative mosaic agriculture scalable.

Petrissa Eckle, Co-Founder

Talk to me about: Robotics in agriculture, no-code tools, quantification of biodiversity/ecosystem quality

ID Genève Watches

Our mission is to redefine luxury. It is time to make luxury sustainable and to have a credible alternative. We want to use new technologies and a circular production. Our goal is to inspire other industries to take the same direction.

Nicolas Freudiger, Co-founder and CEO

Talk to me about: Circular economy, Innovation, Startups

Impact Club

Fostering entrepreneurship solutions to today’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. Starting locally.

Tommaso Tabet, Co-Founder, CEO

Talk to me about: Innovative finance; Strategic philanthropy; Impact driven entrepreneurship.

Impact Hub Zürich

The Impact Hub curates the largest network of creatives, start-ups and techies in Switzerland. We bring people together and create spaces and opportunities for positive change. We unite culture, gastronomy, business and society. We connect entrepreneurs, NGOs, companies and public institutions in a unique ecosystem. Rooted in the neighbourhood, networked worldwide.

Eliane Albrecht, Lead Programs & Partnerships

Talk to me about: Climate change, circular economy, conscious leadership

Kompotoi

We want to make a better earth! And yes, you can be part of it – of the nutrient cycle! We rent out cosy mobile toilets and recycle the collected ‘human output’ to produce compost and nitrogen fertiliser.

Jojo Casanova, Co-Founder

Talk to me about: Circular economy; events; public procurement

Loopia

Loopia helps retailers and brands to see the circular economy as part of their business model. With our solution, yout get your own resale platform in a short time.

Cristiana Grossenbacher, Co-Founder

Talk to me about: Circular economy, consumption, sustainable business models

Muntagnard

We believe in sustainability as a lever for future-proof innovation. We rethink products impartially from material to function and offer credible solutions for all those who want to buy sustainable clothing without compromising on quality, comfort and style.

Dario Grünenfelder & Dario Pirovino, Co-Founder

Talk to me about: Circular product developments, circular business models, textiles / clothing

Mycrobez AG

Mycrobez wants to revolutionise the mass markets of various industries in a circular economy. This with a natural foam that has the same material properties as petroleum-based foam and insulation materials, but is made of a fungal root systems (mycorrhizae) and can be composted without residue within a few weeks.

Moritz Schiller, Founder, CMO & Board of Directors

Talk to me about: Bio-economy, Communication, Fundraising

OceanSafe AG

Technology that makes textiles sustainable, degradable, safe for nature and people, easy to manage at the same level in the cycle. Every one of our products is at least Cradle to Cradle Certified Gold.

Manuel Schweizer, Founder & CEO

Talk to me about: Textiles, circular economy, innovations

One Planet Lab Schweiz

We support pioneers and projects which are shaping sustainable solutions for our future.

Patricia Matzdorf & Ingrid Fumasoli, Co-Leads Planet Lab Switzerland (German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland)

Talk to me about: Resource-light strategies for society and businesses at large – specifically sufficiency, circularity, new economic models / Resource-saving projects / Support for your project or organization

OOMNIUM AG

OOMNIUM is a digital investment platform for crowd-based growth financing for Swiss start-ups and SMEs.
As a subsidiary of wemakeit, OOMNIUM has more than a decade of experience in crowdfunding and campaigning, from which the companies on the platform benefit.
Private individuals can invest in companies they believe in and whose products they love with just a few clicks and from small budgets.
In this way, OOMNIUM promotes a sustainable and fair economy and is committed to a change towards responsible investment.

Leandro Davies, Managing Partner

Talk to me about: Crowdinvesting, Growth Financing, Digital Shares

Planted

We want to radically change the way meat is perceived, produced and consumed and bring about a shift from the consumption of animal proteins to the consumption of plant proteins so that meat eaters can make sustainable, healthy and tasty choices in their everyday lives.

Pascal Bieri, Co-Founder

Talk to me about: alternative proteins // sustainable food production // StartUp

Purpose Schweiz

The goal of Purpose Schweiz is to establish Steward-Ownership in Switzerland and show that a value-based fiduciary format is a functioning and forward-looking corporate form.

Lukas Hotz, Co-Founder

Talk to me about: Steward-Ownership, Alternative Financing, Grandchild-friendly Economy and Society

Pyrpose.io

Our mission is to reduce future carbon emissions. We do this by connecting the climate conscious consumers with the investments that reduce future carbon emissions. Climate conscious consumers do not have the direct access they need to see how their money is being used to make a difference on the planet. Pyrpose empowers the climate conscious by presenting them direct investments. What’s more these investments not only connect the consumer with reducing future carbon emissions, which provide a return, but also how this makes a difference to the people impacted the most by climate crisis. Doing good for the planet while making a return is the model to solve for the climate crisis.

Kevin Kyer, CEO

Talk to me about: Climate innovation. Fintech. Entrepreneurship

RepRisk AG

RepRisk provides transparency on business conduct risks to help drive accountability and responsible behavior of companies, thus creating positive change.

Talk to me about: Sustainable Finance, Due Diligence, Business Conduct Risks

Restor

Creating a world where every action positively impacts nature. Restor is an open, geospatial platform that offers nature stewards access to the latest ecological science for impact storytelling. With more than 140,000 project sites, Restor is the largest network of community led restoration and conservation sites across the globe. Through Restor, governments, companies, impact funders, and financial institutions can connect and contribute to the regenerative use of the land we all depend on.

Stephanie Feeney, Chief Growth Officer

Talk to me about: nature, biodiversity, communities

Revendo AG

We buy and sell used electrical appliances in top condition to ensure the conseration of our environment’s resources.

Aurel Greiner, CEO and Founder

Talk to me about: Sustainability, Circular Economy, Refurbished

Rez Actifs: for a sustainable neighbourhood (APRES-Geneve)

We support the emergence and spread of so-called ‘one-planet neighbourhoods’. This refers to neighbourhoods that focus equally on the well-being of their residents and the planet.

We support sustainable small and micro enterprises through training, coaching, mentoring and the provision of a team of industry experts to accelerate their development and help them establish successfully in ground floors retail spaces.

Ludovic Lafont, Coordinator Rez Actifs

Talk to me about: Sustainable neighbourhoods, Social economy, entrepreneurial support

Rflect

We enable universities to equip their students with a lifelong habit of inner development.

Niels Rot, Co-Founder

Talk to me about: Edtech, Inner Development Goals

SENS

As a national platform, SENS represents and promotes impact-oriented companies in Switzerland. Together with them, they create reach and attention and network across sectors as well as with the European environment.

Beni Rohrbach, Research and strategic development

Talk to me about: Monitoring Social Entrepreneurship, Impact reporting, Linking business and impact models

Sparkable

With its crowd-based information platform, Sparkable wants to convey more security in dealing with media and content, counteract social polarisation and promote information that leads to more mutual understanding.

Vardon Hamdiu, Co-Lead

Talk to me about: PeaceTech, Nonprofit business models, Product design

Timber Finance Initiative

The Timber Finance Initiative wants to make better use of the potential that forests offer for climate protection. To this end, it is developing sustainable investment opportunities for the forest and timber industry. With a specially developed timber index and financial products based on it, the project develops new, sustainable investment models, advises the timber and construction industry and develops a CO2 certification methodology for timber construction.

Frank Vasek, Head of department and responsible for corporate finance

Talk to me about: Sustainable business strategies and innovative business models; carbon markets and dynamics nationally and internationally; scaling low-carbon technologies that ‘decarbonise’ existing industries; Sports Science

TransCap Initiative (TCI)

TransCap Initiative (TCI) is a collaborative multi-stakeholder initiative that develops the conceptual underpinnings of systemic investing, tests these in real-world settings, and builds a community of practice. TCI is dedicated to bringing systems thinking to the world of sustainable finance and impact investing. Hence, TCI’s mission is to build the field of systemic investing so that we become more effective at funding systems transformation.

Magdalena J. Schneider, Prototype Lead

Talk to me about: Funding Systems Transformation, Multi-Stakeholder Alliances, Holistic Wellbeing

Transformation Architects

We enable organisations to overcome outdated behaviour patterns and become a driving force for change, redefine success and have a positive impact on society and the environment.

Pascal Dulex, Co-Founder

Talk to me about: Organisational development, purpose economy, self-management & leadership

VaLoo

VaLoo makes Swiss wastewater management fit for the future and paves the way for cycle-oriented technologies.

Gina Marti, Communication specialist

Talk to me about: Resource efficiency, sustainable living, environmental protection

Vögeli AG

Sustainable communication and packaging for the success of our customers.

Renato Vögeli, Co-owner and Co-director

Talk to me about: Circular economy, print, packaging

Vuna

Vuna plans and builds your water and wastewater system of the future today. From urban to alpine.

Bastian Etter, General Manager

Talk to me about: Sanitary turnaround, water & nutrient cycles, sustainable building

WE ARE ZRCL GmbH

WE ARE ZRCL (for ‘circle’) is the streetwear label without secrets. Transparent, fair, organic and ecological from cultivation to sale. For all garments, the complete production cycle can be traced via our Track Me page. ZRCL wants to be a role model, passes on knowledge and encourages action.

Kilian Wiget, Founder & CEO

Talk to me about: Sustainable clothing, Swiss production, marketing/storytelling

YARN-TO-YARN by Rheiazymes AG

Keeping the high value polymers of the fashion industry in a YARN-TO-YARN® cycle with molecular bio-recycling.

Sandra Grimmer, Co-Founder & CEO

Talk to me about: Circular economy, textile industry, solutions for the global plastic problem

Zirkular GmbH

We are the specialist planning office for circular construction. We continue to build on existing structures, design with ReUse, and add new things so that the components can be reused in the future.

Andreas Oefner, Managing Director

Talk to me about: Circular economy, digitalisation, construction industry