This database includes high potential projects and companies in the environment and energy sectors based and working primarily in Switzerland, founded or active since 2000 and still operational. The maturity phase ranges from initial concept (formation or validation) up to those that are trying to capture a larger market space (growth and then established).
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| Company Name | Founding year Canton Phase | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Recycling (fondation) |
2008 ZH growth |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| Fair Recycling is the first organisation worldwide to combine climate protection with recycling. In Brazil, where the Swiss foundation's pioneering project is located, it recycles old refrigerators containing CFCs in cooperation with its local partner Indústria Fox, thus making an important contribution to climate protection. On the basis of this verification report, an independent registration body issues climate protection certificates, which the Foundation offers to Swiss partners. Fair Recycling is proud to be the climate partner of numerous companies that reduce a large part of their CO2 emissions with their own measures and only offset unavoidable emissions with climate protection certificates. | |||
| Fair Voyage |
2017 ZH validation |
Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Environmental monitoring, Functional clothes, Hotel, Information technology, Recreation ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Fair Voyage helps you find and customize your best conscious travel experience in Africa and developing regions. They are building an ethical and sustainable booking platform that exclusively promotes verified responsible tour operators. Through their direct relationships with local leaders in sustainability, they can offer you highest quality at best prices. | |||
| Farmy |
2014 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Farmy is the online shop for regional and organic products. | |||
| Fiaxell |
2018 VD established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Unknown ] | Enabling technologies |
| A global solution for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC), electrolyser (SOEC) & high temperature electrochemical devices Over the past nine years, Fiaxell has developed processes for cell fabrication, specialty screen printing inks, flexible testing devices for high temperature measurements and has now provided customers worldwide. To complement our core competences, we identified highly skilled manufacturers of electronics (power supply & EIS), kilns, gas control, liquid management, gas detection, hydrogen generators and are working closely with them. | |||
| Flowconverter Energy |
2007 ZH formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Hydro energy (small scale) |
| The company aims to develop, manufacture and operate innovative environmental technologies. The main produkt is the FLOWCONVERTER™, an innovative flow generator for the generation of electric current. The fields of application of FLOWCONVERTER™ are brooks, rivers, canals and ocean currents, where it can be installed without a negative impact on fish or the waters natural behaviour. | |||
| Flybotix |
2019 VD formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | Drone & flight |
| FlybotiX technology aims to double the flight time of compact drones. We use our technology as a building block to create a 350mm, dual rotor, collision tolerant drone. The system is suitable for in-structure and indoor inspection. The technology is usable in virtually any drone application. | |||
| FoodLab (Tastelab) |
2016 ZH validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Here, innovative and effortless cuisine is served with the Hows and Whys behind the simplest but also the most elaborate cooking techniques to improve peoples knowledge about food and preservation. | |||
| FreezyBoy |
2020 LU formation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Cooling technology |
| FreezyBoy is the world's first clean-tech product for a comfortable storage of food remains. The sub-zero biodegradable waste bin freezes your organic kitchen slop, prevents decomposing and eliminates unpleasant odors. | |||
| Gaiasens Technologies |
2010 VS established |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering, Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | IT data usage, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Smart device |
| GAIASENS Technologies is an innovative company at the service of the environment. It offers real-time measurement solutions, environmental studies and modelling services as well as the implementation of operational solutions for the management of natural hazards. | |||
| Ganser CRS |
2003 ZH established |
Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency ] | Enabling technologies |
| The Common Rail injection technology has contributed significantly to the new era of the modern diesel engine. The diesel engine became more powerful, runs quietly and produces far less emissions than in the past. | |||
| Gartengold |
2013 SG growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Use of apples from private gardens in Switzerland for the manufacturing of apple juice and cider, creating jobs for people with disabilities involved in juice production and harvesting. | |||
| Geo2X |
2012 VD established |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | Geophysical & technical |
| Geo2X is a Swiss Company based near Geneva. It was founded 12 years ago by experienced geologists and geophysicists who have complementary areas of expertise in the petroleum, geotechnical, geophysical and geological domain. This allows Geo2X offer a wide range of services that meet all the demands of its customers.Our global experience is key to find specific solutions for varied issues (hydrogeology, natural resources, landslides, pollution, etc.) in many environments. A particular effort is put into research and development of new hardware and software, allowing us to have innovative answers to complex situations. | |||
| Geopraevent |
2012 ZH growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | Geophysical & technical, IT data usage |
| Geopraevent develops, installs and operates premium alarm and monitoring systems for natural hazards. We focus on customer-specific and highly reliable solutions. | |||
| Good Soaps |
2011 LU established |
Health & House & Body Care [ Cleaning ] | Low technology |
| Since 2011, we have been developing and producing ecological, sustainable cleaning agents based on european plants. | |||
| GreenGoWeb |
2012 VS growth |
Behavioural change, Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Communication, Media, Education or Games, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Games ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| App for corporate sustainable behaviour challenges. Green team building in the form of gaming. Since 2012, GreenGoWeb® is the pioneer in applying gamification principles in the field of sustainable development. The company fosters innovative climate-mitigation solutions by engaging individuals, non-state and subnational actors. This unique “pledge-and-review” system allows for network creation and dynamic collaboration amongst participants. GreenGoWeb provides a set of comprehensive measures to reach out and engage individuals in efficient, yet feasible, bottom-up actions. | |||
| Grüniger PLUS |
2011 AG established |
Communication, Media, Education or Games, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | Communication |
| Grüniger Plus GmbH is an expert in the field of energy and process optimisation of industrial processes as well as thermal systems and plants. The focus is on holistic considerations of systems and processes as well as their energetic and economic optimization. | |||
| Haelixa |
2016 ZH validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) | Bio technologies |
| Pursuing a commitment to sustainability and transparency, we foster the development of next generation tools to ensure consumer good supply chain integrity and traceability. | |||
| HeiQ Materials |
2005 ZH established |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps | New chemical materials |
| HeiQ is three-in-one company: scientific research, specialty materials manufacturing and consumer ingredient branding, all for improving the lives of billions of people by perfecting the every day product of textile. HeiQ is a leader in textile innovation creating some of the most effective, durable and high-performance textile effects in the market today. | |||
| Hello Vegan |
2012 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Online store for vegan products (food, cosmetics, household products). | |||
| Hexis |
2006 ZH growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Electricity, Heating and cooling energy ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings |
| Leading competence in unit electricity and heat system for houses and buildings from innovative fuel cell design; The Swiss company HEXIS is one of the world's leading companies in the field of high-temperature fuel cell technology (SOFC - Solid Oxide Fuel Cell) for stationary applications | |||
| Huxley Design (Elephbo) |
2016 ZH growth |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Functional clothes, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| We recycle cement bags in Cambodia in order to assemble them to high quality fashion products and create thereby sustainable working environments. | |||
| IDUN Technologies |
2017 ZH validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Healthcare, Information technology ] | IT data usage, Sensors |
| IDUN Technologies Ltd. is a biosensor company based in Zurich, Switzerland. Coming from a stretchable electronics research group from ETH Zurich, IDUN is developing and producing soft and dry conductive electrodes for biopotential monitoring (ECG, EEG, EMG). With a unique and patented surface structure these electrodes provide high quality signals with skin-friendly materials without electrolyte gel. | |||
| Infrascreen |
2019 NE formation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | New chemical materials, Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| We used nano-technologies to design the next generation of greenhouse screens. Our screens are game changer in terms of performance and impact. | |||
| Inventsys |
2017 AG validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Software solution, designed to enable the digitalization of governments, authorities, and municipal utilities to create smart processes. It helps digitalize the business of other verticals including facility management, utility management, security, trade marketing, and outdoor media, and any other operation that requires the geolocated real-time management of assets or field workers. | |||
| IRsweep |
2014 ZH validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| IRsweep offers a cutting-edge optical spectrometer in the mid-infrared. Microsecond time resolution combined with large spectral bandwidth and high spectral resolution offers a plethora of new possibilities in molecular analysis. Real-time observation of enzyme kinetics and chemical reaction monitoring are two out of many application fields of the IRis-F1. | |||
| Keller Technologies |
2000 ZG established |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of buildings, Resource efficiency ] | Smarthome & building |
| Plan, design and build to level, environmentally friendly buildings, neighbourhoods with interessting architecture | |||
| Koord |
2016 FR validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) | Drone & flight, Motor & actuator |
| KOORD provides customized mechatronic solutions optimized for the needs of companies as well as research and development offices. Our multidisciplinary know-how in the fields of mechanics, electronics and software offers you a complete support for the development of your products, from the feasibility study to the production of series. | |||
| kWIQly |
2008 BE validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity efficiency, Financing and financial services ] | Climate technologies, IT data usage, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| kWIQly interprets automatic meter reading data and identifies energy waste. Online discovery of energy saving opportunities from consumption data; kWIQly distils actionable insights from energy metering and weather data for energy managers. This allows energy retailers to support clients, ease acquisition, improve retention and drive cross-sales. | |||
| Légumes Perchés |
2020 VD growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Farming & agriculture, Gardening, Resource sufficiency ] | |
| The purpose of the company is to design, carry out and support urban and peri-urban agriculture projects | |||
| LMTS Switzerland (CIRC (former Flash)) |
2018 ZH validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Road vehicles and transport ] | e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter |
| Flash is an e-scooter rental company | |||