From insight to impact.

Knowledge for a sustainable future.

We focus on managing sustainability transformations in various sectors, exploring how organizations can implement economically attractive sustainable technologies.

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TRANSFORMGAS

Metavation

Managing the Transformation of Industrial Firms

Scaling Smart City Projects - From Individual Pilots towards a Common Strategy of Industry Emergence

SWEET CoSi: The Link between the Energy Transition and Societal Evolution in Switzerland

Sustainable Mobility Solutions for Rural Switzerland

Accelerate Positive Clean Energy Districts

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Our fields of service

Academic research

We conduct research around the management of sustainability innovation and digital sustainability.

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Practical application

We actively engage in application-oriented projects and cooperate with companies from various industries.

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Higher education

We are part of the University of St. Gallen, one of the best business schools in Europe according to the Financial Times.

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Our goal is to make sustainable solutions economically attractive

Our projects

Scaling Smart City Projects - From Individual Pilots towards a Common Strategy of Industry Emergence

Exploring how Smart City initiatives can grow effectively, this project addressed key challenges in moving these initiatives out of the pilot phase and implementing them on a larger scale.

TRANSFORMGAS

Metavation

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Latest News

SIL welcomes Philip Rodak

March 8, 2025

Philip Rodak has joined SIL as a Research Associate and PhD Candidate in September 2024

Sustainability Innovation Lab meets Smart City Expo World Congress 2024

March 3, 2025

At the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) 2024, Selina Lorenz from the Sustainability Innovation Lab presented our newly developed tool to co-create innovative business models in fields such as energy, mobility, and the built environment.

World Systemic Forum 2025: University of St. Gallen Joins the Movement for Systemic Change

March 3, 2025

The World Systemic Forum (WSF) 2025, held on January 17–18 in Liechtenstein and Switzerland, brought together thought leaders, innovators, and change-makers under the theme "Let us be r’evolutionary." In collaboration with the System Change Foundation, the HSG Sustainability Innovation Lab (SIL-HSG) and the Responsibility & Sustainability Delegate Team established the first cohort of seven HSG fellows to co-shape the event’s systemic leadership journey.

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