Welcome on the Way to a Sustainable Future!
The Sustainability Innovation Lab focuses on managing sustainability transformations in various sectors, exploring how organizations can implement economically attractive sustainable technologies. It engages in both basic and application-oriented research, covering topics like sustainable business models and digital "green" technologies, while collaborating with industry partners to apply these insights in practice.
Latest News Articles
News
February 9, 2024
Webinar on leadership competences for the ESG world
The webinar with Dr. Mônica Barroso for the Swiss-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (Swisscam Brasil) addressed the essential leadership skills required to navigate complex economic, social, and environmental challenges. It introduced the Inner Development Goals framework, a science-based approach to fostering inner transformation and equipping individuals with a universal skill-set for sustainable development.
News
February 9, 2024
World Systemic Forum 2024 - "Every Change is a Challenge
The World Systemic Forum, a 2-day event held on 12th and 13th February 2024 at Stein Egerta (Liechtenstein) and Hagerbach Test Gallery (Flums), brought together 200 changemakers and 22 Topic Experts to explore future industry transformations, potential projects, and new philosophical ideas. Dr. Mônica Barroso from ITEM-HSG/SIL led a group session during the System Change Assembly, where 80 experts discussed and brainstormed on eight key topics, including Inspired Learning, Exponential Intelligence, and Blended Finance, aiming to foster collaborative innovation and systemic change.
Projects
Demonstrating our impactful projects and their significant contributions to sustainability, innovation, and transformative change in various sectors.
SPICE
Researching Smart Cities with a special focus on sustainable scaling is a focus of our institute. We work in a consortium of four Swiss research institutes on a three-year project titled “Scaling Smart City Projects - from Individual pilots towards a Common strategy of industry Emergence (SPICE)”. The SPICE project is part of the National Research Programme on “Digital Transformation” (NRP 77). As experts in innovation and business models, we seek to analyze and conceptualize smart city initiatives from a business model perspective.
SWEET CoSi
The goal of CoSi (Co-Evolution and Coordinated Simulation of the Swiss Energy System and Swiss Society) is to explore the interactions between political, regulatory and societal frameworks and the evolution of the energy system. This transdisciplinary expertise from the natural sciences, engineering, economics, social sciences and the humanities will be incorporated into simulation models and enable more meaningful scenario analyses to successfully shape the energy transition.