Annual Report 2012

Annual Report 2012
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Table of Contents
Authors
Nick Beglinger, FFGS
Christina Berger, FFGS
Editing
Walt Beglinger, FFGS
Layout
Darja Unold, FFGS
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Full Speed Ahead
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2.
Reinforcing the Team
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3.
Strengthening the Financial Basis
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4.
swisscleantech: Advancing the Energy Tournaround
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5.
An Evolving Cleantech Framework
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6.
Deploying the Framework with the Cleantech Compass
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7.
Expanding and Integrating the Cleantech Information Service
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8.
Increasing Organizational Capacity with the FFGS CRM
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9.
Biomimicry – Revealing the Marvels of Nature for Use in Business
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10.
A Fresh Breeze for Züri Wind
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11.
11.1
11.2
11.3
Consolidating Further Projects
Cleantech Innovation Parks
Cleantech Visionary Club
Swiss Village Abu Dhabi
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12.
Going Strong
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13.
13.1
13.2
Annual Financial Report
Financial Statements
Auditors' Report
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June 2013
Foundation for Global Sustainability (FFGS)
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8004 Zurich
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Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ffgs.org
Photo acknowledgment:
Chris Jordan, Energizer, 2007
This is a zoom on the image depicting 170’000 disposable Energizer batteries,
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1. Full Speed Ahead
organization, sharpened its aims, deepened its knowledge and strengthened its basis. As a “think & do tank”,
of sustainability, while - by way of initiating, implementing and fostering projects - making sure that knowledge
becomes action and action turns into sustainability gain.
For Switzerland, 2012 was politically an intensive year.
Cause was the ever shifting alliances around the energy
transition. After the thunderbolt of the Swiss Federal Council, announcing the exit from nuclear energy in June 2011,
much of 2012 was taken up by preparing the ground,
both in building up know-how as well as in forging alliances by conducting person-to-person meetings so as to
ensure that the right facts become known to the persons
who decide.
On the international front, 2012 was rewarding in two
main ways. Firstly, Nick Beglinger, in his function as president of the swisscleantech association, was elected to
to the Rio +20 conference (held in June) to contribute as
Green Economy expert. Secondly, thanks to FFGS, Zurich
became the center of Biomimicry this summer with the
three-day Biomimicry Finance and Innovation Summit at
the end of August. Over 100 participants from all over the
world – mainly US and Europe – followed the invitation of
FFGS to exchange know-how and views in workshops and
conferences.
Internally, our organization went through some mastrengthened and some key IT projects revised, updated
and re-launched. Moreover, the team left its “start-up”
headquarters in late fall to temporarily co-reside with two
our localities were completed and ready to be occupied.
The move was scheduled for and effected by early 2013.
All these projects and challenges put the Foundation unport mid-year, the team soon regained new strength and,
with the additional means granted, FFGS was able to efto continue on its route towards its goals of sustainability
on both the domestic and international levels.
Thank you for your interest in our work. This annual report
provides a comprehensive overview of our projects and
activities. The underlined words in the digital version are
links to background information.
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For FFGS the year 2012 proved to be one for shifting gears.
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2. Reinforcing the Team
The new funding mid-year enabled FFGS to reinforce its
team with two new analysts and a strategist, particularly
to focus on the plentiful tasks posed by the swisscleantech activities; furthermore, it allowed for the internship
lected projects.
The Foundation’s board of trustees, steering FFGS’ macro
decisions, is headed by Walt Beglinger. We would like to
thank him and the board members Daniel Urech, Adriel
Caro and Nick Beglinger for their valuable counsel and
time investment, as well as for their continuous support.
Nick Beglinger continues taking executive charge of strategic and general management decisions for the Foun-
3. Strengthening the Financial Basis
recent major IT developments and new recruitments. Every so often she is assisted by Anna Nyfeler, Flurina Mäder
and Corinne Egger, three excellent students, who help us
build up and maintain our database, prepare and sig-
Top:
The FFGS Team from top left to bottom right: Nick Beglinger, Christian Zeyer, Franziska Barmettler, Christina Berger,
Nicolas Fries, Martina Novak, Anna Nyfeler, Flurina Mäder, Corinne Egger, Darja Unold
care that every “inbound-call” is promptly attended to.
Darja Unold continues to avail to us her skills in providing
well-designed publications – mainly for swisscleantech.
In October, we were very happy to welcome two junior
analysts in our team. Martina Novak had chosen a master thesis topic coinciding well with part of the research
needs of the Foundation: the comparison of the different
energy studies in Switzerland, with the aim of completing
a publication for the beginning of 2013, which is to bring
the long awaited clarity into the “study jungle”. Nicolas
Fries supports Christian in writing a background paper on
solar energy, published in December 2012. Nicolas is also
engaged in organizing the focus groups meetings and
regularly writes the newsletter of swisscleantech.
FFGS’ as an operationally active foundation main income
is generated by way of the mandates we hold, most importantly from the business association swisscleantech,
which takes up some 80 to 90% of our time invested. The
association’s steady growth contributed to a more solid
income stream in 2012. In view of FFGS’ high commitment
means had to be reinforced. Mid-year, two prominent
foundations, OAK Foundation and MAVA Foundation pour
la nature,
for FFGS’ research activities. Their contributions enabled
step up its activities. We would like to extend our thanks
and appreciation to the two organizations for their support, trust, and most valued contributions.
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consisting of Franziska Barmettler, Christina Berger and
Christian Zeyer. Franziska is in charge of our policy division
and performs excellently, in particular on the political lobbying frontline. As head for all political issues of the Foundation’s projects, of which swisscleantech is the main one,
she makes sure that our internal activity-planning blends
ence of swisscleantech in the political sphere. She works
closely with Christian, who joined the FFGS team in Octoic strategies. Christian has been active for swisscleantech
since the association’s establishment in 2009. We take
pride to count the author of the indispensable Cleantech
Energy Model now among our management team members. Christina is in charge of the key projects Compass,
Cleantech Framework and development of the member
services division of swisscleantech. Mid-year she took over
more operations functions to ensure the smooth running
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4. swisscleantech: Advancing
the Energy Tournaround
The year of Rio +20 was also an excellent opportunity to
demonstrate that swisscleantech is being recognized as
Switzerland’s main actor and heard expert on the Green
Economy. As a member of the Swiss delegation to the
Rio conference in June, Nick Beglinger was able to contribute in manifold manner to the formation of ecological
assessment and necessary legislative measures, which
need and should be taken into account by policy-makthe “swisscleantech policy making model” and thus to
arouse the interest of many delegations in the way we
advance sustainability effectively in the national and international policy arenas. We are quite proud to hold the
mandate to run – to our knowledge – the currently only
existing independent business association lobbying for
sustainable policies.
Top:
Franziska Barmettler, head policy, being portrayed by the TV program Rundschau (SF) on lobbying in Parliament,
February 2012 in Berne
Middle: (l.) TV program Tagesschau (SF) Interview with Nick Beglinger, CEO, at Cleantec City exposition, March 2012 in Berne
(r.) Focus group Mobility & Logistics in September 2012 in Berne
Bottom: Impressions from the Rio Summit; the beach of Copacabana in June 2012
On the domestic side, the association has established itself as one of the main providers of know-how on the energy transition. swisscleantech has been called upon numerous times by the media, institutions and government
entities to provide information, assessments and evaluations. Alongside the main topic “energy”, swisscleantech
has broadened its scope by commenting on topics such
as the relationship with the EU, the Gotthard tunnel and
biomimicry. It is the association’s goal to further extend
the thematic scope to policy topics, which are of vital
importance to the Foundation and for a truly sustainable
development, nationally and worldwide. We have set our
sights particularly on increasingly including “Social Responsibility” in our future models for sustainable development; a task, for which we feel to be ideally equipped
due to the strength of FFGS’ ecological, socially fair and
just tenor.
We invite you to read the swisscleantech annual report
for a comprehensive overview of the main activities of
the association in 2012.
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In 2012, membership rose to over 300 companies. Furthermore, some important new trade associations joined
the association’s council. This allowed us to increase the
weight of our political voice for the Green Economy,
which will be of immense importance for the crucial
months in energy policy-making ahead. Especially in the
second half of 2012, the association gathered over 100
experts in focus groups to discuss solutions to systemsproblems surrounding energy, for instance with respect to
mobility and to building technology, as well as to prepare
input for the legislative procedures.
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“Sustainable development is human development within the ecological means of our planet, while
leaving a substantial share of Earth’s biosphere to species other than humans. In addition to this ecological
framework, sustainable development requires a social regulatory framework which focuses on improving the
quality of life for all, in current and future generations. Within those transparently set frameworks, a dynamic
market economy can thrive.”
“Cleantech includes all goods, services, processes and business models across all industries and all value ad-
further reduction of detrimental impacts on the environment, as well as bringing about the necessary changes
in society.”
Cleantech
Framework – is one of the most important intellectual
properties of the Foundation. It is based on the nationally
complemented by Cleantech qualities, encompassing
not only the process of the economic activity of a company (or another entity), but also addressing the resulting
products. As a third dimension target, markets are allocated so as to allow companies, which are more service
product. The goal of the Cleantech Framework is to make
sustainable economic activity visible and observed across
all industry sectors, and thus to allow for homologated statistical coverage, matching solution seekers with providmark and assessment basis for overall performance.
City Association. FFGS entered into partnership with this
association, which provides local decision-makers with a
manual on how to make their municipality more sustainable. The cooperation consists of matching the catalogue
of measures with companies (via the FFGS Codes) providing the know-how to implement these. Additionally, the
partnership’s activities were extended to include the association of local communities (Gemeindeverband) and
the association of cities (Städteverband) as recipients
and diffusers of the support tool.
The Framework is dynamic, meaning that the FFGS Codes
ergy – and more is to come, depending on the feedback
from the application of the framework in connection with
the online tool – the Cleantech Compass (see next section).
6. Deploying the Framework
with the Cleantech Compass
Based on the prototype of the web-based client, the
Foundation implemented the Cleantech Compass for the
Green Economy. After having concluded a cooperation
agreement with the Canton of Berne at the end of 2011,
the tool was presented at the Cleantech City conference, organized by the Canton of Berne in March 2012.
It is a very comprehensive and user-friendly tool, which
allows companies to register their respective Cleantech
competences online. The development and implementation of the tool was a major project. It sets the basis also
having to take the detour by way of the association’s operational team.
swisscleantech is the ambassador for the compass, as
well as – at this point in time – its main client. Next to swisscleantech, the companies of the Canton of Berne have
been proactively addressed to sign up. The partnership
with the Canton provides for the availing of the tool to the
relevant administrative authorities, which in turn employ it
to extend the targeted services to the companies within
their jurisdiction. Furthermore, the Cleantech.ch news Service (see section 7) is made available to all signed up
participants.
The structuring of the tool also permits it to be pulled into
the client’s website, if so wanted. This added service has
not yet been demanded, but clearly the possibility that
demand will arise is there. This extension will make for an
optional part of the package for future clients.
The Compass then, is a core development rooting in the
Cleantech Framework. The main target group for the
marketing of the Compass is the economic promotional
division of all of the Swiss cantons. Due to the complexity and time consummation of developing and advancing the tool, the marketing of the Compass has in 2012
not evolved beyond the mentioned initial test run in the
Canton of Berne. It will be a major task in 2013 to make
up Cleantech Compass packages, linked with the Cleantech news and to bring this attractive tool to market for
the cantons to strengthen their companies’ Cleantech
Economy in general.
Bottom: The Cleantech Compass for the Green Economy website, www.kompass.swisscleantech.ch
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5. An Evolving Cleantech Framework
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Zürich
Zollikon
CLEANTECH NEWS
Mehr als 300 Mitglieder
Bern – Der Wirtschaftsverband swisscleantech hat neu
306 Mitgliedsunternehmen.
Seinem Verbandsbeirat
gehören über 20 Branchenverbände an. Swisscleantech
erweitert seinen Vorstand
auf acht Mitglieder. Neu
gehören ihm auch die Chefs
von Schneider Electric
Schweiz, Matthias Bölke,
von Cofely Schweiz, Wolfgang Schwarzenbacher und
von Landis + Gyr Schweiz,
Peter Kieffer an. Der Verband versteht sich als die
Stimme der nachhaltigen
und liberalen Wirtschaft.
Footprint-Gründer
ausgezeichnet
Boston – Die Gründer des
Global Footprint Network,
Christoph Wackernagel und
William Rees, haben den
Kenneth E. Boulding Award
2012 der International Society for Ecological Economics
(ISEE) gewonnen. Das Modell
des ökologischen Fussab-
Küsnacht
Meilen
drucks, das Wackernagel auf
Grundlage früherer Arbeiten
von Rees entwickelt hat, misst
den Verbrauch natürlicher
Ressourcen.
16km
Stäfa
26km
34km
Linth
Bilten
Weesen
60km
Strom statt Lawinen
Bellwald – Photovoltaik-Anlagen an einer Lawinenverbauung im Skigebiet von Bellwald
werden ab Juli den ersten
Strom ins lokale Stromnetz ein-
Die PostAuto Schweiz AG hat Ende Mai die erste
Wasserstoff-Tankstelle der Schweiz in Betrieb
genommen.
Foto: zVg
Grafik: Nija Nikolic / zVg
Walenstadt
Filzbach
Noch Luft bei der
Wasserkraft
Bern – Die Wasserkraft soll
auch in Zukunft wesentlich
zur Stromversorgung beitragen. Laut einer Studie des
Bundesamts für Energie
besteht bis 2050 ein Ausbaupotenziel von rund 1,5 Terrawattstunden (TWh) pro Jahr.
Unter optimierten Nutzungsbedingungen kann die Wasserkraft um 3,2 TWh pro Jahr
ausgebaut werden. 2011 produzierten die Wasserkraftwerke 33,8 TWh, das sind
rund 54 Prozent der gesamten Erzeugung.
Familienfreundliche
Etappen: Ein Umweltveloweg soll von Zürich
nach Chur führen.
Schmerikon
Rapperswil- 46km
Tuggen
Jona
Unterterzen
80km
Flums
Mels
speisen. Die beiden Anlagen
produzieren laut der Energieregion Goms eine Gesamtleistung
von rund 22 Kilowattpeak. Mit
dem Projekt wollen die Verantwortlichen prüfen, ob diese
Nutzung von Lawinenverbauungen lohnenswert ist. Das Projekt
wird von einer Studie begleitet.
Sargans
Rhein
98km
Seez
Maienfeld
Bad Ragaz
112km
Landquart
Landquart
Igis
Haldenstein/
Chur
127km
Veloweg soll Energieverbrauch aufzeigen
Zürich – Ein Umweltveloweg
soll von Zürich nach Chur führen. Laut den Initianten um
Simone Hochstrasser sollen
zehn Stationen jeweils verschiedene Facetten des eigenen alltäglichen Energieverbrauchs erläutern. Der 127
Kilometer lange Weg ist familienfreundlich in drei Etappen
untergliedert. Das Projekt
wird unter anderem von der
Heidiland Tourismus AG
unterstützt.
Hochhäuser werden Solarkraftwerk
Zürich – Bei der architektonischen und energetischen
Sanierung der beiden Wohnhochhäuser Sihlweid mit 17
beziehungsweise 19 Obergeschossen werden diese vollständig mit einer Solarhaut
ummantelt. Die Ernst Schweizer Metallbau AG ist für die
Entwicklung und Konstruktion der Fassade verantwortlich. Architektonisch betreut
wird die Sanierung von der
Harder Haas Partner AG.
Widerstand gegen CKWSolarkraftwerk
Inwil – Die Stiftung Landschaftsschutz Schweiz (SL)
wehrt sich gegen das geplante grösste Solarkraftwerk der
Schweiz in Inwil. Laut SL-Geschäftsleiter Raimund Rodewald wäre es sinnvoller, die
Energie über kleinere Dachanlagen zu gewinnen. Die Centralschweizerischen Kraftwerke sehen Vorteile bei der Freiflächenanlage, weil so der
Strom billiger produziert
werden könne.
Erste Wasserstoff-Tankstelle der Schweiz
Brugg – Die PostAuto Schweiz
AG hat Ende Mai die erste
Wasserstoff-Tankstelle der
Schweiz in Betrieb genommen. Die Anlage in Brugg
versorgt fünf elektrisch
betriebene Brennstoffzellenautos. Der gasförmige Wasserstoff wird zum grössten Teil
vor Ort von der Air LiquideTochter Carbagas produziert –
und zwar ausschliesslich mit
Strom aus erneuerbaren
Quellen.
Plessur
Alpmobil für nachhaltigen
Tourismus
Münster – Der Verein Alpmobil startet mit einem
neuen Internet Auftritt und
einem neuen Konzept in die
dritte Saison. Er hat sich von
einem Anbieter von Elektromobilität zu einer Plattform
gewandelt, die touristische
Angebote entwickelt und
verkauft. Damit werden laut
einer Mitteilung nachhaltige
Mobilitätslösungen, spannende Ausflüge und Ferienangebote in nachhaltig
geführten Hotels kombiniert.
Swissgrid bürgt für
Geothermieprojket
Bern – Die nationale Netzgesellschaft Swissgrid hat
dem von den St. Galler
Stadtwerken geplanten Geothermieprojekt eine Risikoabsicherung mit Mitteln der
Kostendeckenden Einspeisevergütung (KEV) zugesichert.
Bereits Anfang Oktober 2011
hatte Swissgrid einem Geothermieprojekt in Lavey-lesBains die Absicherung des
Risikos gewährt.
Anzeige
Innovationstreiber Natur
Wirtschaftsverband swisscleantech bringt
Biomimicry Thought Leaders in die Schweiz.
Cordula Galeffi / Zoo Zürich
Jetzt anmelden: www.biomimicry.ch
Top:
Cleantech.ch news published in the Unternehmerzeitung.
Below, the swisscleantech ad promoting the Biomimicry Summit, July 2012
It still remains a work-intensive task to make sure that all
ority will have to be given to a more proactive stance
cleantech members, and secondly with the companies
of the cantons, with which we have entered into agreements. This will require extra budget allocation and the
formation of a Compass “helpline”.
The most important and work-intensive part is behind us.
The result is unique. It visibly demonstrates that Cleantech
can be found everywhere. This provides a very solid basis
for the continuance of our endeavors to spread the FFGS
convinced – eventually worldwide.
7. Expanding and Integrating
the Cleantech Information Service
Cleantech.ch, the Foundation’s joint venture with the
press agency Café Europe,
further development in 2012. The website was successmultiplied. FFGS mainly participates in the cost of the
technical infrastructure. It makes its channels available to
fostering the diffusion of the news service.
Besides the excellent editorial work of the Café Europe
journalist team, some technical additions have been
made possible by the joint venture with FFGS to spread
the news even further. Organizations can now choose
to have custom-selected Cleantech.ch news integrated
into their own website. FFGS scheduled to implement this
feature into its own website in January 2013. Liechtenstein
Innovation is one of the other early users of this system,
and, no doubt, many more are to follow.
The news service, with its newsletter capacity, tailored to
vidualized content allocation and integration on websites, forms an integral part of marketing the Cleantech
Compass package. This comprehensive package allows
a high visibility of Cleantech companies and news, the
raising of awareness and interest, as well as valuable information for the cantons on the companies in their constituencies – all at a relatively low cost to the partners.
Moreover, the companies listed in the Compass and receiving the Cleantech.ch news (also via other channels)
are actively encouraged to make their Cleantech news
known to the editorial team of Café Europe. This reinforces their visibility and market position, especially as the
Cleantech.ch news also appear in print form in the widely
read Unternehmerzeitung (in German) with a reach of
around 155’000 readers.
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The application of the Energy City measures was also implemented in the Compass website. On a tailor-made
sub-site, community administrators can select the Energy
City measure and see the companies, which provide
know-how to implement the measures. FFGS considers
this a major success for the Framework and the Compass
as it shows that the “database” is more than just listing
information – it can also match needs, provide several
outlets and bring about visibility.
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8. Increasing Organizational Capacity
with the FFGS CRM
In the past years, important work has been undertaken in
establishing a Cleantech database which allowed to ef-
The new system will, therefore, not only allow FFGS to car-
participations and connections with other entities. But uncant limitations in its performance: mainly speed, which
has worsened because of the lacking access to a glass-
strategic investment eventually to strengthen other entiting tools.
Since swisscleantech, as its main user, experienced everincreasing complexity and volume, the decision was taken by FFGS to invest into a re-design of the database in
the summer of 2012, following intensive exploration talks
with several database providers. The main criteria were
tive management of the framework with the CRM, database interface to the compass and to the swisscleantech
websites, to the Cleantech information system, possibility
Instead of opting for a fully tailor-made solution, which
nancial means, we opted for a “semi-out-of-the-box” solution; acquiring some basic pre-programmed modules
tions required for running the organizational side of the
swisscleantech association.
The most successful tender was handed in by the company integranova, with which we began to work closely
towards full implementation of the new database. Next
base can also be made available to all kinds of other entities, who wish to license our system (with or without the
for instance to organizations such as Cleantech clusters,
or Cantons, as well as to entities of entirely unconnected
income for the Foundation.
CRM
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the possibility of implementing the Cleantech Framework
as its main underlying structure is rather limited.
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Wissen
Gewusst?
Wie hält sich ein
Gecko an der Wand?
Auflösung unten rechts
20 Sekunden
Fesselnder Schatz
SAAS-FEE. Wo sind bloss die
acht Schätze versteckt? Wer
sie findet, lernt viel über Alpentiere. Denn in jedem Schatz befinden sich spannende Informationen über Murmeltier,
Steinbock, Adler und Co. Die
Schatzkarte kann bei Saas-Fee
Tourismus gekauft werden.
Ganzjährig, Tourismusbüro,
Obere Dorfstrasse 2, Saas-Fee.
Gekürter Vampir
SIHLWALD. Die Fledermaus wur-
de von Pro Natura zum Tier des
Jahres 2012 gewählt. Der Nachmittag im Wildnispark bringt
den Besuchern die nachtaktiven Säugetiere näher.
So, 26.8, 11–16 Uhr, Besucherzentrum Wildnispark, Sihlwald.
Bärenstarke Stadt
BERN. Das Berner Wappentier
ist aus dem Stadtbild nicht
wegzudenken. Die Stadtführung «Bern und seine Bären»
spürt Meister Petz nach: von
der Brunnenfigur über Fassadenschmuck bis zu den echten
Tieren im Bärenpark. Anmeldung unter: 031 328 12 12.
Ganzjährig, Bern Tourismus,
Bahnhofplatz 10a.
DAS GERÜCHT
Delfine schlafen mit
nur einer Hirnhälfte
Stimmt. Wenn Delfine schlafen,
fällt nur jeweils die eine Hirnhälfte
in die Schlafphase. Die andere
Hälfte hingegen bleibt währenddessen im Wachzustand. Grund
für diesen Halbseitenschlaf ist
vermutlich die spezielle Atemtechnik der Meeressäuger: Denn
Delfine müssen bewusst ein- und
ausatmen, da die Atmung nicht
wie etwa beim Menschen reflexartig abläuft.
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Wissen
&
INITIATED BY
Die Natur ist immer noch die beste Ingenieurin
ZÜRICH. Der Erfindergeist der Natur inspiriert nicht nur
Ingenieure, sondern zunehmend auch andere
Fachgebiete wie die Sozialwissenschaften. Das
«Abkupfern bei Mutter Natur» – Bionik genannt –
interessiert aber auch Ökonomen. Eine Veranstaltung
will nächste Woche im Zoo Zürich das wirtschaftliche
Potenzial der Bionik ausloten. Denn die spiele, so die
Veranstalter, eine zentrale
Rolle – zum Beispiel für
die Entwicklung von
Ressourcen schonenden
Produkten.
Aus Führungskräften die Frage, ob ein Affenboss seibessere Chefs machen, das ist ne Untertanen nicht auch bei
das Ziel eines Seminars des Laune halten kann, indem er
Zürcher Zoos. Vorbilder für die ihnen mehr Bananen schenkt –
in der Sprache der Wirtschaft:
Kursteilnehmer sind Affen.
Der Chef eines Harems hat sie mit einem fetten Bonus bebei den Blutbrustpavianen nur lohnt? Das funktioniert nur beein Mittel, um sich die Treue dingt, sagt der Psychologe Anseiner Weibdré
Angst«Natürlich können
chen zu simann,
der
Chefs ihre Mitarbeiter den Kurs zuchern: Zuwendung. So laust
sammen
mit
nicht lausen.»
Furrer entwider Boss jedes
Samuel Furrer
seiner bis zu
ckelt hat. MitZoologe am Zoo Zürich.
arbeiter, die
zwölf Weibchen regelmässig. Vernachläs- zwar grosszügig entlöhnt wersigt er eine der Damen, sucht den, sich aber nicht geschätzt
die sich einen einfühlsameren fühlen, springen ab, sobald
Chef. Diese einfache Regel er- eine andere Firma mehr beklärt der Zoologe Samuel Furrer zahlt.
den Teilnehmern von FühDrei bis vier solcher Seminarungsseminaren des Zoos Zü- re führt der Zoo jährlich durch.
rich. «Natürlich können Chefs Teilnehmer sind Kaderleute
ihre Mitarbeiter nicht lausen», etwa von Grossbanken, Versisagt er lachend. «Aber sie ler- cherungen oder der öffentlinen anhand dieses Beispiels, chen Verwaltung. Diese lernen
wie wichtig die persönliche am Affengehege auch KonfliktWertschätzung ist.» Stellt sich management. Wenn mehrere
Personen dieselbe Rangelei unter den
Affen beobachten, gibt
es danach
viele verschiedene
Interpretationen
des eben
Gesehenen.
«Welche
davon die
richtige ist,
weiss auch ich
oft nicht», sagt
Zoologe Furrer.
«Aber die Teilnehmer erleben so direkt,
dass es bei der Deutung einer Situation
immer auf den Blickwinkel ankommt.»
Oder anders gesagt:
Der Chef hat nicht immer Recht. BEAT GLOGGER
Muschelschalen bestehen hauptsächlich aus Kalk.
Die Schicht aus Perlmutter zum
Beispiel zu 95 Prozent. Obwohl
Kalk an sich ein brüchiges
Material ist, sind Muschelschalen sehr stabil. Grund: Hier
liegt der Kalk in Form von kleinen Plättchen vor, die nach
einem ganz bestimmten Muster
angeordnet sind.
Aufgrund dieser Erkenntnis
hat nun der Materialwissenschaftler André Studart von
der ETH Zürich ein neues, sehr
stabiles Material entwickelt.
Dazu haben er und sein Team
Aluminiumoxid-Plättchen mit
magnetischen Nanopartikeln
aus Eisenoxid versetzt. Mit
einem Magneten lassen sich so
die einzelnen Plättchen in flüs-
Vorbild Muschelschale. ISTOCK
siger Umgebung nach
Belieben orientieren. Ist
die gewünschte Anordnung erreicht, lässt man
die Substanz aushärten.
«Die ideale Ausrichtung führt zu einer
hohen Stabilität»,
sagt
Studart.
Der von der
Muschel inspirierte Werkstoff könnte
zum Beispiel
als kratzfeste
Oberfläche von
Autos zur AnwenFührungsseminarim
imZoo:
Zoo:Ein
EinAnzug
Anzugmacht
macht
dung kommen. CHO
Führungsseminar
Christian Häuselmann.
Abkupfern
erwünscht!
KEYSTONE
Flugzeug wie Haifischhaut Um Treibstoff zu sparen,
sollten Flugzeuge mit möglichst wenig Widerstand durch die
Luft fliegen. Daher ist ihre Oberfläche der Haifischhaut nachempfunden. Diese ist mit Längsrillen versehen, was den Raubtieren erlaubt, mit geringem Strömungswiderstand durchs
Wasser zu gleiten. FOTOS: ISTOCK
GETTY
Reifen wie Gepardpfoten Geparde sind blitzschnelle Jäger.
Doch sobald sie die Beute eingeholt haben, stoppen sie abrupt. Dabei verbreitern sich ihre Pfoten. Nach diesem Vorbild haben Hersteller von Autoreifen
Pneus entwickelt, die beim Fahren
möglichst reibungsfrei gleiten, beim
Bremsen aber eine grosse Kontaktfläche zum Boden haben. FOTOS: ISTOCK
Trocken aus
dem kühlen Nass
Stabil dank Nano-Magnet
ZÜRICH.
Nature knows no waste. And over the past billion years, it
has found most ingenious ways of using available resources and energy to grow, expand and improve. If the econ-
Dach wie Seerosenblatt
Der Crystal Palace in London, der
für die Weltausstellung 1851 gebaut wurde, verdankt die Konstruktion seines Daches dem Blatt
der Riesenseerose. Deren nur wenige Millimeter dünnes Blatt erhält
seine aussergewöhnliche Stabilität
durch ein Gitterwerk auf der
Unterseite. Der Botaniker und
Architekt Joseph Paxton kopierte
diese Bauweise für das Glasdach.
ZÜRICH. Mit trockener Badehose
nochkeinen
keinenguten
gutenChef.
Chef.GETTY
noch
aus dem Wasser steigen
könnte künftig möglich sein –
dank einer Beschichtung aus
Silikon.
Die südamerikanische Wasserjagdspinne fängt ihre Beute unter Wasser. Krabbelt sie
wieder an Land, ist sie völlig
trocken. Ihr Trick: Die Spinnenhaut ist mit unzähligen
kleinsten Borsten ausgestattet,
zwischen denen sich Luft anlagert. Diese Luftschicht hält
das Tier trocken.
Nach diesem Prinzip haben
Forscher um den Chemiker Stefan Seeger von der Uni Zürich
nun eine Beschichtung für Tex-
tilien entwickelt: «Die wasserabweisende Wirkung ist hervorragend und das Verfahren sehr
billig.» Die Textilien werden mit
Siliziumverbindungen
bedampft. Dabei bilden sich
kleinste Silikonfäden, welche
die gleiche Wirkung haben wie
die Borsten der Spinne: Tauchen die Forscher ein behandeltes Stück Stoff ins Wasser,
ziehen sie es trocken wieder heraus.
Allerdings übersteht die Beschichtung der Textilien mehrmaliges Waschen in der Maschine noch nicht ohne Schaden. «Die mechanische Belastung greift die Silikonfäden
9. Biomimicry – Revealing the Marvels of
Nature for Use in Business
Der Gast
Best of Bionik: Die Natur als Vorbild
Manager sollen
von Affen lernen
ZÜRICH.
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an», sagt Seeger. Daher sind die
Forscher derzeit daran, die Stabilität der Schicht zu verbessern. CORINNE HODEL
Nie mehr nasse Badehosen. ISTOCK
Stellen Sie sich vor: Sie
sind Chef eines Unternehmens und Ihre Entwicklungsabteilung ist soeben vollständig verschwunden, mit allen Leuten, Patenten, Ideen
und Sicherheitskopien – einfach weg, für immer. Dasselbe
passiert, wenn eine Tier- oder
Pflanzenart ausstirbt: Wir verlieren Jahrmillionen an Erfahrung und damit die inspirierenden Vorbilder, wie wir unsere
eigene Zukunft nachhaltig gestalten können. Deshalb ist die
Erhaltung der Artenvielfalt
mehr als Naturschutz. Biodiversität ist das zentrale Element einer gesunden Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.
Um die Natur als Innovationstreiber nutzen zu können, müssen Experten aus den Bereichen Biodiversität, Business
und Bionik – die aus der Natur
inspirierte Innovation – zusammenkommen und über Grenzen hinweg Aufgaben gemeinsam angehen. So entstehen die
besten Lösungen. Es ist wie in
der Natur: Symbiose ist
ein Erfolgsrezept!
Christian Häuselmann ist Ökonom
und Mitgründer des Wirtschaftsverbands Swisscleantech.
Gewusst!
Geckos bedienen sich eines besonderen Tricks, um nicht von
der Wand zu fallen: An ihren
Füssen haben sie Milliarden von
kleinsten Härchen. Zwischen jedem einzelnen Härchen und der
Wand bildet sich eine schwache
Anziehungskraft. Die Summe
dieser Kräfte macht es schliesslich möglich, dass das Reptil
sogar an der Zimmerdecke
haften kann.
– the imitation of nature’s principles – it could grow and
prevail without harming the environment. In August 2012,
FFGS took the lead in establishing the Biomimicry Finance
and Innovation Summit as the European counterpart to
the US Biomimicry Conference held bi-annually in San
Diego, USA. The Summit featured a range of workshop
sessions and conferences that focused on the topics of
how to enhance Cleantech innovation with biomimicry
complish this.
With its broad network to Swiss companies and its strategic international partnerships, FFGS succeeded to become host to more than 100 participants from all over
Europe, North America and other parts of the world. To
learn and to exchange know-how and views on applying
biomimicry in practice was goal for all of our guests. The
Summit was organized in cooperation with swisscleantech, the Zurich Zoo, the San Diego Zoo, the organization
Biomimicry 3.8, as well as the acclaimed Wyss Institute at
port of the latter that the conference could be carried
out so successfully.
Bringing the Biomimicry concept to business and the
mainstream was the key objective of the media work
around the Summit. A press conference, held by its partner swisscleantech in conjunction with the Zurich Zoo, attracted considerable attention and even made it into the
successful edition of the Summit again in 2014 in Zurich.
Top:
Two pages reporting on the business connection of biomimicry, with interview of co-organzier Zurich Zoo and a guest
24 August 2013, p. 26-27.
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As part of her high school diploma, our intern Anna Nyfeler continued working on the project “Züri Wind”, which
aims to set up a wind turbine on the top of Zurich housemountain, the Üetliberg. FFGS helped Anna to gain access to key persons to discuss the possibilities of setting up
the planned structure. She was able to run a test survey
on the likely result of a popular ballot and thus to gather
valuable information as to how to tackle the challenge
of gaining social acceptance of renewable energies in
general, and in particular for highly visible wind energy
production in close proximity of the city. She submitted
her thorough stakeholder analysis and Züri Wind Strategy
to the Siemens competition for students and was invited
to personally present her work in Berlin to the jury. The jury
dation is proud of being able to animate the interests of
young students in the topics of sustainability and hopes to
be able to induce and accompany many more to follow
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10. A Fresh Breeze for Züri Wind
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11. Consolidating Further Projects
date on some of those, which currently also are part of
FFGS, but for various reasons – though to a large extent
for lack of needed resources – are on hold or have been
relegated to a lower priority level.
we still consider the Club to be a vehicle, which potentially could become an important factor in integrating interested individual personalities, not backed by any commercial enterprise, in the work of the association. FFGS,
therefore, plans to re-launch the Club in the course of the
second half of 2013.
11.1 Cleantech Innovation Parks
11.3 Swiss Village Abu Dhabi
The aim of Cleantech Innovation Parks is to demonstrate
on a medium scale how comprehensive Cleantech solutions can be successfully applied. With the total revision
of the federal law on the promotion of research and innovation, FFGS saw an opportunity to advance the recognition of such a park having to have a Cleantech fo-
Due to several grave issues with respect to the Masdar
project and the lack of concerted cooperation by the
Swiss embassy, FFGS saw no other way than to decide to
no longer pursue this project. Both the inconsistent management of the Masdar project on the side of Abu Dhabi,
as well as the uncoordinated actions by the Swiss Export
tors, the Foundation decided to stop the project and to
dissolve the Swiss Village Abu Dhabi Association. We very
much regret the disappointing outcome of this truly visionary undertaking and extend our sincere thanks for the
commitment to the companies, who carried it forward
together with us from the very beginning
Switzerland and to advance the practical application of
innovative Cleantech solutions.
By September 2012, both legislative chambers had approved the new law. The main open question remaining
is whether one or several locations should be established.
With Nick Beglinger being a board member of the new
association “Swiss Innovation Park”, which aims to carry
out the implementation of the new park, FFGS is directly
involved in the up-coming decisions The main interest is
pft.
into a Cleantech site – as FFGS’ study suggested already
in 2007. The many known political hurdles to be taken
have not changed our original assessment of the truly
unique suitability of the Dübendorf site for an innovation
park at Zurich’s doorsteps and only minutes from the city’s
international airport.
«Da kann etwas in Bewegung kommen»: Ökonom Nick Beglinger auf dem stillgelegten Flugplatz Dübendorf.
Rede des Nick Beglinger. In der
ssen mitten aus der Wüste giiedlungen empor, gebaut im
chen Stil «mit dünnen Wänddünnen Fenstern», sodass wir
ne erkennen: Die Araber, reich
dank dem Öl unter der Erde,
as Öl in die Luft.
null Energie
nicht im Sinn des Nick BeglinSchweiz sitzt er im Vorstand
gie, einem Verein, der für effiionen kämpft. 14 000 Gebäude
reits den strengen MinergieZum Beispiel die beiden Sunin Zürich-Oerlikon, entwickelt
vom Atelier WW. Zu diesen Zürcher Stararchitekten ging Nick Beglinger und fragte
nach einem «Null-Energie-Haus fürs Wüstenklima». Wobei die Zahl «null» auf eine
falsche Fährte lockt: Energie wird weiter
verbraucht, aber ausschliesslich aus erneuerbaren Quellen. Technisch funktioniert das ökologische Wüstenhaus wie
eine umgekehrte Solaranlage im Winterland: Das Licht der Sonne wird in elektrischen Strom verwandelt, mit diesem
Strom wird Wasser gekühlt, das zur Abtemperierung der Innenräume benutzt
wird. Und gegen aussen muss ein Wüstenhaus natürlich perfekt isoliert sein.
So geschah es im Jahre 2005, dass Nick
Beglinger im Namen der damals unbekann-
ten Firma Maxmakers aus der Schweiz in
Abu Dhabi zur Beraterin der Regierung
avancierte, die eine neue Stadt – «Masdar
City» – aus der Wüste stampft, in der
40 000 Einwohner und 50 000 Pendler null
Energie und null Müll produzieren sollen,
so lautet zumindest das ehrgeizige Ziel.
Seite an Seite mit den obersten Chefs von
Masdar reiste Nick Beglinger zu Weltkonzernen, die sich zum nachhaltigen Wirtschaften bekennen. Vom Schweizer Zementkonzern Holcim über Siemens bis zu
Google in Kalifornien. Alle hörten aufmerksam zu. Aber als der Zürcher Beglinger sie
aufforderte, sie sollten nach Masdar kommen, lachten sie. Das könne er vergessen.
Das Wichtigste für Google sind gut aus-
Was ist Null-Energie?
Werden Kohle, Öl, Erdgas oder
andere fossile Brennstoffe verbrannt, entsteht Kohlendioxid (CO2),
das oft «Treibhausgas» genannt
wird, weil es die Klimaerwärmung
verursacht. Um den drohenden
Klimakollaps zu verhindern, muss
die Energie künftig aus andern, erneuerbaren Quellen stammen: von
der Sonne, dem Wasser, dem Wind
oder aus der Erde (Geothermik).
Alle diese Verfahren sind erfunden,
haben sich aber kommerziell noch
nicht richtig durchgesetzt. Das
arabische Wort «Masdar» übrigens
heisst auf Deutsch «Quelle».
Schweizer Familie 45/2009
Top:
Nick Beglinger on the Military Airport of Dübendorf in 2009, posing for an article on Masdar and “Abu Dübi” in the
magazine Schweizer Familie, edition 45/2009, p. 11.
11.2 Cleantech Visionary Club
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FFGS created this club to give also individuals the possibility of directly supporting swisscleantech’s activities and
the active acquisition of new club members had to be
paused due to limited time resources. The acquisition of
new companies for the association was deemed a more
In the second half of the year, two road shows about the
Sprinter Building took place in Zurich and Geneva. A number of Swiss companies showed an interest in moving into
the Sprinter Building.
Unfortunately, Osec’s support for the project, which had
been taken up in 2010, could not be developed further
with the “Cleantech Switzerland” export platform. To the
astonishment of Swiss Village and FFGS, “Cleantech Switzerland” even began to hold discussions with Masdar in
parallel to the Swiss Village Abu Dhabi Association. Rather
than joining forces to deal with the slow-moving project
development on Masdar’s part, Switzerland gave an
appearance of being indecisive and uncoordinated. As
a result FFGS reduced its project activities sharply and is
waiting - hoping - for positive project development and
relevant Swiss parties involved.
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With its high priority projects in full swing, 2012 left limited
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12. Going Strong
Looking back, the year 2012 was full of challenges, internally as well as externally, and was a key year on
streamlining and strengthening the Foundation’s activihad worked hard in the years before, such as the already
wide acceptance of our expertise on the Green Economy in Switzerland, as well as our know-how and further
transition.
Our track record also allowed us to gain the support of
two major donors, the MAVA and Oak Foundations. We
are very grateful for their valuable grant contributions.
We will continue to drive the synergies among our major projects, swisscleantech, the Cleantech Framework,
Compass and Cleantech News Service to advance sustainability in the economy.
Much remains to be done. Biomimicry gives us the chance
and we hope to expand our knowledge on this important
topic, jointly with our partner “The Footprint Network”. This
partnership is instrumental to further this issue on the Swiss
political agenda in the near future.
The time is right: Switzerland is debating on reforming its
ties are launching initiatives for the Green Economy. The
word is also out that the Swiss energy department (BFE)
will open up the market for tenders of a new alternative
energy agency, next to the existing EnAW, which supports
companies in achieving a reduction of their energy consumption. We are currently setting up the concept for an
FFGS sponsored Cleantech Agency, which will deal with
Moving ahead to 2013, we are convinced that our projects, partners and team will continue to tangibly contribute to a national and global development of sustainability.
Top:
Team discussing strategy during the retreat in December 2012.
From left to right: Nicolas Fries, Martina Novak, Steffen Klatt, Nick Beglinger
Bottom: Nick Beglinger speaking in South Corea on the Topic “drivers of Green Innovation and Entrepreneurship”
as part of the Swiss-Corea exchange in April 2012
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2012. Their endowment allowed us to step up our activities and make an impact for the advancement of sustainability in tangible ways.
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13. Annual Financial Report 2012
13.1. Financial Statements
13.1.1 Balance sheet as of December 31, 2012
2012
2011
2012
Reference
Reference
Assets
Foundation capital
Cash and cash equivalents
144'513
Accrued income and prepaid expenses
Total current assets
-
-
144'513
1'076
Fixed assets
Financial assets
7.2)
13'324
10'058
Tangible assets
7.3)
7'972
11'241
688'986
386'600
710'282
407'899
854'795
408'975
4.2) / 7.4)
Total Assets
Equity and liabilities
498'202
-319'282
Total Organisation capital
-743'796
-1'241'998
Total Equity and liabilities
854'795
408'975
719'450
592’692
Annual result
Income
Income from projects/services
3)
Financial result
Reduction in earnings
1)
Operational accounts payable
99'125
75'717
Other accounts payable
20'955
157'948
Obligations towards social security institutions
51'277
247'995
1'635
4'873
66'106
22'160
239'098
508'693
Tax at source
Accrued expenses and deferred income
Total short-term borrowings
Long-term borrowings
1'000'000
-1'922'716
Project-related donations
Deposits and borrowed funds
Short-term borrowings
1'000'000
-2'241'998
1'076
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Organisation capital
Current assets
Intangible assets
2011
3)
Total income
-
450’000
1'378'828
22’685
-3'908
-172
-293'000
(A)
1'801'370
-351’574
713'631
Expenses (after allocation)
Direct project expenses
4)
1'181'961
91%
892’126
86%
5)
46'175
4%
112’058
11%
7)
33'829
3%
21’688
2%
6)
41'203
3%
7’041
1%
Administrative expenses
2)
Loan granted by related parties
1'359'493
1'142'280
Long-term borrowings
1'359'493
1'142'280
Total Deposits and borrowed funds
1'598'591
1'650'973
Personnel expenses
Other operating expenditures
Total administrative expenses
Total expenses
Operating result
121'207
1'303'168 100%
498'202
140’787
1'032'913 100%
-319'282
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13.1.3 Change in organisation capital
Closing inventory
2011
Change in
2012
Closing inventory
2012
1'000'000
-
1'000'000
-1'922'716
-2'241'998
-2'241'998
Foundation’s capital
Annual result
Organisation capital
8)
2012
2011
26'262
98'439
-
63
Minergie / MIN
21'008
34'634
Swiss Village Abu Dhabi Association / SVA
10'505
26'671
849'613
702'748
Reference
-319'282
-498'202
-498'202
4. Direct project expenses
-1'241'998
-1'743'796
-743'796
nachhaltigkeit.org / NDO
Dübendorf / DUE
swisscleantech Association / SCA
Renewable Infrastructure Fund / RIF
2012
2011
-
5'096
Uetliberg / UET
15'905
7'928
Framework Research / FRA
91'913
204
-
197
Cleantech Database / CRM
1. Short-term borrowings
Arbeitsgruppe Nachhaltigkeit / AGN
Operational accounts payable
99'126
75’718
BIO
Internal trade accounts payable
20'955
157’948
Other project expenses
33'757
144’145
Direct project expenses
Obligation towards pension fund (BVG)
Obligation towards health insurance (UVG/KTG)
Tax at source
Accrued expenses and deferred income
Total short-term borrowings
6'845
76’885
10'675
26’964
1'635
4’873
66'106
22’160
239'098
508'693
2. Long-term borrowings
Current account Nick Beglinger - CEO & Co-Founder
681'189
543’975
Loan Nick Beglinger - CEO & Co-Founder
678'304
598’304
1'359'493
1'142'279
Total long-term borrowings
Income from services - general
135’058
-
14'284
16'146
1'181'961
892'126
(C) This project is referred to as 'Cleantech Database' in the Annual Report. Previously Magic Database MDB.
4.1 Expenses allocated to projects
- Personnel expenses
-756'890
-697'977
- Other operating expenditures
-233'151
-151'621
Total allocation to projects
-990'041
-849'598
-
3'900
160'418
49'000
4.2 Capitalization (intangible assets)
- Framework Research / FRA
27'580
(B)
152'471
(B) After cost allocation and capitalization
- Dübendorf / DUE
3. Income from projects/services
(C)
- Cleantech Database / CRM (as trade mark)
-
81'000
55'400
-
Income from services - Swiss Village Abu Dhabi Association
-
56’300
- Trade Mark
Income from services - Minergie
-
-12’429
- IT Domains
111'648
-
510'175
413’762
Total capitalized p.a.
327'466
133'900
Income from services - swisscleantech Association
Income from Framework / CRM
20'000
-
Income from BIO
161'695
-
Income from project/services gros
719'450
592'691
Salaries and wages
551'637
673'930
Reduction in earnings
-293'000
-351’574
Social contributions
189'594
131'373
Total Income from projects/services net
426'450
61'834
4'732
-756'890
-697'977
46'175
112'058
(A)
241'117
5. Personnel expenses
Other personnel expenses
Personnel expenses allocated to projects
Total personnel expenses
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2011
7.4 Intangible assets
Net book value as of 31.12.2011
6. Other operating expenses
42'138
47'343
-
-
735
715
224'743
24'285
6'737
10'330
-233'150
-104'514
41'203
-21'841
Depreciation of technical equipment
2'547
1'092
Depreciation of IT
5'554
5'796
Repair and maintenance
Property insurance
Administrative- and IT expenses
Representation- and promotion expenses
Other operating expenses allocated to projects
Other operating expenses
7. Fixed assets / Depreciation
7.1 Depreciation
Depreciation on intangible assets
25'080
14'800
Total depreciation
33'181
21'688
1'500
10'058
Prepaid expenses
11'824
-
Total Financial assets
13'324
10'058
IT
Techn. equipment
Total
Net book value as of 31.12.2011
8'693
2'548
11'241
Acquisition
4'832
-
4'832
-
-
-
Depreciation
-5'554
-2'547
-8'101
Net book value as of 31.12.2012
7'971
1
7'972
7.2 Financial assets
Rent deposit
7.3 Tangible assets
Sale
Dübendorf
DUE
nachhaltigkeit.
org
Framework Trade Mark
Research
CRM
FRA
IT
Domains
Total
51'400
59'200
138'000
138'000
-
386'600
Acquisition
-
-
160'418
55'400
111'648
327'466
Sale
-
-
-
-
-
0
Depreciation
-10'280
-14'800
-
-
-
-25'080
Net book value as of 31.12.2012
41'120
44'400
298'418
193'400
111'648
688'986
8. Excess indebtedness
The existing indebtedness has been eliminated by subordination of priorities on loans granted by third parties,
accompanied with restructuring measures by the Foundation. Please consider therefore the auditor’s report.
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