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Sign our Manifesto for the recognition of Sustainable Enterprises!
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To create systemic change, we advocate for a new policy framework that recognizes and incentivizes sustainable companies in Switzerland. Therefore we launched a Manifesto for the Recognition of Sustainable Enterprises. We call on all Swiss decision-makers to support our initiative and sign the manifesto.
Economic and Business Council
Initiated by B Lab Switzerland, The Economic and Business Council (EBC) is an advisory and dialogue body, whose main role is to support both the deployment of the organization’s engagement programs (such as the Swiss Triple Impact, the SBA2030), and its overall advocacy mission. It constitutes a unique forum where representatives across the entire Swiss economic, political, and scientific spectrum with wide-ranging business and economic expertise address the most challenging economic, environmental, and social issues of the 21st century. The Council keeps a particular focus on the achievement of the 17 SDG and the Agenda 2030.
The EBC advises on the strategic orientations of the different engagement programs, and validates the steps and progress observed on the ground by all stakeholders involved.
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Discover our first working group: the collective for sustainable digital transformation
Economic and Business Council Advisory Committee Members
Adèle Thorens Goumaz
Member of the Swiss Council
of States, State Council
Adèle Thorens Goumaz is a Swiss politician. She has been a member of the Swiss Council of States since December 2019. Previously, she served in the National Council of Switzerland from 2007 to 2019. She is committed to ensuring that Switzerland becomes a leader in the sustainable management of resources and the green economy. She considers that Switzerland has everything to succeed because innovation and responsibility are part of its culture.
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André Hoffmann
Vice Chairman of Roche and member of the Board of Trustees of WEF
André Hoffmann is a businessman, environmentalist, and philanthropist, and a passionate advocate for business as a force for good. André is Vice Chairman of Roche Holding AG, the family business. He also sits on the Board of SystemIQ, the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, and the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. André Hoffmann also has a distinguished career in nature conservation and sustainability. He is the President of the MAVA Foundation, and of Fondation Tour du Valat in Camargue France. He is also Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Hoffmann Global Institute in Business and Society at INSEAD.
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Bérangère Magarinos-Ruchat
Chief Sustainability Officer, Richemont
Bérangère Magarinos-Ruchat is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Richemont. She was elected Head of Sustainability of the Year 2015 by Ethical Corporation and in 2017 was recognized by the World Business Council on Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) Leading Women Award distinguishing women leaders advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Bérangère Magarinos-Ruchat dedicates her free time to coach young women to support them in their career development.
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Appointed in April 2022 as Head of International Relations Division, SEFRI, Jacques Ducrest was previously Deputy Head of the Sectoral Foreign Policies Division, DEZA DFAE. In that capacity, he had been appointed as Delegate of the Federal Council for the Agenda 2030. He holds the belief that sustainability today is undisputed. He is actively working towards mobilizing momentum to achieve the Agenda 2030.
Jacques Ducrest
Ambassador, Head of International Relations Division, SEFRI
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Jonathan Normand
Founder & Executive Director,
B Lab Switzerland
Governance and social innovation expert, Jonathan Normand spent 12 years in the management of operational risk in an international structure before creating his own advisory firm Codethic in 2009. He has been in charge of promoting the B Corp movement in Switzerland since 2014 and is involved in the national sustainability ecosystem by being on the Board of several associations
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Josephine Herzig
Co-Director Engagement Programs, B Lab Switzerland
Josephine Herzig is the Co-Director of Engagement at B Lab Switzerland, the Swiss branch of a global NPO which seeks to build a community of people using business as a force for good. She is particularly passionate about leveraging the potential of business to drive the Sustainable Development Goals and further "One Planet" thinking, and as such co-leads the Swiss Triple Impact.
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Karin Lenzlinger
President, Zürcher Handelskammer
Karin Lenzlinger is an experienced leader and CEO, as well as Member or President of different boards either associations or SME companies such as SV Group or the Chamber of Commerce of Zurich, Economiesuisse and Übermorgen ventures AG. Respectfulness, curiosity, and responsibility have always been the guidelines in all the ventures of her career. Having also had the chance to gain experience in different countries she now intends to help foster actions of sustainability and social responsibility in Swiss entrepreneurship, also as an investor.
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Markus Daniel
Managing Director,
Menu and More AG
Markus Daniel is Managing Director of the SME Menu and More AG, the leading catering partner for school lunches and daycare centers. Markus Daniel graduated from the Hotel Management School in Lucerne as a Hotelier / Restaurateur HF and holds an Executive MBA FH from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Zurich. He was employed by Culinarium AG, Compass Group (Switzerland), and Swiss Re Guest Services before becoming deputy director of TAVERO AG and subsequently joining menuandmore.
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Ruth Blumer Lahner
Dr. Ruth E. Blumer Lahner is the Head Regulatory Affairs, Sustainability & SHEQ of the Kolb Group and President of the UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein. She has a longstanding experience in managing sustainability issues in industrial companies such as Sulzer.
Head of Regulatory Affairs, Sustainability and SHEQ, Kolb Group. Dr. Ruth E. Blumer Lahner is the Head Regulatory Affairs, Sustainability & SHEQ of the Kolb Group and President of the UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein. She has a longstanding experience in managing sustainability issues in industrial companies such as Sulzer.
Head of Regulatory Affairs,
Sustainability and SHEQ, Kolb Group
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