Innovation and technology – our pathway to sustainability

Positive project impact

Positive project impact is about helping people and the planet through the services we provide to our clients. 
Everyone at Zühlke lives their values through their work. That’s why we prioritize projects that have a strong positive impact, and develop methods for addressing sustainability concerns across different types of projects.

Community engagement

Our second pathway to sustainability is creating positive change by fostering community engagement.

Whether it's through events, pro bono consulting, volunteering, partnerships or fundraising – many of our Zühlke colleagues are extremely passionate about creating positive change and are the ones driving our initiatives forward. 

In 2021, we founded the Sustainability Circle, for example – a network that brings together key stakeholders from the industry to accelerate the green transformation. Or partnerships with sustainable initiatives like the Green Energy Lab or the Swiss Triple Impact. Or last but not least, through our mentoring program “Boozt your Business” that supports promising young start-ups with the knowledge of our experts.

Access to education is also important to us. That’s why we have been supporting the international non-profit organisation Aiducation for years. Its objective is to help children and young people in need in Kenya and the Philippines to access education.

Sustainable ways of working

Our third pathway for change is our own operations. We compensate our carbon emissions across all group locations from 2021. We have committed to reach net-zero emissions in line with a 1.5 °C trajectory and are in the process of setting specific science-based reduction targets. To that end, we have partnered with Planetly to help us measure and reduce our emissions in four critical areas; business travel, office buildings, commuting and suppliers. And by 2021, we achieved carbon neutrality for all our locations. 

With regard to our people, we aim to create a healthy, diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters mental and physical well-being. We do this, for example, by offering flexible working models, encouraging sabbaticals or launching initiatives that promote mental and physical health.