Economics and Innovation Division

The Economics and Innovation Division is responsible for the following topics: circular economy, resource conservation, sustainable consumption and production, green public procurement, and education, research and innovation in the environmental sector.

The main focus of the activities is:

• Boosting the circular economy and resource conservation by promoting sustainable patterns of consumption and production

• Creating and implementing the environment research master plan

• Supporting the development of innovative environmental technologies

• Promoting environmental and climate competencies in education and training, and supporting training programmes

• Further developing green public procurement

• Carrying out ex-ante and ex-post evaluations of environmental-economic measures and providing fundamental information, such as life cycle inventories and ecological footprints

The division is responsible for the topics:

Topic Education, Research and Innovation

Topic Economy and Consumption

Management:

Susanne Blank
Position: head of division

Rolf Gurtner
Position: head of section economics, deputy head of division

Josef Känzig
Position: head of section Consumption and Products

Daniel Zürcher
Position: head of section Innovation 

Beat Bringold
Position: head of section Environmental Education

Last modification 27.04.2023