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.
Contact
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Economics and Innovation Division
Postal address:
CH-3003 Bern
Location of our offices:
Monbijoustrasse 40, 3003 Bern
Tel.: +41 58 465 36 62
Tasks and topics
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:
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
Salome Schori
Position: head of service Green Public Procurement Service
Last modification 06.07.2023
