OrganizationPublished on 6 July 2023

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.

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:

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

Salome Schori
Position: head of service Green Public Procurement Service

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