Union Suisse Summer :: Innovation for the environment_#UnionGVA_005

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The Union Suisse
211 July 2014

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Tuuli Maria Utriainen
CERN
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Nicola Spafford Furey
Earth Focus

INNOVATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
NICOLA SPAFFORD FUREY

Innovation for the Environment - Nicola Spafford Furey - Earth
Focus Foundation

Deliver worldwide courses from professors,
teachers and experts on sustainable
development
Bring positive and progressive knowledge so
all ages can come together and make the
change
Base the project upon three simple principles:
Learning Sharing ActingInnovation for the Environment - Nicola Spafford Furey - Earth
Focus Foundation
Objectives

Individuals or classes pay a fee (approx. $ 10 for each lesson)
10 lessons per course
Those who are able can sponsor another learner for a course
How to access Earth Focus
Academy

Innovation for the environment cannot be
achieved unless we do it together
To share knowledge to make change
costs money, would you pay to learn and
also support someone who cannot pay?
Focus Foundation
Challenge

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Alain Oppliger
ICRC

A. Oppliger / sustainable development adviser ICRC-10.07.2014
• Employs some
12,000 people in
80 countries
• Budget in 2014
1.3 CHF billion
• The ICRC, established in 1863
• Works worldwide to provide humanitarian
help for people affected by conflict and
armed violence

Emergency
violenceShort-term
action

…This has major impacts on the environment
12’000 employees
1300 generators
300 offices
880 households
27'000 IT appliances
3000 vehicles
With an annual fuel consumption
of 40 millions litres
100 warehouses
44 garages
7 physical rehab centres
To aid people affected by conflicts…

Implementation
Framework for sustainable development at the ICRC: vision
and validation.

Carbon
footprint
Efficiency,
speed
Adapted to the beneficiaries
Energy
Ethics adopted
Costs
Quality,
longevity,
packaging
Technical
Progress & innovation
Waste and
hazardous
waste
Human health
Supply chain

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Gabrielle Lods
Sustain a Bum
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Question…
What costs on average 2’500 CHF…
Is composed of over 50 artificial components…
Amounts to a ton of waste…
And takes 500 years to decompose…
The answer: disposable diapers for 2.5 years
Affects fertility…

Make the good choice for :
your baby's health the planetyour wallet
$$
Beautiful, reliable, one-size-fits-all cloth diapers

Need between
15 and 20 for a
baby
Can be used
part time
36 patterns
currently
available
Save 1’800
CHF
24.90 CHF
(plain) and
26.90 CHF
(pattern)
Last at least 2.5
years
Potty train
faster
Machine wash
and dries
quickly
Easy poo
handling
Fits babies
between 5 to
15 kg
No diaper
rash/allergies

What will it take to make cloth diapers mainstream?
www.sustainabum.com

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Alexandre Bagnoud
SIG
11 July 2014

1. Electricité Vitale
A range of 100% renewable energies
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90% of the electricity supplied by SIG comes
from renewable sources and is certified
SIG represents :
4.5% of electricity sales
25% of photovoltaic electricity sales
8% of the certified photovoltaic production
To unite economy
and environment
100% hydraulic
renewable energy
To participate in the development of
solar energy at your own pace
20% Vitale Vert 40% Vitale Vert
80% Vitale Bleu 60% Vitale Bleu
To develop new renewable
energies, especially solar
energy, in Geneva
The eco current: solar,
environmentally-friendly
hydraulic power and biomass

2. Gaz Vitale
Carbon-neutral natural gas
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Neutre en carbone 20% Vitale Vert
80% Vitale Bleu
10% Biogaz
90% Compensé avec des projets
environnementaux genevois
A 100% carbon neutral natural gas
due to the financing of Geneva and
international environmental
projects

3. Eco 21 : Reducing electricity
consumption
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Committed to sustainable
development, SIG adopts an
innovative position:
not increasing sales, but
providing quality energy
used wisely.
Public service
committed to
sustainable
development
Increase the
energy
independence of
the canton
Stimulate the
local economy
Anticipate the
cantonal, federal
and European
objectives
Saving costs
less than
producing
Preserve the
environment
and the natural
resources
Favour
renewable
energies
1/4
72
GWh/an
of the
inhabitants of
Geneva involved
of electricity
saved to date!
(25,000
households)

4. Thermal energy
Three possibilities of district heating
3. Surface
geothermics
(Genève Lac Nations,
GeniLac®)
1. Combustion
(waste, wood, gas)
2. Geothermics

4. Thermal energy strategy
Territorial energy planning
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Extensions of the SIG district heating network*
Renewable geothermal, solar energy
Biomass
Surface geothermal energy (Lake Geneva)
Recovery of waste heat
Other projects
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* Renewable share from summer 2012. Depending on the project, natural gas may be used as emergency or backup power.
Key figures :
- 80,000 households
- 400 GWh delivered
- 40,000 t. CO2 /y saved

5. Eco-statistics of Eau de Genève
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1,000 times better
than those of some
bottled waters
0 transport
0 packing
0 packaging
0 retail outlets

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Sascha Nick
Co2-Monitor AG

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Deviah Aiama
IUCN
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11 July 2014

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Sanna Fowler
EPFL

Ideation platform | 11.03.2013 49
EPFL Ideation Platform
June2013Sanna Fowler EPFL

«From Farm to Fork» by Bühler
• > 30% of food
produced is lost
• Feed 8 Billion people
by 2025!

Where to now?
High Tech Global Issues Products & Services Campus Life
Strategic Expertise Societal Challenges Private Sector Engage Community
CROWD: Consumers, Citizens, Campus, Talents/Experts

IMPACT HUB GENEVA | AMANDA.BYRDE@IMPACTHUB.NET | 0787485574| RUE FENDT 1, GENEVE, SUISSE
Welcomeat
Impact Hub Geneva
COLLABORATIVE SPACE - LEARNING COMMUNITY - SOCIAL INNOVATION LAB - BUSINESS
INCUBATOR
FOR YOUR PURPOSEFUL ACTION

IMPACT HUB GENEVA | RUE FENDT 1, GENEVE, SUISSE
1. Reach out to potential candidates
2. Prepare candidates to apply to incubation program
3. Jury panel of experts
4. Accelerate the 3 Finalists (3 months):
-> SEED FUNDING
-> WORKSPACE
-> COACHING
-> NETWORK
5. Select the Fellow
6. Incubate the Fellow (9 months):
-> SEED FUNDING
-> WORKSPACE
-> COACHING
-> NETWORK

Innovation for the Environment

Our GIVE to you - an invitation: Explore together with us a
partnership for the next Fellowship program.
Why?
Inspire and incubate grassroots, sustainable innovation in a theme related to
your core business / focus

Strengthen your presence in
the social innovation / start-up scene

Position your brand and generate
great stories and attractive content

Inspire and engage your staff and partners

Create a portfolio of cutting edge
innovations to collaborate with in the future

We’re looking forward to speaking
you with!

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Co-Lab Test

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“Connect on your
similarities, and benefit
from your differences.”
Valdis Krebs

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