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  • Tanja Zimmermann takes over the presidency

    Tanja Zimmermann takes over the presidency

    On 6 May 2025, Tanja Zimmermann was elected as the new President of the Board of Trustees of Technopark Zurich. She succeeds Lothar Thiele, who has chaired the board since 2019. The change not only gives the innovation hub new leadership, but also sends a clear signal in favour of diversity and future orientation.

    Impetus from research and technology
    Zimmermann’s career has been characterised by interdisciplinary research and the targeted bridging of science and industry. As Director of Empa, she has been promoting sustainable innovations at the interface between the laboratory and the market for many years. She is now contributing this expertise to the strategic development of the Technopark, an ecosystem that connects start-ups, research institutions and companies.

    Technopark as a workshop for the future
    For Zimmermann, Technopark Zurich is a place where ideas grow and become reality. “This is where visionary research meets entrepreneurial action. This is the ideal breeding ground for innovation,” she says. As the new President, she wants to create targeted framework conditions that promote forward-looking developments and strengthen synergies.

    A clear commitment to Switzerland’s innovative strength
    With the election of Tanja Zimmermann, Technopark Zurich is sending a strong signal for strategic expertise, sustainable orientation and the promotion of a sustainable business location.

  • Holcim receives award for biodiversity

    Holcim receives award for biodiversity

    Several former quarrying sites of the building materials group Holcim have received an award from the Nature & Economy Foundation for their ecological value. As the company informs in a media release, the gravel pits Sézegnin GE, Bernex GE and Böttstein AG as well as the quarry Gabenchopf AG were awarded on the World Day of Bioversity. The new valuable habitats for flora and fauna created there show that mining activities and species protection complement each other well, they say.

    Many of Holcim’s former quarrying sites now have the status of nature reserves. “Contrary to the clichés about quarrying sites, gravel pits and quarries are oases of biodiversity,” Joaquim Golay of the Nature & Economy Foundation is quoted as saying.

    At the quarrying sites, it is precisely the human intervention over many years that has had a positive effect on increasing and promoting biodiversity. For example, many rare and endangered animal and plant species have become native to the quarries and gravel pits awarded by the foundation after the quarrying activities. In the Gabenchopf quarry, the living conditions are particularly favourable for the biodiversity typical of the Aargau Jura. “This is evidenced by the large population of midwife toads and the numerous yellow-bellied toads, which are among the most threatened amphibians in our country, as well as one of the largest herds of chamois in Switzerland at this altitude, which finds refuge in the quarry to give birth to its young,” the foundation emphasises one of the special features.

    Holcim has been working for years to implement nature conservation projects at its quarrying sites, the statement says. “We are pleased that our contribution to biodiversity has been rewarded,” Robert Nothnagel, Head of Quarrying Areas at Holcim Switzerland, is quoted as saying about the renewed certification.

  • Capital raising of the “Vertina Wohnen” investment group

    Capital raising of the “Vertina Wohnen” investment group

    The foundation, which was established in March 2022, was able to notarise 6 properties within a year. The portfolio, which focuses primarily on new buildings, has a market value of around CHF 60 million as of 31 December 2023. After completion of the projects, the market value will be around CHF 117 million. The new capital will be used for the focused expansion of the portfolio. Two real estate projects with an investment volume of CHF 70 million were secured for this purpose.

    With its strategy, the Vertina Investment Foundation reconciles the requirements of investors and the needs of tenants. It has the knowledge and experience to combine high-yield real estate with responsibility for the environment. With its focus on future-oriented residential buildings in well-developed locations, the foundation aims for maximum sustainability.

    Details on capital raising

    Target volumeCHF 50 million
    Subscription volumeMinimum CHF 0.5 million
    Issuing premium1.0% (in favour of assets) Relevant NAV as of payment date
    Security number / ISIN116 503 599 / CHE116 503 599 4
    Allocation processSubscriptions up to CHF 20 million will receive a full allotment. The remaining subscriptions may be reduced proportionally in case of oversubscription.
    Subscription periodStart: 20 March 2023, End: 26 May 2023


    Existing and new investors who are permitted to invest in tax-exempt foundations in accordance with Swiss legislation and the Articles of Association of Vertina Investment Foundation may participate in the capital raising.

    Detailed information on the investment foundation and the “Vertina Wohnen” investment group can be found at: www.vertina.ch

  • EWA-energieUri creates a new solar community

    EWA-energieUri creates a new solar community

    EWA-energieUri is realizing the Uri solar community in Schattdorf. As the Uri energy provider announced , it wants to set up a photovoltaic system on the roof of the Uri Foundation for Disabled Persons, in which interested private parties can also participate. They can now reserve individual square meters of the facility for a fixed price of CHF 339. In return, they receive solar power for over 20 years.

    The plant is to generate a total of 49,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year on 260 square meters. That is 165 kilowatt hours per square meter, around 4 percent of the consumption of an average household. Commissioning of the plant is planned for spring 2023. Interested parties can already reserve their share at meinurstrom-sun.ch .

    "The Uri solar community is an attractive product for producing and purchasing solar power easily and easily, even without your own roof," Werner Jauch, CEO of EWA-energieUri, is quoted as saying in the press release.

  • Construction of housing estate in Zurich's Guggach area begins

    Construction of housing estate in Zurich's Guggach area begins

    Representatives of the city of Zurich broke ground for the construction of the Guggach III residential and commercial estate. At the intersection of Hofwiesenstrasse and Wehntalerstrasse, 111 non-profit apartments for around 300 people will be built in the coming years, according to a media release . The first tenants are expected to be able to move in in the second quarter of 2024.

    The City of Zurich is developing the Guggach area in Zurich-Unterstrass together with the Simple Living Foundation. For this purpose, the city has given part of its land reserve to the public foundation under building law, according to the media release.

    Two residential buildings with commercial units on the ground floor and a building for a kindergarten are being built on the 8,500 square meter property. A school with a gym and a park are to be built in another part of the area.