Sanu durabilitas
| Sanu durabilitas | |
|---|---|
| Legal form: | Foundation, endowment |
| Purpose: | Promotion of sustainability in Switzerland |
| Chair: | Peter Knoepfel |
| Board of Trustees: | Peter Knoepfel (President) |
| Managing directors: | Daniel Ziegerer |
| Consist: | since 1989 |
| Founder: | Pro Natura; WWF Switzerland; Swiss Academy of Sciences |
| Number of employees: | 6th |
| Seat: | Biel |
| Website: | www.sanudurabilitas.ch |
Sanu durabilitas is an independent Swiss think tank .
The private, impartial and not-for-profit foundation works as a trailblazer for the social, economic and political transition to sustainability . The seat of the foundation is in Biel . The current core topics of the foundation are the transition to the circular economy , the sustainable use of soil as a resource and the social change to a four-generation society. Sanu durabilitas is based on a resource, actor and institution-centered definition of sustainable development : Actors use resources in an institutionally fixed framework that should guarantee the preservation of these resources. If this institutional framework is inexpedient, the user activities of the actors cannot be sustainable.
History of the foundation
The sanu Foundation was founded in 1989 by Pro Natura , WWF Switzerland and the Swiss Academy of Sciences . The initial goal was to run a Swiss training center for nature and environmental protection. In 2011, the private company sanu future learning ag emerged from the former sanu foundation , and the foundation became a think tank for sustainable development.
Sanu durabilitas is now involved in a research project at the University of Lucerne on the subject of circular economy funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) , as well as in the development of a soil index for “methods of controlling soil consumption”. Sanu durabilitas also makes policy recommendations in the areas of land use or the biotechnological use of genetic resources.
aims
In cooperation with partners from research, business, politics, administration and civil society, the foundation analyzes obstacles, develops solutions and adapts them to specific needs. The foundation is also committed to testing instruments in use and evaluating the experience gained. Finally, it elaborates recommendations and brings these to the attention of decision-makers and the public.
Publications
- The biotechnological use of genetic resources and their regulation. In: Durabilitas. 2014, with guest contributions by Eva Gelinsky, François Meienberg, Stefanie Rost, Peter Kunz, Astrid Epiney , Margret Engelhard, Susette Biber-Klemm ( sanudurabilitas.ch ).
- Josef Estermann : How to stop soil consumption. In: Durabilitas. 2016, with guest contributions by René L. Frey , Claude Lüscher, Gerd Wolff and Pierre-Alain Rumley ( sanudurabilitas.ch ).
- NMP Bocken, P. Matzdorf, N. Moussu, P. Pavlova: Resource-light Business Models for a Circular Economy WWF Switzerland, Zurich 2020 (English, iiiee.lu.se ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Sanu durabilitas in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Research on the compatibility of sustainability and success. In: Luzerner Rundschau . October 3, 2017 ( luzerner-rundschau.ch ), accessed on April 17, 2020.
- ↑ Jil Schuller: How to continue with the «country»? In: Bauernzeitung. April 24, 2019 ( bauernzeitung.ch ), accessed on April 17, 2020.
- ↑ Sectoral plan for crop rotation areas: need for more comprehensive data on the quality of agricultural soils. In: Infoletter from June 2018 ( forumlandschaft.ch PDF), accessed on April 17, 2020.
- ↑ Peter Knoepfel and Hans-Peter Fricker: Renewables are finite. The promotion and maintenance of “renewables” is about much more than environmental protection and appropriate emissions management. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 26, 2015 ( nzz.ch ), accessed on April 17, 2020.