Process and contact

Milestones

2024

• First ETH Net Zero Day, 28.5.2024, organised
  
• "ETH Net Zero" programme 2024-2030 launched

2023

• Internal consultation Roadmap "ETH Net Zero", July-October, launched and consolidated
  
• "Contribution of ETH Zurich to the CO2 emission reduction in the ETH Domain" submitted to ETH Board 
  
• Campaign "All for Zero 2030" prepared
  
• Public Tours "Unterwegs zu Netto-Null: Klimaschutz auf dem Campus Hönggerberg/im ETH Zentrum" started; interested groups can book the tour directly with ETH Public Tours
  
• "Smart moves" awareness campagin launched
  
• Joint Initiatives started: SPEED2ZERO, Mainstreaming Wood Construction, Jurapark Aargau Real-world Lab, Proteins for a Sustainable Future, Engage Everyone with Energy – the TOpic of TOday (E3TOTO), ReCLEAN, Translational Centre in Biodiversity Conservation, Engage – Evidence-based dialogue on trade-offs in wicked societal problems, Swiss Center of Excellence on Net-Zero Emissions (SCENE), external page UrbanTwin  

2022

• CO2 compensation certificates for direct emissions in 2020 and 2021 from buildings (Scope 1) and indirect emissions from purchased power (Scope 2) procured
  
• White Paper "ETH Zürich strives for net zero by 2030" published
• ETH Domain finances external page joint research initiatives in “Energy, Climate and Environmental Sustainability” and “Engagement and Dialogue with Society” as well as climate protection measures on campus  

2021

• Basics for ETH Net Zero by 2030 elaborated by ETH-internal working group

2017

• ETH Air Travel Project launched
  

Since 2013

• Transformation to fossil-free heating and cooling on campuses (construction and expansion of anergy grid, photovoltaic) initiated
• Purchase of electricity with ecological guarantees of origin launched
  
• Launch of Climate Programme with cafeteria caterers; since 2022 as Sustainable Gastronomy Project