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Through our interactive map, you can find and connect with the key players and projects across UNIL, IMD and EPFL.

Connecting leaders in sustainability research and innovation

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<h3>All actors in one place</h3>
<p>We’ve been working across UNIL, IMD and EPFL to create a network of the leading experts and organisations in sustainability. This map is continually evolving and growing and we’re always looking for the latest research and innovation projects. Is there someone missing? Let us know.</p>

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<h2><strong>Where does the data come from?</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">From you! We’ve been working with the experts leading sustainability and innovation projects across UNIL, IMD and EPFL, including researchers, professors, and sustainability units and labs. We are also working with our partners across the three campuses to find the projects and people who are taking a lead in protecting our planet and society.</span></p>
<p><strong>Profiles included in the Portal fit the same definition of sustainability:</strong> <br />To ensure human well-being across generations, as well as the stability of ecosystems. Following <a href="https://doughnuteconomics.org/about-doughnut-economics" target="_blank">the Doughnut Economics Model</a>, this means keeping the impact of all human activity within the ecological limits of the planet, while ensuring equity and basic needs for all.</p>
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<h3>Organised. Connected. Simple.</h3>
<p>We currently have over 350 different people and projects on our database. They are organised across 16 sustainability themes and assigned to specific UN Sustainable Development Goals.</p>

Highlighted Projects

<p><span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;The power of storytelling - I try to understand how narratives shape societies, how our current narrative is eroding and how the narrative of the ecological transition could look like.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:4482,&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:14281427},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;11&quot;:3,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}">UNIL Professor Antoine Guisan and his team are at the forefront of environmental innovation, meticulously mapping the geographical distribution of over 10,000 species. These predictions serve as a powerful instrument in the proactive strategy to safeguard our biodiversity and ecosystems.</span></p>

Modeling Biodiversity

<p>Workplace stress is increasingly pervasive, and its consequences have detrimental effects for individuals and organizations. IMD Professor Alyson Meister and Researcher Nele Dael explore the experience of overwhelm at work, and surface how it impacts employee well-being, and relationships.</p>

Preventing Overwhelm

<p>Crafted by EPFL Professor Karen Scrivener, the LC3 technology aims to transform the concrete industry. It offers a more affordable and less capital-intensive approach, cutting carbon dioxide emissions by up to 40%. This technology marks a significant stride towards a greener, more sustainable industry.</p>

LC3 - Low Carbon Cement

<h2><span class="WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Who’s behind the portal?</span></h2>
<p><span class="WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Building a community like this takes the passion and dedication of many different organisations. We’re supported by </span><span class="WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">the <a href="http://www.e4s.center" target="_blank">Enterprise for Society Center</a>, <a href="http://www.climact.ch">CLIMACT</a>, as well as the UNIL <a href="https://www.unil.ch/centre-durabilite/fr/home.html" target="_blank">Competence Center in Sustainability</a>, <a href="http://www.imd.org">IMD</a> and the EPFL <a href="https://www.epfl.ch/about/vice-presidencies/vice-presidency-for-responsible-transformation-vpt" target="_blank">Vice Presidency for Responsible Transformation</a>, <a href="https://www.epfl.ch/about/vice-presidencies/vice-presidency-for-innovation-vpi/">Vice Presidency for Innovation</a> and <a href="https://www.epfl.ch/about/vice-presidencies/vice-presidency-for-academic-affairs-vpa/" target="_blank">Vice Presidency for Academic Affairs</a>.</span></p>