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Coop tops eco-friendly supermarket charts

This content was published on Feb 7, 2006 A close second was rival Migros, the country’s largest supermarket chain, in the survey conducted by conservation organisation, WWF Switzerland, and Vier Pfoten, the animal protection body. The ratings, published on Tuesday, used 65 criteria from the fields of ecology, animal welfare and social justice to evaluate produce and corporate behaviour in the six chains…

Swiss scientists sign up to open access

This content was published on Feb 7, 2006 The joint signing of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities will help break down barriers for accessing scientific knowledge. The declaration, launched in 2003, is the response from the science world to the new information-sharing opportunities offered by the Internet, a statement from the Swiss National Science Foundation…

Swiss stress governance at environment forum

This content was published on Feb 6, 2006 Perrez, head of global affairs at the office, said the Swiss particularly wanted to see more coherence in the way the environment is managed on a global level. The Dubai meeting is the largest ever gathering of environment ministers, and will discuss, among other things, how best to deliver sustainable energy and more environmentally friendly…

Tree protestors lose border road battle

This content was published on Feb 6, 2006 Police started removing more than 150 protesters from the area on the Swiss-German border early on Monday morning, some of whom had climbed and chained themselves to trees. Protection of the wooded area has been the subject of protest and debate since Germany and Switzerland agreed in 1977 on the construction of a “customs-free” highway…

Artist dreams of building Alps’ highest hotel

This content was published on Feb 6, 2006 The “Dream Peak”, as the landmark project has been dubbed, will be a steel and glass pyramid topped by a tower rising to 4,000 metres above sea level. As visionary as it may sound, the project by local artist and designer Heinz Julen has won the backing of Zermatt’s ski lift company, which solicited bids…

Serono sheds no light on its future course

This content was published on Feb 6, 2006 The Geneva-based firm, which failed to find a buyer last month, said turnover was up by 5.2 per cent to $2.586 billion, with product sales of $2.339 billion. The firm’s figures went into the red because the company booked a $725 million charge last year to cover costs relating to the illegal marketing of an…

Debate heats up over persistent winter smog

This content was published on Feb 4, 2006 Motorists appear to heed the lower speed limits introduced on Saturday in about half of the country’s 26 cantons. Twelve cantonal authorities along the motorways in northern and central Switzerland agreed to reduce permitted speed limits from 120 kilometres per hour to 80kmh. The measure is expected to remain in force for up to eight…

Swiss find ways to survive caviar ban

This content was published on Feb 4, 2006 Some Swiss companies have been stocking up ahead of the ban, while there are also plans to open the country’s first sturgeon farm. The six-month stoppage is aimed at protecting dwindling stocks of wild sturgeon in the Caspian Sea region, which supplies 90 per cent of the world’s caviar. It was imposed by the Geneva-based…

Plans outlined for allocation of petrol levy

This content was published on Feb 3, 2006 Four months after the introduction of the tax, the foundation set up to use the proceeds to reduce carbon dioxide emissions has presented its finance plan. In all, the tax should raise SFr740 million, around SFr200 million of which will be spent abroad on CO2 credits. The aim of the initiative is to reduce harmful…

Smart seeks a way to secure its future

This content was published on Feb 3, 2006 The Smart has never made a profit and is far away from the dream of Swatch group chairman, Nicolas G. Hayek whose original vision was of an environment-friendly car with room for “two people and a crate of beer”. Hayek pulled Swatch out of the project years ago but has now seen the boss of…

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