Below is a list of of our most recent work. Please note that only a small part of our work is
published and that some of our work is only published in German (download our publications
here).
- Swiss Post Annual Report 2008 rated AAA
The Swiss Post Annual Report rated «Best Annual Report 2008» (link). Swiss Post is the only company with a Triple A Rating. The report is available in German, French, Italian and English.
- Carbon Disclosure Project: «Wirkungszusammenhänge und Externalisierte Kosten»
Speech by Kaspar Müller at the pressconference of the Carbon Disclosure Project on November 24, 2008 in Zürich [Language: German]
- Risk and Return von Kernkraftwerken – Eine Beurteilung aus Sicht der Finanzmärkte am Beispiel der Kernkraftwerke Leibstadt und Gösgen
Study by Kaspar Müller, September 2008, [Language: German]
- Interview mit Kaspar Müller zur UBS Generalversammlung 2008
Radiointerview mit Kaspar Müller, Präsident der Ethos Stiftung. In: Tagesgespräch zur UBS-Generalversammlung 2008, Radio DRS 1, 23. April 2008, 13.00 (Language: German)
- Knecht & Mueller Annual Report 2006
The fifth annual report on sustainable development features an extensive interview with CEO Peter Mueller on the most important sustainability topics facing a SME with approximately 50 employees in Switzerland today. In 2006 the company became one of the first climate neutral companies in Switzerland (verified by c4c). The report including an extensive appendix with a GRI index, the product LCA and the validation letter by c4c which is avaliable here [Language: German].
Update 1 December 2007: Rated «Best Annual Report»in the category Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME). Additional Knecht & Mueller is the first SME ranked in the top ten list of the 250 largest Swiss companies. More info here [German].
Update 2 December 2007: Knecht & Mueller awarded «Best Corporate Sustainability Report» by «öbu - works for sustainability». More info here [German]
- Swiss Post Annual Report 2006
This is the first integrated Annual Report of Swiss Post. The «Ellipson Sustainability Compass» has been used as a framwork. The report integrates the now discontinued Social Report and the Environmental Report. Internet Links within the report provide additional information for the reader. The report is available in German, French, Italian and English.
Update December 2007: Ranked 6th best annual report. More info here [German].
- Interview with Dr. A. Sturm on Sustainable Development at Swiss Post
PostNews June 2007 Edition. The Interview is avaliable in German, French and Italian. For the complete publication see here.
- Interview with Dr. A. Sturm on Fair Banking
Annual Report 2006 of Bank Coop. The Interview is avaliable in German, French and Italian (full Annual Report here).
- Oerlikon Annual Report 2006
Ellipson supported the annual report team with expertise on corporate social responsibility. As such we were responsible for the sustainability chapter. The report is available in English and German.
- Comparison of Different Decommissioning Fund Methodologies for Nuclear Installations
Additional actions are needed on the level of the Member States as well as on the European level in order to ensure that adequate funds for nuclear decommissioning and waste management are available when necessary. Furthermore, transparency should be increased by information sharing and reporting. These are the results of a comprehensive assessment of the different decommissioning financing regimes in the European Union by Wuppertal Institute and its partners (including Ellipson) on behalf of the European Commission. The report is available in English and German.
- Sustainability Report of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG
ThyssenKrupp Steel AG's first Sustainability Report uses the «Ellipson Sustainability Compass» as a framwork. The report also covers the guidelines of the recognized Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). It includes a CD ROM containing extensive supplementary data, facts and figures as well as GRI references.
A microsite dedicated to the report has been set up on the internet. The report is also available for downloading as a PDF file. A printed version (highly recommended!) can be ordered here.
- Energieperspektive 2050 [Language: German]
The study contracted by Greenpeace (Switzerland), WWF (Switzerland), Verkehrsclub der Schweiz (VCS) and Schweizerische Energie-Stiftung (SES) analysis the path for Switzerland towards the «2000-Watt Society».
The study was conducted by Dr. Andreas Sturm and Norbert Egli (Ellipson) and Dr. Rolf Frischknecht and Roland Steiner (ESU-services).
Download the main study, the supplement or the summary or listen to this radio interview [Language: German].
- Das Konzept einer dynamischen vorgezogenen Entsorgungsgebühr (dynVEG) auf PET-Getränkeflaschen [Language: German]
A new market based concept for an efficient recycling of PET beverage container in Switzerland developed by Dr. Andreas Sturm and Norbert Egli (Revision April 2006). Download here.
- New Corporate Social Responsibility Report of Knecht & Müller AG, Switzerland [Language: German]
The latest «Geschäftsbericht 2003/2004 zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung der Knecht & Müller AG» was published in August and is now available on-line.
Update: Rated “Best Corporate Sustainability Report" in the category Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME). Overall ranked 12th best report (out of 158 Companies analysed). More info here.
- Study on the Economic, Social and Environmental Implication of a proposed Deposit and Refund System on PET Packaging in Switzerland [Language: German]
The Study «Pfand auf PET-Getränkeflaschen: Auswirkungen der möglichen Einführung eines Pfandes auf PET Getränkeflaschen auf die verschiedenen Akteure im schweizerischen Getränkemarkt» was conducted by Dr. Andreas Sturm, Norbert Egli, Dr. Stephan Vaterlaus, Dr. Heike Worm and Paul W. Gilgen in July 2005, (see press release here, download here)
