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St.Gallen - A total of eight DeepTech start-ups have had the chance to present their business models during the first HSG START Accelerator Demo Day. The aim of this program launched by the University of St.Gallen, the START Foundation and Switzerland Innovation Park East is to support young companies on their professionalization journeys.

Frick/Widnau/Zurich - OPENLY, from Widnau in the Swiss canton of St.Gallen, has issued the first CO2 certificates for carbon sinks in buildings and registered them in the Global C-Sink Registry operated by Carbon Standards International (CSI). It worked in partnership with myclimate. The underlying Global Construction C-Sink Standard had been developed by CSI.

St.Gallen/Lausanne/Bern - With the Monitoring Consumption Switzerland project, researchers at the University of St.Gallen have analyzed Swiss consumer behavior. Black Friday week saw the highest retail sales of the year, they found. On Friday itself, sales were down slightly compared to 2024. The Enterprise for Society Center and Novalytica supported the project.

Stettlen - The jury of the Prix SVC Eastern Switzerland has chosen the five finalists for the 12th edition of the prize. They haven put forward Maestrani, optrel, Tisa Tischhauser, Velosolutions and zeintra. The prize will be awarded in St.Gallen on 5 March.