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Our employees have taken numerous sustainability initiatives at the local and individual project level. We report here on our colleagues’ extraordinary commitment to sustainability.

Implenia is deploying innovative ideas to keep the environmental footprint of the Brenner tunnel as small as possible....
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Mixed teams work better and often more creatively. Implenia wants to apply this insight – with the help of a diversity...
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The twentieth century was built on steel-reinforced concrete – a heavyweight technology that’s been tried and tested...
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As it seeks to promote the circular economy philosophy in the construction industry, Implenia uses whatever...
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Implenia thought long and hard about how to provide employees at its new head office with a really pleasant and healthy...
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As part of an internal innovation campaign, Implenia employees developed numerous creative sustainability ideas. At the...
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Implenia Sweden and its client have been rated as “excellent” by an external sustainability agency for their...
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The construction and real estate industry moves a lot of material around, so circular economies can have a particularly...
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Implenia Sweden is testing a new technology designed to clean the waste water produced on construction sites more...
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Implenia Sweden has recently started using DissOil, a sustainable absorbent material, to clean up oil and fuel spills on...
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Recycling is all the rage of course, but when it’s not just individual materials and components but an entire major...
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The World Council of Churches has called its construction project “Green Village” for good reason: Implenia is carrying...
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Implenia is developing a sustainable office project for international organisations in Geneva. The site won’t just look...
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Implenia has set ambitious waste and recycling goals for 2025. It is making a huge effort to avoid construction waste...
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Implenia is involved in several projects aimed at reducing electronic waste. As well as helping to conserve precious...
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Implenia’s modernised and expanded Trois Ponts surfacing plant in Ecublens is a great example of a circular economy in...
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Two interns have put our depots in Western Switzerland and the Upper Valais under the eco-microscope. Using a...
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Implenia has come up with a novel idea for improving the sorting of recyclable materials on its construction site for a...
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The twin eight-kilometre tunnel bores between Stuttgart and Ulm set a standard for climate-friendly mobility. The...
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Implenia is encouraging its employees to try new ways of doing things, and is giving them the tools and resources to do...
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At Implenia, climate protection is a matter for top management: CEO André Wyss is taking part in the CEO4Climate...
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The principles of Lean Construction are proving their worth in the Modernisation business. A new online planning tool is...
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Implenia is developing and building a whole new neighbourhood in the middle of Winterthur: Lokstadt. The city’s first...
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In Basel, Implenia has trialled an exoskeleton designed to help with strenuous work above shoulder height. The trial...
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In western Switzerland, Implenia has created a central service for waste water treatment on its construction sites. As...
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Implenia is committed to gender equality. With the “Advance” coaching programme, the company wants to increase the...
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Implenia is running a model building site in the Norwegian capital completely free from fossil fuels. The experience...
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A complete overhaul or just the bare minimum required? Implenia helps the owners of residential property in need of...
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In summer 2018, Implenia apprentices in the canton of Grisons helped to restore large parts of one of the longest...
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Implenia is sending its own experts to help build a unique school project in Cambodia.
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Implenia is building the Andreasturm tower for Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in Zurich-Oerlikon. The 21-storey building...
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Around 60 people met for a Group-wide sustainability workshop at the start of 2017. They worked through more than 40...
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There is fierce competition within the construction sector for the best specialists. In this tough environment, Implenia...
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Nine Implenia apprentices plan and build a driveway in preparation for their final examination.
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In 2017, Implenia developed a web-based safety training programme to help protect its own employees and subcontracted...
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Implenia had to master some unusual logistical challenges when it built the world’s steepest funicular railway. In spite...
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Implenia is making jobs involving tunnel-boring machines safer. Right from the time the machines are assembled, measures...
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Implenia Sverige conducted its first Safety Week for staff in 2017. The centrepiece was an emergency drill conducted...
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In a successful pilot project, Implenia conducted a detailed analysis of electricity consumption and energy-saving...
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Implenia is testing out the construction site of the future at its Pont-Rouge project. A whole series of new approaches...
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Implenia is piloting its new sustainability concept, “Chantier Marguerite” at the construction site for a new United...
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Implenia is building two tunnel sections for Stockholm’s new city bypass. Work started in autumn 2016. Because the route...
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Environmental officers were confronted by a small mystery story at an Implenia construction site near Geneva in summer...
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In Sweden, Implenia is giving students, refugees and unemployed people opportunities to join the labour market – and is...
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By submitting a flood of creative daisy photos, employees in the five home markets raised around 120,000 francs for...
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The “Krokodil”, a timber building currently under construction by Implenia in Winterthur, is the first project to use a...
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Implenia is testing out the construction site of the future at its Pont-Rouge project. A whole series of new...
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As well as being a social responsibility for every employer, giving young people new skills and developing new talent...
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The financial risks involved in construction – especially complex TC and GC projects – are increasing. In order to...
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What’s it really like working with mentally and physically disabled people? Eight employees gave it a try, visiting the...
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Implenia is testing a mobile system for recycling building materials in Winterthur. The spoil from various excavations...
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Timber construction is booming in Switzerland. Thanks to modern production techniques and the obvious environmental...
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