ETH Zurich

The Institute of Environmental Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH) focuses on finding sustainable solutions for global environmental problems such as climate change, with its results attracting worldwide attention. 

The Ecological Systems Design Group (ESD) of ETH Zurich develops cutting- edge decision support methods for sustainable production and consumption, and assesses environmental performance of products, new technologies and consumption patterns from a systems perspective. ESD is a leading research group in the development of (regionalized) methods for Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), supply chain assessment and development and application of environmental decision support tools for industrial ecology. A current focus is on biodiversity impact assessment of agriculture and forestry products in an LCA context.