Climathon Zurich

Climathon is an established 32h Climate - Ideathon format and invites a diverse set of change makers to engage in bottom-up climate innovation. Together with our partners, we aim to connect and inspire participants to engage more in the local climate community to drive the transition towards a more sustainable economy.

This impact measurement is based on data collected from Climathon participants: 42 participants responded to our survey out of a total population of 82, corresponding to a margin of error of 10.6%. The results are not representative of the opinion of all Climathon participants and should be perceived with caution, but are nonetheless useful for gaining a better understanding of the effects of the Climathon on participants and areas for improvement.

12. Responsible Consumption and Production13. Climate Action
  • Program Partners : We work with event, sponsoring and network partners. Our partners come from a broad range: Public sector (e.g. City of Zurich), corporate companies (e.g. Google), SMEs (e.g. Ifolor), startups (e.g. Fountain) and NGOs (e.g. One Planet Lab).
  • Program Participants : Change makers, experts and coaches participate in our programs. They are all local citizens and either entrepreneurs, students, employees, community members or scientists.
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Our actions

  • We support participants & community members with skills, knowledge and experts to build their impact-driven businesses.
  • We select impact-driven participants, experts and partner from diverse backgrounds to be part of our programs.
  • We organise events to bring together our ecosystem to collaborate and drive climate action, circular economy, diversity and future skills.
  • We connect the right people to enable them to create their impact.
Our analysis

Climathon is an event that successfully brings together a diverse set of stakeholders to drive climate action. We notice that our participants are young adults, 68% are between 26-35 years old. 61% of participants are women and the vast majority is coming to Climathon for the 1st time. Diverse organisational backgrounds as well as main skills in sustainability, business and entrepreneurship can be observed. Next year, we would like to organise the event again, keeping the diversity of backgrounds and genders. Moreover, we would like to include participants who bring more creative and technical skills to the table and would like to increase the age diversity.

Participants' Profession Sector
2023
Participants' Gender Distribution
Target: 51% Female
2023
Participants' Skillset
Entrepreneurship
Design
Sustainability
Marketing
Finance
Coding
Business
Other
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
Participants' Age
Target: Covering all age segments with at least 5%
2023
Participants' Climathon Experience
2023
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Our outcomes

  • Increased skills of program participants to run impact businesses
  • Innovative ideas that accelerate transition along SDGs that make it to the next level (e.g. venture stage growth)
  • Improved access to support network for our program participants and, members and partners (experts, implementation partners,...)
Our analysis

All respondents have mentioned to have benefitted in at least one way from Climathon. The network expansion was the most declared impact for all participants. (33/42 respondents). Followed by motivation generation (27/42) and then « I was inspired to engage more in the thematic of climate” (23/42). Overall, the goal to connect change makers and inspire them to be more engaged could be met.

Do you agree to the following statement: "Climathon has helped me to learn something new or generate new or innovative ideas."
2023
No. of project ideas pitched at Festival of Ideas
17
Period: 2023
Main benefits of Event Participation
I developed new skills
I expanded my knowledge
I was inspired to engage more in the thematic of climate
I got new motivation
I expanded my network
I learnt about new job/internship opportunities
Other
None
0%
20%
40%
60%
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Our impacts

  • Accelerate the transition towards a meaningful economy and society in Switzerland & beyond in line with the SDGs
  • Build a stronger ecosystem and improved entrepreneurial support for innovation along the SDGs in the Greater Zürich area.
Our analysis

One of the main objective of Climathon is to foster the ecosystem around climate action. We can observe that 76% of the participants feel inspired to be more engaged in their city and 80% agree that Climathon has helped them expand their network. In terms of mid-term impact, we notice that 50% plan to follow up on their idea. Moreover, one of the main objective of Climathon is to foster the ecosystem around climate action. By including more companies in the next year, we hope to create more visibility for job opportunities in the field of sustainability.

"Climathon has helped me to create useful new contacts and to work with people outside my existing network "
2023
Contribution of Climathon to Citizen Engagement
2023
Participants' Intention to Follow-Up on Idea after the Event
2023

Who we are

Impact Hub Zurich

For over 10 years, the Impact Hub Zürich has been providing the fertile (play)ground for engaged people who create and implement innovative ideas for a better future. Our programs are designed to support entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers in creating solutions with a positive impact and addressing pressing social and environmental challenges.

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