Sustainability Report 2026
Sustainability is and remains one of our key strategic priorities for the 2024/2025 reporting years. By placing an explicit focus on the three strategic thematic fields of Sustainable Development, Caring Society and Humane Digital Transformation, we are strengthening our role as a driving force for change.
The 2026 Sustainability Report is available to download here.
Education
BFH has systematically expanded its education for sustainable development in various ways, such as new degree programmes (e.g. Bachelor in Environmental and Resource Management, MAS in Sustainable Transformation), methodological innovations (2Slides4Future) and strong support for student engagement via Students4Sustainability.
Research
BFH has funded 13 interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research projects across the four focus topics of Food Systems, Thriving Spaces, Circular Economy and Social Transformation. Several projects have achieved a tangible impact through (research) collaborations, the practice-driven application of findings and the transfer of knowledge into teaching.
Green Campus
BFH is working towards significantly reducing its emissions with its Climate Roadmap 2030 (in German). A large number of measures relating to buildings, mobility, catering and IT have already been implemented and are helping to raise awareness of the need for a climate-aware campus. In this way, the university is integrating climate-related aspects into its operational processes little by little.
Social participation
With events such as the Sustainability Day of the Bernese Higher Education Institutions (link to German site), Science Cafés, Impact & Connect (link to German site) or Emma’s Farm Tour (link to German site), BFH is strengthening the knowledge transfer and dialogue with society. At the same time, BFH is deepening its national and international collaborations – for example, within the PIONEER Alliance, the Swiss Center for Care@home (link to German site) or the CES Circle Bern (link to German article) – which serve to promote greater innovation, social impact and knowledge transfer.
Top marks for BFH
In 2024, WWF Switzerland conducted its sustainability assessment ‘Sustainability at Swiss Universities’ for the fourth time, examining how Swiss universities live sustainability in practice – in their structures, operations, research and teaching. The result for BFH is very pleasing: once again, it took first place among the nine universities of applied sciences that were assessed. A valuable confirmation that we are right to continue steadfastly on our chosen path.
