At a time when ecological, economic, and social crises are becoming more interconnected, Switzerland must rethink how it defines and delivers prosperity. On August 28, over 100 leaders from business, government, finance, civil society, and academia came together at the inaugural SIPI Forum in Bern to do just that. Building on its pre-launch in Davos and the Sounding Board meetings, the Forum served as a strategic inflection point — moving from vision to implementation.
The Swiss Impact & Prosperity Initiative (SIPI) was created to help Switzerland move from fragmented sustainability efforts to coherent, cross-sector action. SIPI brings together shared narratives, digital infrastructure, and catalytic capital to realign the economy with long-term value creation. Anchored by B Lab Switzerland, SIPI creates a single framework for prosperity, expanding leadership vocabulary from GDP and profit to multi-capital metrics, planetary health, and system dynamics, embedding resilience, cohesion, and regeneration.
In a powerful opening dialogue with Stephanie Tauber Gomez, Deputy CEO at B Lab Switzerland, André Hoffmann, Co-founder of InTent, defined SIPI as “a unifying framework that turns competition into collaboration and pushes us all in the same direction.”
“If we ask the right questions — like what impact our actions have on the natural, social, and human capitals — we’ll get the right answers. Too often, we stop at ‘is it profitable?’“
– André Hoffmann, Co-founder of InTent, Co-Chairman of WEF and VP of Roche AG
Anjali Nursimulu, SIPI Chief Strategy Officer at B Lab Switzerland, outlined SIPI’s engagement model, designed to overcome the triangle of inaction where “citizens wait for governments, governments wait for companies, and companies wait for market signals.” SIPI flips that script — activating a process of transformation where action and vision are co-owned.
In the Emerging Sector Pathways session, speakers demonstrated that systems change is not just a theory — it’s already happening.
“When it comes to financing systems’ transformation, we need better knowledge, better tools, and better orchestration.”
– Dominic Hofstetter, Executive Director at the TransCap Initiative
The World Café sessions brought the energy of the day into motion, with participants diving into 10 key themes ranging from Nature, Biodiversity & Circularity and Food & Regenerative Agriculture to AI for Prosperity and Social Infrastructure, Equity & Regional Cohesion. This format allowed discussions to translate into concrete pathways, pilots, and prototypes with measurable impact. On the Enduring Prosperity Scorecard, the consensus was that it must remain simple and actionable, with a focused set of KPIs reflecting the four capitals, designed to be relevant and usable for companies. Discussions on Narrative Shifts emphasized the need to move away from growth-centric, individualistic messaging, and instead embrace stories that highlight collective opportunity, shared value, and long-term wellbeing.
The SIPI Forum was the beginning of a journey toward enduring prosperity. The insights generated will feed into the next phase of SIPI’s development, including a session at the Building Bridges conference in early October, the Swiss Impact Forum Switzerland Forum in November, and beyond. Three flagship programs (Enduring Prosperity Scorecard, Transformative Finance Coalition, and the Future of Circular Plastics) are already moving ahead from concept to reality.
“In a few years, Switzerland can stand as a living lab for systemic prosperity: food systems measured by true cost, healthcare aligned with prevention, finance accounting for resilience, and citizens engaged as co-creators — a model with global ripple effects.”
– Jonathan Normand, CEO & Founder of B Lab Switzerland
B Lab Switzerland is a non-profit foundation that supports a movement of organisations committed to accelerating a responsible, inclusive and sustainable economy. B Lab provides trainings and free management tools such as the B Impact assessment, which can lead to the B Corp certification, and initiates projects such as the Swiss Triple Impact, the Swiss Impact and Prosperity Initiative, and the Swiss Impact Forum, which gathers over 500 players annually. More than 700 organisations from 85 different sectors participate in the ecosystem by measuring their actions.
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