Bastien Girod


Bastien Girod is a Swiss politician, sustainability researcher, corporate and industry advisor.

Politician

Bastien Girod is an elected member of the Swiss national council since 2007, where he is in the environment, spatial planning and energy committee.

Scientific career

Girod is lecturer at the ETH Zurich on Sustainability and Technology. He also holds an Executive MBA from the University of Zurich, conducted a PhD at ETH Zurich with the title „Integration of Rebound Effects into Life-Cycle Assessment“.

Business activities

Since 2018 Bastien Girod works at South Pole Group as corporate sustainability advisor and head of the DACH business development unit. In the same year he took over the presidency of the industry association for Swiss waste revalorization plants, which is committed to a sustainable Swiss waste system.