About ZEROvia
ZEROvia was born from a simple conviction: sustainability must not be a barrier for SMEs. ESG data needs to become understandable, reusable, verifiable, and controllably shareable. Only then will recurring customer, banking, and supply chain inquiries transform into better processes, increased efficiency, and genuine competitive advantages.
We empower SMEs to manage their sustainability performance themselves: verifiable, efficient, and under their own control. This allows them to improve and unlock long-term competitive advantages.
An economy where no SME falls out of a supply chain or credit process due to a lack of ESG transparency, and where sustainability is experienced as a competitive advantage, not a burden.
ESG often begins with self-reporting. However, reliable assessments, customer requests, banks, or audits require proof. ZEROvia helps SMEs connect their own statements with sources, documents, policies, and certificates.
You decide what's visible, what remains confidential, and who you grant access to. Not the algorithm. ZEROvia is designed for controlled releases, Swiss hosting, and data sovereignty.
No small or medium-sized business needs an enterprise suite to get started. What they need is a functioning starting point that evolves with the company.
We practice what we expect from our customers: ZEROvia donates 1.5 % of every franc in revenue through Stripe Climate in the expansion of new CO₂ removal technologies: transparent, verified, and with every subscription.
ZEROvia helps SMEs systematically manage sustainability requirements from customer relationships, bank discussions, supply chains, and audits. Our goal is not reporting for reporting's sake, but an ESG data model that gives the company control.
This means sustainability isn't treated as an isolated reporting topic, but as an operational capability: collect data, link evidence, answer inquiries, and anchor improvements within the company.
«I have worked in large procurement organizations and know how corporations pass on their ESG obligations to suppliers: via questionnaires, via audits, via portals.
On the other hand, there is often a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) without a sustainability department. It reacts ad hoc, repeatedly gathers the same data, and primarily experiences sustainability as an additional expense.
The real problem with that is sustainability remains negatively perceived in the middle class, even though it can bring real efficiency gains and competitive advantages.
This is exactly what we designed ZEROvia for: consolidating ESG data once, answering recurring requests consistently, and embedding sustainability where it has an impact: in the processes.»
Christian Schmalz
CEO & Co-Founder, ZEROvia
Christian combines over 25 years of consulting, strategy, cost management, procurement, and supply chain experience with ESG and SME practice. His previous roles and mandates include positions at PwC, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, Roche, and GEA Group, among others. As a lecturer for sustainable supply chain management at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden, he brings access to research, students, and regional SME networks.
As CTO & Technology Partner, Jörg Müller is responsible for ZEROvia's technical architecture. With his company treibstoff.software, he brings over 20 years of experience in UX-driven digital product development, platform architecture, and engineering. His team combines full-stack development, security, and UX expertise for stable, scalable, and user-centric ESG data processes.
Technology partner
ZEROvia combines ESG business logic, data modeling, AI-driven data extraction, an evidence library, and controlled approval processes. The technical implementation is developed in collaboration with experienced technology partners and is designed for ease of use, security, and scalability.
fuel.softwareZEROvia launches in Switzerland, a demanding market for SMEs, which are often indirectly affected by European ESG requirements: through large clients, banks, insurance companies, and supply chains.
The platform is operated in a Swiss data center by Infomaniak and combines data sovereignty with connectivity to VS/VSME, CSRD/ESRS-related requirements, and European supply chain processes.
Our claim: If ESG management works pragmatically for Swiss SMEs, it should also work for SMEs in DACH and Europe.
ZEROvia is supported by an expanded team and advisory board, bringing expertise from ESG methodology, sales, digital supply chain, enterprise sales, procurement, legal, and the startup ecosystem.
We look forward to hearing from you if you want to work with ZEROvia as an SME, large customer, bank, insurance company, consulting firm, or partner organization.
