About us

We know both sides of the supply chain.

Founded by a procurement professional, built for SMEs that have to deliver data to their customers. From Schluein, Graubünden.

I have worked in large procurement organisations and know how groups pass on their ESG obligations to suppliers: by questionnaire, by audit, by portal. On the other side is often an SME without a sustainability department. That is exactly what we built ZEROvia for: consolidate data once, answer recurring requests consistently, and anchor sustainability where it takes effect, in the processes.
Christian Schmalz, CEO and co-founder, Zerovia GmbH

Founder

25 years in cost management, software implementation and procurement. Both sides of the supply chain.

Positions and mandates in procurement and cost management at large organisations and consultancies: financial services, industry and pharma. Lecturer in Sustainable Supply Chain Management at FH Graubünden.

What guides us

Three principles.

Evidence before claims

Self-disclosure is the start. For customers, sources, documents and certificates count. That is why every value shows where it comes from.

Data sovereignty stays with the SME

You decide what is visible, what stays confidential and who gets access. Data instead of a rating.

Pragmatism over perfection

No SME needs an enterprise suite to start. It needs a starting point that grows with it.

Team

Who builds ZEROvia.

Christian SchmalzChristian SchmalzCEO and co-founder
25 years in cost management, software implementation and procurement in financial services, industry and pharma. Lecturer in Sustainable Supply Chain Management at FH Graubünden.
Jörg MüllerJörg MüllerCTO and co-founder
20+ years in digital products and platform architecture, with his team at Treibstoff.
Robert KesslerRobert KesslerSenior Software Architect
Platform development, Treibstoff.
Kai MüllerCustomer support
Helpdesk, testing and point of contact for suppliers in the pilot.

Advisory board

Johannes Giloth
Lead angel · formerly COO and board member of a listed industrial group
Tim Bartel
Procurement · formerly Global Head of Strategic Sourcing, Credit Suisse
Michael Nordin
Legal · financing, contracts, IP
Alexander Kneisel
ESG methodology · VSME, CSRD, EU Taxonomy
Ralf Schläpfer
Coach, Surselva Impact Lab
Prof. Dominic Käslin
FH Graubünden · research partnership

Talk to us.

Whether you are an SME, a procurement team, a partner, an association or an investor: we look forward to the exchange.

Origins

How ZEROvia came about.

2023

Impact Procurement

Predecessor of ZEROvia. First "State of Procurement" study with FH Graubünden.

01.07.2026

Platform live

Commercial launch of zerovia.app.

Oktober 2026

Packages 2027

Five tiers, data instead of a rating, data campaigns for procurement.