10 October 2023
October 2023
The Migros dog snack travels 20,280 kilometres. This absurdity was honoured with the "Devil's Stone" by 4,200 voters. The "Mountain Crystal Award" goes to "OVO Logistique Urbaine". more (in german)
Übergabe Teufelsstein an Swiss Helikopter, Foto: Alpen-Initiative, Mathias Nutt
10 January 2023
October 2022
With nearly 7,000 votes, the Swiss Helicopter service was awarded this year’s (in)famous “Devil’s Stone”. The “Mountain Crystal Award” goes to “Auprès de mon arbre”, a counter-example that avoids transport. more (in german)
23 September 2021
September 2021
Australian Chardonnay sold in Swiss COOP supermarkets was awarded this year’s (in)famous “Devil’s Stone”. The “Mountain Crystal” award goes to Revendo, an electronic upcycling enterprise. more (in german)
Cartoon: Diego Balli
10 November 2020
September 2020
The «Berg» table water brand, which is produced with glacier ice from Greenland, has been awarded the «Devil’s Stone» 2020. A clear majority of the public vote of the Alpine Initiative selected the water, which…
9 March 2020
October 2019
Swiss Air Deluxe was awarded the “Devil’s Stone” 2019. The “Rock Crystal” 2019 award went to the alliance of consumer protection organizations for their Repair Café project. more (in german)
© Alpen-Initiative/ Emanuel Ammon
8 January 2019
August 2018
The SBB is awarded the “Devil’s Stone”. It decorated the facade of one of its buildings with stone from Germany that was assembled in China. The “Rock Crystal” award goes to the “Water for Water”…
27 April 2010
Factsheet Freight Traffic Institute
Institute for a Transport-Efficient Economy 27.04.2010 - Alpine Initiative Freight traffic is increasing unrelentingly. This is having a severe impact on the villages, towns and valleys along freight transit routes. But some of this freight…