Zurich's environmental quality is good. The City has committed itself to good The basis for this, in addition to the legal mandate and the obligations of the health policy, is the awareness that good environmental quality is a big advantage in location competition. The City has set up its own administration in a sustainable manner and has created incentives for environmentally conscious and energy-efficient actions from the population, has made great efforts to reduce air and noise pollution and has introduced environmental reporting.
Noise pollution in numerous areas remains a great challenge.