Environment insights

Environment · 12 May 2025

Climate anxiety - Hannah Ritchie

Oxford’s Hannah Ritchie explains why optimism is sustainable.

Environment · 05 May 2025

The state of climate capital

New research by Pictet with the Institute of International Finance highlights the stark gap between actual investment and what’s needed to reach net zero.

Environment · 04 Mar 2025

Tracking the energy transition

Renewable energy presents investors with opportunity and complexity.

Environment · 24 Feb 2025

Iberdrola’s path to sustainable energy

César Pérez Ruiz, Head of Investments & CIO at Pictet Wealth Management, sits down with Iberdrola’s Ignacio Sánchez Galán to discuss how a utility giant is navigating the energy transition.

Environment · 06 Feb 2025

Solving climate change demands more than moonshots

Improvements to existing technologies are just as important in the fight against climate change.

Environment · 21 Oct 2024

Resilience and regeneration

Planetary resilience via the regeneration of our ecosystem services – from the climate to biodiversity – will be key to our continued ability to thrive over the long term. In this Q&A, we discuss what this means and the investment implications.

Environment · 13 Jun 2024

Curbing the tide of coral degradation

After witnessing the obliteration of a coral reef, due to rising sea temperatures, marine biologist Vriko Yu founded Archireef, a startup dedicated to the restoration of degraded marine environments using 3D printing technology

Environment · 05 Jun 2024

Climate Crunch: A closer look at the transition risks of net zero

Although most investors would agree that building a net zero economy is no longer an option, but a necessity, the transition could cause considerable disruption over the next five to seven years. These are the findings of a new report conducted on behalf of Pictet Asset Management by the Institute of International Finance.

Environment · 08 May 2024

Pioneering sustainable solutions in waste management

Successfully taking over a family business is perhaps no easy task, but Iiro Kankaansyrjä has transformed and streamlined his father’s 40-year-old Finnish waste management company, Kapasity Oy, and launched a tech-driven startup, EasyWaste.

Environment · 10 Jan 2024

Climate Anxiety | Podcast

This podcast episode delves into the intricate fabric of the political landscape, contemplating the emergence of a pioneering sustainable generation.

Environment · 20 Dec 2023

Closing the loop in textile recycling

It is not possible to recycle most fabrics with current methods, meaning millions of tons of clothes that are thrown away each year end up in landfill. Sydney-based startup Phoenxt has developed innovative chemical processes that successfully turn old garments into beautiful new textiles.

Environment · 15 Dec 2023

Sophie Chapman, EcoBricks

Paving the way with recycled plastics

Environment · 05 Dec 2023

Reducing CO2 through eco-architecture

Buildings are responsible for a significant percentage of global carbon emissions, which is why trillions of dollars will be poured into green architecture in the next decade. But for pioneering Malaysian practice Hamzah and Yeang, ecological design has been its focus since the 1970s.

Environment · 10 Nov 2023

Stemming the tide of plastic pollution

A Dutch startup has developed an effective method of trapping plastic pollution in waterways with bubbles. Their award-winning Bubble Barrier technology is already being implemented in the Netherlands and further afield in Europe, as they prepare to go international.

Environment · 27 Jun 2023

On a mission to cut air pollution in Southeast Asia

Motorcycles are the main form of transport for the majority in Southeast Asia. They are also a major source of pollution and carbon emissions. ION Mobility’s goal is to gradually replace them with more eco-friendly electric alternatives.

Environment · 01 Jun 2023

Brave New World | Podcast

For centuries, humans have manipulated the natural world to meet our needs, gradually gaining control over the biosphere to support the growth and prosperity of our civilizations.

Environment · 31 Mar 2023

A user guide to the future | Film

How can humanity cope with an unknowable future? How do we effectively handle this seemingly impossible challenge?

Environment · 01 Mar 2023

Climate Crisis - Climate Solutions | Podcast

Unlike the collapse of late Bronze age societies, the climate crisis we face in the 21st century originates from human activity. Hundreds of millions of people are likely to become climate migrants, forced from their homelands by famines, droughts, and other ecological catastrophes. How can we make sense of the disaster of climate change? And what can we do to mitigate its worst effects? Is there hope if we act now?

Environment · 29 Nov 2022

Raising the standards of carbon credit schemes

Niklas Kaskeala’s job is to make life difficult for his clients. The chief impact officer of Compensate is in the frontline of the war against greenwashing, and he has no hesitation in speaking truths that some may not want to hear.

Environment · 24 Nov 2022

Turning waste products into carbon capture

The carbon reduction revolution is progressing at pace – and Carbo Culture is at the forefront.

Environment · 07 Nov 2022

Damming Rivers | Film

Pictet meets Carolina Caycedo, artist researching community-led alternative energy production across the Americas.

Environment · 05 Oct 2022

Your power in the fight against climate change

Anxiety over climate change is widespread today, but we should remember that we can make a positive impact through both our individual decisions and actions within our communities.

Environment · 05 Sep 2022

Nutrition in Latin America | Podcast

Today, we look at nutrition in one of the world’s most promising yet challenging regions: Latin America. Our speakers explore food culture and production in Latin America, how regional poverty fosters food insecurity and hunger, and how these factors, in turn, impede economic and social development.

Environment · 01 Sep 2022

Power of Conversation: An evening discussion with Pictet Wealth Management and Conduit Capital

What will it take for investors across the board to invest for both profit and purpose – and why is it taking so long to reach the critical mass we urgently need?

Environment · 03 Aug 2022

Using AI to help prevent environmentally devastating forest fires

Forest fires are a significant contributor to global warming, and the majority are caused by power lines hitting trees. Roelof Pieters is co-founder of Overstory, which uses AI and human expertise to work with power companies to address the issue.

Environment · 25 Jul 2022

Investing in our environment through private markets

Environment · 20 Jul 2022

The corporate journey to net zero

In 2021, Pictet committed to reducing net greenhouse-gas emissions to zero by 2050, including shorter-term interim target setting aligned with a 1.5°C scenario. The commitment marks the first step in a complex journey through unchartered territory, which we will endeavour to navigate with a Climate Action Plan that will be published in the autumn.

Environment · 07 Jul 2022

How to drive philanthropic efforts to tackle climate change

Jane Burston was Head of Climate and Energy Science in the UK government, before becoming the founding executive director of the Clean Air Fund, empowering those working to make the world’s air breathable.

Environment · 28 Jun 2022

A day in the life of Rosa Sangiorgio, Head of ESG at Pictet Wealth Management

Last time I wrote a diary was to track calories…and it lasted four days. Let’s see if this time works better! :-)

Environment · 08 Jun 2022

Daughter of the sea: why is ocean preservation vital to our future? | Film

Pictet meets Theresa Zabell, twice Olympian gold medalist, founder of Fundacion Ecomar, and Gonzalo Rengifo Abbad, Head of Distribution Iberia & Latam at Pictet Asset Management.

Environment · 17 May 2022

A beginner’s guide to ESG-labelled bonds

Achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and getting to a net-zero carbon economy is as much, if not more of a financial, than a technology challenge.

Environment · 26 Apr 2022

Creating sustainable food from algae

Isaac Berzin is an Israeli scientist and entrepreneur who worked at MIT’s Center for Space Research and has been named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people for his work on algae and sustainability. He is now co-founder and chief technology officer of Vaxa, a start-up that farms algae to make sustainable food ingredients.

Environment · 21 Apr 2022

How to help combat climate change as a philanthropist

Leaders and non-governmental organ­isations across the globe have declared climate change as the single biggest health threat facing humanity[1].

Environment · 14 Apr 2022

Using Art to Change the World

Environment · 24 Nov 2021

Demystifying Net Zero

Environment · 14 Nov 2021

African youth and green economy

Produced in partnership with UNICEF, today’s episode discusses youth activism and the green economy in Africa.

Environment

How investment and philanthropy can combine

Nachson Mimran, together with his brother Arieh Mimran, runs a philanthropic and creative platform, and venture fund, and is a leading next-generation investor and thought leader in sustainable investing.

Environment · 22 Sep 2021

Sissel Tolaas wants to reconnect humanity through our sense of smell

Sissel Tolaas wants to reconnect humanity through our sense of smell

Environment · 01 Jul 2021

Frédéric Rouzaud on creating sustainable luxury wines

Frédéric Rouzaud, managing director and owner of Louis Roederer, has expanded the family business to 12 prestigious wineries from Bordeaux to California, and a luxury hotel in the French Alps, and created a focus on sustainability across the brands.

Environment · 30 May 2021

Are deep sea metals key to the transition away from fossil fuels? | Film

Pictet meets Gerard Barron, Entrepreneur, CEO The Metals Company.

Environment · 10 May 2021

Emerging Markets and Climate Change

Climate change is the most important story of the 21th century – perhaps the greatest challenge our civilisation has ever faced. And those in the global South will suffer disproportionately from its effects. Today, we explore what the future holds for emerging markets in the upheaval to create a post-carbon world. Is there hope?

Environment · 23 Apr 2021

The global journey to net-zero could create a historic investment opportunity

In 2015, nearly every country in the world adopted the Paris climate agreement, pledging to limit the global temperature increase to well below two degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels.

Environment · 15 Apr 2021

Water is at the heart of Hallstein’s business and its charitable giving

Anyone who knows a thing or two about fine wines will understand the vital role played by terroir. A region’s unique climate and the minerals and nutrients held in its soils are all fundamental elements in the complex alchemy that produces a world-beating vintage.

Environment · 23 Mar 2021

On is designing a more circular and sustainable future

In Conversation with Viviane Gut, Head of Sustainability at On

Environment · 08 Feb 2021

Sustainable Fashion | Podcast

How often do you buy new clothes? Today we bring you a special episode in partnership with Vanity Fair, where we will discuss the rising trend of sustainable fashion. As consumers and investors, can we accelerate this industry’s transition towards fair labour and ecofriendly production? And what role does the media play in all of this?

Environment · 02 Nov 2020

Future of Food | Podcast

Did you know that in the 1700s a pineapple would have cost around 8,000 of today’s USD? What are the moral implications we choose to eat, how we produce our food and how we distribute it? Can humans have a sustainable relationship with food that serves the interests of other animals and our planet?

Environment · 05 Oct 2020

Photography and Sustainability | Podcast

Can photography encourage sustainability?

Environment · 17 Feb 2020

How the private members’ club is being reimagined as an ethical forum

If you needed any further proof that ethical is now both aspirational and desirable, then you need only step through the doors of The Conduit.

Environment · 30 Jan 2020

How a new ‘micro-drink’ is disrupting the USD 600bn beverage industry

While working at the Boston Consulting Group, Martin Murray harboured a desire to venture into the beverage industry.