Environment Insights
The threat of climate change, the degradation of food-producing land, and the reduction in biodiversity, is having very real and dramatic results all over the world. Tackling the threats and mitigating the results present both challenge and opportunity, and both require clarity of foresight.
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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 01 Sept 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 · 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
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 Sept 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 · 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 · 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.
