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 · 01 Oct 2025
Fighting waste with innovation
Efficient waste management and recycling are key to securing a sustainable future for our planet. NG Nordic is one company developing innovative solutions.
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 · 19 Nov 2024
Renewable natural gas: turning trash into low-carbon energy
First used by the Assyrians, biogas is evolving into a viable low-carbon solution that could yield a number of environmental and financial benefits.
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 · 02 Apr 2024
Closing the loop in textile recycling
It is not possible to recycle most fabrics with current methods, meaning millions of tons of fast fashion clothes that are thrown away each year end up in landfill. One start-up is looking to change that.
Environment · 02 Apr 2024
Don't underestimate the energy transition
Diego Diaz Pilas, the global head of technology and ventures at Iberdrola, offers insights into the speed of the energy transition and its challenges in this conversation with Mega.
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 · 24 Nov 2023
Microbial paths to a sustainable world
Microbes are essential to food production. They can also help make it greener.
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 · 06 Nov 2023
The long and winding road to net zero
A global authority on energy transitions, Prof. Vaclav Smil has built his considerable reputation on always cleaving to the facts. Here, he delivers some hard truths about the world's decarbonisation ambitions.
Environment · 22 Sept 2023
Renewables: timing the transition
Renewable energy may be green but it’s notoriously unreliable. We can’t summon the sun or the wind but we can time demand to coincide with supply. Here is how.
Environment · 03 Jul 2023
Feeding the world without devouring the planet
Modern farming is the prime cause of the climate breakdown. Swap grass-fed beef for pancakes made of air, says British environmental activist George Monbiot.
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 · 29 May 2023
The battle for green supremacy
Governments across the world have intensified efforts to secure an ever bigger slice of the environmental tech market.
Environment · 23 May 2023
Calculating climate impact with each transaction
We calculate the financial cost of everything we do. Doconomy helps calculate the planetary cost.
Environment · 22 May 2023
Green steel
A boutique Brazilian company is leading a ‘green steel’ revolution, changing an industry little-known for sustainability.
Environment · 14 Apr 2023
Rethinking climate change mitigation
Sir David King, the founder and chair of Cambridge University's Centre for Climate Repair, offers some novel solutions to tackle climate change– from refreezing the Arctic to filling the oceans with artificial whale poo.
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 · 20 Mar 2023
Turning water green
The world needs better access to safe water and sewage. The challenge is to achieve that sustainably.
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
An idea that's worth floating
Why floating wind turbines could turn the tide in renewable energy.
Environment · 24 Nov 2022
Biodiversity: why investors should care
For too long, businesses and investors have ignored the threat biodiversity loss presents to human prosperity and growth.
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 Sept 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 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 · 01 Aug 2022
A new twist in the US clean energy saga
Michael Gerrard, a leading expert on US environmental law, explains why the US Supreme Court's ruling to curtail climate change regulation won't derail the country's clean energy drive.
Environment · 01 Aug 2022
Clean Energy Chronicles
Chris Goodall, economist and author of the widely-acclaimed 'What we need to do now for a zero carbon future', provides his unique take on the latest developments in the clean energy industry.
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 · 01 Jul 2022
Cities in nature
Singapore shows how cities can become increasingly integrated with nature.
Environment · 01 Jul 2022
Earth Overshoot Day: consuming like there's no tomorrow
The world appears to have unwound all the environmental progress made during the pandemic as our consumption of natural resources is back to unsustainable pre-Covid levels.
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 · 01 Jun 2022
Carbon accounting finds its feet
The first step towards net zero is calculating how much carbon we emit today and where. Carbon accounting start-ups are rising to the challenge.
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 · 01 May 2022
Clean energy chronicles
Chris Goodall, economist and author of the widely-acclaimed 'What we need to do now for a zero carbon future', provides his unique take on the latest developments in the clean energy industry.
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
Batteries powered by oceans’ treasure
Electric vehicles are a key part of halting climate change, but they require a lot of rare metals. The answer to that problem may lie at the bottom of the ocean.
Environment · 14 Apr 2022
Using Art to Change the World
Environment · 10 Apr 2022
ESG in Practice series: Eric Borremans on sustainable investments
The companies of tomorrow must consider employees, customers, the environment and society – and we must have the right set of tools to analyse them, says Head of ESG Eric Borremans.
Environment · 07 Apr 2022
Powered by plants: Hong Kong looks to future beyond meat
David Yeung asked meat-loving Hong Kongers to stop eating meat once a week. Ten years later, his Green Monday movement is transforming the diet of people beyond the territory.
Environment · 03 Apr 2022
Winds of change
The risks of inaction – or insufficient action – on climate change are rising. Governments and businesses that neglect their responsibilities will be held accountable, if not taken to court.
Environment · 20 Mar 2022
Clean energy chronicles
Chris Goodall, economist and author of the widely-acclaimed 'What we need to do now for a zero carbon future', provides his unique take on the latest developments in the clean energy industry.
Environment · 15 Mar 2022
Clean energy chronicles
Chris Goodall, economist and author of the widely-acclaimed 'What we need to do now for a zero carbon future', provides his unique take on the latest developments in the clean energy industry.
Environment · 11 Mar 2022
Energy transition: shaping humanity’s low-carbon future
In a new book, scientists prove that the world already has a number of innovative technologies to reduce energy and electricity-related carbon emissions. There is simply no excuse, then, not to act now.
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 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 · 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.
