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Futur responsable · 25 août 2026

Investir dans une mégatendance: l’électrification

L’électrification de l’économie mondiale entre dans une nouvelle phase, portée par la demande industrielle, les progrès technologiques et les risques géopolitiques. Dans cet entretien, Malik Zetchi évoque les opportunités suscitées par cette mégatendance.

Futur responsable · 19 juin 2025

Créer des alternatives durables aux emballages non recyclables grâce à l’IA

Tous deux issus du secteur des biens de consommation, les cofondateurs de one.five, une start-up berlinoise, s’attaquent au défi de la réduction des émissions de CO2 causées par les emballages en plastique non recyclables en imaginant des alternatives durables.

Futur responsable · 19 juin 2025

Deploying battery-powered renewable energy

Singapore-based startup VFlowTech is on a mission to power the green transition, having spent years developing a low-cost energy storage system.

Futur responsable · 31 janv. 2025

L’agriculture régénérative à grande échelle

La start-up berlinoise Klim fait partie des entreprises qui travaillent avec les exploitants et les grands groupes pour faire avancer l’agriculture régénérative, décarboner la filière alimentaire et améliorer la qualité des sols.

Futur responsable · 18 nov. 2024

Et si les lasers étaient la clé du nucléaire de demain?

La start-up munichoise Marvel Fusion défend une solution alternative pour produire une énergie nucléaire propre et bon marché, de façon plus sûre et plus fiable, grâce à la fusion nucléaire.

Futur responsable · 17 oct. 2024

Les villes à l’avant-garde de la construction durable

Exposées à une hausse rapide des températures, les villes font office de laboratoire dans la recherche de solutions d'infrastructures innovantes, aptes à répondre au changement climatique.

Futur responsable · 19 août 2024

Decarbonising the built environment

Founded by architects, Berlin-based startup Made of Air is targeting the problem of global carbon emissions produced by building materials by developing a carbon-negative filler, made from waste biomass, for industrial-use façade panels.

Futur responsable · 24 juil. 2024

Creating sustainable water and energy solutions

Joining the family manufacturing and export business at home in Kolkata was a transformative move for Preeyam Budhia – and for rural Indian women too. After first forging an independent path, the management graduate created a new green vertical within Patton Group, designing efficient products for accessing fresh water in more remote areas.

Futur responsable · 10 juil. 2024

Humanising the fashion supply chain

Upon realising the true human cost of cheap labour in the fashion industry, Marianne Hughes launched her startup, Kno Global – focusing on the wellbeing of garment factory workers while also providing real-time supply chain data to brands and businesses globally.

Futur responsable · 28 juin 2024

Transforming the world’s water usage

The average person in the developed world uses three times as much water as is sustainable. Mehrdad Mahdjoubi, who has created a circular shower system that recirculates water as you wash, believes that innovative design – not behaviour change – is the best way to curb consumption.

Futur responsable · 24 avr. 2024

Clearing the waterways with litter-picking bots

With his fleet of emission-free marine bots, Clearbot founder Sidhant Gupta is efficiently and sustainably cleaning up the waterways of Asia. As he prepares for global expansion, he explains why autonomy is key for making a real difference in this area.

Futur responsable · 15 févr. 2024

Eloa Guillotin, cofondatrice et directrice générale de Beyond Aero

Une envolée vers l’avenir grâce à l’hydrogène.

Futur responsable · 06 févr. 2024

Curtailing carbon with direct air capture

As scientists and engineers race to develop new ways to reduce global carbon emissions, Mission Zero Technologies is one startup that wants to remove gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere by deploying its innovative direct air capture technology.

Futur responsable · 31 janv. 2024

Capturing CO2 utilising the world’s oldest species

Danish startup Algiecel has developed a technology that turns excess carbon dioxide into ingredients for feed, cosmetics and dietary supplements using microalgae. Not only are they sustainable and nutritious, these ancient photosynthesising organisms are set to become a billion-dollar industry.

Futur responsable · 18 janv. 2024

China expert Zak Dychtwald on the country’s generational divides

Futur responsable · 17 janv. 2024

Tamira Snell - Ne plus avoir peur de l’incertitude

Pour la Danoise Tamira Snell, l’ouverture d’esprit et l’envie d’explorer le monde peuvent nous aider à prendre des décisions plus pertinentes, et à mieux gérer la multiplicité des «futurs possibles plausibles».

Futur responsable · 29 nov. 2023

Infrastructure innovations: Reimagining the cities of today in a greener future

The drive to make cities more sustainable involves refurbishing existing assets, building more sustainably, and reimagining urban areas that were developed amid the very different conditions, lifestyles and concerns of the 19th and 20th centuries. Achieving success is crucial to the campaign to tackle climate change, since real estate accounts for around 37% of global carbon emissions.

Futur responsable · 17 nov. 2023

Onego Bio’s marvellous protein

Sustaining the demand for eggs globally is increasingly challenging – with high-carbon farming methods, animal welfare concerns and avian flu outbreaks. That’s why Onego Bio, a Finnish foodtech startup, has developed an alternative animal free egg white for use as an ingredient by the food industry.

Futur responsable · 25 oct. 2023

Shining a light on metabolic health

A Helsinki-based startup aims to address a little known yet global epidemic through its holistic health app and wearable blood-sugar sensors. But Veri is not aimed at biohackers, rather it harnesses tech as a preventative tool for the increasing number of people at risk of diabetes.

Futur responsable · 16 oct. 2023

Transforming the future of cancer diagnosis

Cancer remains a leading cause of death worldwide – and while this is only set to increase, the number of pathologists continues to decrease. That’s where the Singapore-based healthtech startup Qritive steps in, with its AI-driven analysis that allows for more rapid and precise diagnoses and a global reach.

Futur responsable · 26 sept. 2023

Saving peatlands while growing trees

As the deadline looms on the UK government’s ban on peat products, finding an eco-friendly peat-free alternative is no longer a luxury but a necessity for the forestry and growing sectors. Scotland-based agritech startup SilviBio offers a solution.

Futur responsable · 14 sept. 2023

Vaclav Smil - les inventions surmédiatisées, les comparaisons erronées et les occasions manquées

Vaclav Smil s’est forgé une réputation de pragmatique qui s’en tient aux faits, quand les autres ne sont qu’effervescence ou «hystérie».

Futur responsable · 13 sept. 2023

Forest & Whale is the design studio leaning into longevity and circular thinking

The husband-and-wife team struck out on their own to create more sustainable and meaningful products and services. Here, they talk us through their considered projects and explain why they’re optimistic about the future.

Futur responsable · 25 août 2023

When it comes to renewable hydrogen, Kobe City is forging ahead

The city’s mayor describes how his hometown recovered from a devastating earthquake and how it is looking to build a greener, more equitable and more resilient future.

Futur responsable · 25 août 2023

Saving the bees with robotic hives

The survival of bees is vital to our own survival. Yet the rate at which bee colonies collapse is worryingly high, thanks to climate change. Now, the startup Beewise is helping reduce this number with the first remotely controlled AI-driven beehives.

Futur responsable · 25 août 2023

Fairmat has invented a new, more sustainable way to recycle advanced materials

Benjamin Saada set up a company that used carbon- fibre composites. Then he saw how the materials were disposed of at the end of their life cycle and he vowed to find a better solution.

Futur responsable · 21 août 2023

The mayor of a Danish seaport on fostering the global energy transition.

Jesper Frost Rasmussen, the mayor of Esbjerg on Denmark’s North Sea coast, discusses both his ambitions for the future and the challenges standing in his way.

Futur responsable · 26 juil. 2023

Investing in nutrition leads to impact on both human and planetary health

Mayssa Al Midani is a lead investment manager at Pictet Asset Management, focused on nutrition. She talks us through why our global food system is at a pivotal point and highlights some of the solutions she feels will be most transformative.

Futur responsable · 10 juil. 2023

Managing global food waste with AI

With his high-tech AI-driven rubbish bins, Rayner Loi is helping the hospitality industry significantly reduce and manage food waste – which amounts to billions of tonnes globally each year.

Futur responsable · 03 juil. 2023

Passing on a passion for education

In an increasingly competitive global education market, additional tutoring for schoolchildren has become the norm. But it has not always been accessible or affordable. With his edtech startup, GoStudent, Felix Ohswald aims to unlock the full potential of every child.

Futur responsable · 30 juin 2023

De microscopiques microbes au service des défis de l’humanité

Le PDG du spécialiste de la bioscience Chr. Hansen présente les engagements et les projets de son entreprise, parmi lesquels figure une fusion ambitieuse.

Futur responsable · 22 juin 2023

L’engagement actionnarial au service d’un avenir plus vertueux

Malgré les progrès accomplis dans tous les secteurs ces dernières années, l’ampleur du défi climatique appelle à aller encore plus loin en matière d’innovation.

Futur responsable · 22 mai 2023

Réflexions sur l’investissement responsable

Dina de Angelo partage ses réflexions sur la manière dont la responsabilité joue un rôle de plus en plus important dans les choix des clients. L’investissement évolue, mais le facteur humain reste plus essentiel que jamais.

Futur responsable · 14 mars 2023

Agritech: Can cutting edge innovations solve the global food crisis?

With AI, drones, robotics and precision agriculture, the sector is innovating like never before, at a time when the world needs to rethink how it feeds a growing population.

Futur responsable · 28 févr. 2023

How do population dynamics affect inflation?

The world's key markets are undergoing a major demographic upheaval, resulting in a new era of structural inflation.

Futur responsable · 16 févr. 2023

Using bio-based building materials to capture carbon in construction

How Thomas Robinson’s company Adaptavate is meeting the challenge of carbon emissions in the construction industry

Futur responsable · 14 févr. 2023

Has hydrogen finally come of age?

The gas’ potential to fuel hard-to-abate sectors without producing carbon emissions assures its future in the green transition. But lingering challenges make it a complex call for investors.

Futur responsable · 02 févr. 2023

How investment in food tech can smooth the transition to a low-carbon future

Without intervention, the situation is set to worsen. The world’s population passed the 8 billion mark in November 2022, seeing demand for food products continue to increase, which, in turn, escalates CO2 emissions.

Futur responsable · 31 janv. 2023

Du champ à l’assiette

Mayssa Al Midani est responsable des investissements chez Pictet. Du champ à l’assiette, son équipe investit dans l’avenir de l’alimentation en suivant trois axes: technologie agricole (agritech), logistique et alimentation.

Futur responsable · 20 janv. 2023

Une coalition d’investisseurs pour s’engager auprès des entreprises qui peuvent faire mieux

Chez Pictet, nous avons une approche multidimensionnelle afin d’agir en entreprise responsable. Un bon exemple est notre partenariat avec Ceres.