Responsible Future Insights

Futuro responsabile · 19 giu 2025

Creare con l’IA materiali alternativi per imballaggi ecosostenibili

I fondatori di one.five, start-up con sede ad Amburgo, entrambi provenienti dal settore dei beni di consumo, hanno creato l’azienda per cercare di risolvere un problema di portata mondiale, ossia la riduzione delle emissioni di CO2 prodotte dagli imballaggi di plastica non riciclabile, proponendo alternative sostenibili.

Futuro responsabile · 19 giu 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.

Futuro responsabile · 18 nov 2024

Il nucleare ottenuto con la tecnologia laser promette un futuro luminoso?

Marvel Fusion, start-up con sede a Monaco, sta mettendo a punto un sistema alternativo per produrre energia nucleare pulita ed economica in modo più sicuro e affidabile con la tecnologia laser, la cosiddetta fusione nucleare.

Futuro responsabile · 17 ott 2024

Le città sono all’avanguardia nel costruire resilienza al cambiamento climatico

Soffrendo per gli aumenti amplificati delle temperature, le città fungono da laboratori per la ricerca di soluzioni infrastrutturali innovative al cambiamento climatico.

Futuro responsabile · 19 ago 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.

Futuro responsabile · 24 lug 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.

Futuro responsabile · 10 lug 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.

Futuro responsabile · 28 giu 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.

Futuro responsabile · 24 apr 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.

Futuro responsabile · 07 mar 2024

Scaling regenerative agriculture

Berlin-based startup Klim is one of a growing number of companies accelerating the regenerative agricultural movement, working with farmers and companies, in order to decarbonise food supply chains and improve soil health.

Futuro responsabile · 26 feb 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.

Futuro responsabile · 31 gen 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.

Futuro responsabile · 18 gen 2024

China expert Zak Dychtwald on the country’s generational divides

Futuro responsabile · 17 gen 2024

Tamira Snell - Guadagnarsi da vivere studiando il futuro significa imparare a fare i conti con l’incertezza

Questa futurologa che lavora a Copenhagen spiega come l’apertura mentale e uno sguardo indagatore possono migliorare il processo decisionale e la capacità di affrontare una molteplicità di ‘futuri plausibili’.

Futuro responsabile · 11 gen 2024

Eloa Guillotin, co-founder and CEO of Beyond Aero

Flying into the future with hydrogen power.

Futuro responsabile · 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.

Futuro responsabile · 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.

Futuro responsabile · 25 ott 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.

Futuro responsabile · 16 ott 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.

Futuro responsabile · 26 set 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.

Futuro responsabile · 13 set 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.

Futuro responsabile · 25 ago 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.

Futuro responsabile · 25 ago 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.

Futuro responsabile · 25 ago 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.

Futuro responsabile · 21 ago 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.

Futuro responsabile · 26 lug 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.

Futuro responsabile · 19 lug 2023

Vaclav Smil on overhyped inventions, category errors and missed opportunities.

Vaclav Smil has built his considerable reputation on always cleaving to facts in the face of hype and hysteria.

Futuro responsabile · 10 lug 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.

Futuro responsabile · 03 lug 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.

Futuro responsabile · 30 giu 2023

I microrganismi che possono aiutarci a raccogliere la più grande sfida della nostra società

Il CEO di Chr. Hansen ci spiega su quali fronti è impegnata questa azienda di bioscienze e i suoi programmi per il futuro, a cominciare da un’ambiziosa fusione.

Futuro responsabile · 12 giu 2023

Reimmaginare il futuro e il ruolo positivo del dialogo con le imprese

Negli ultimi anni, si è innovato in tutti i settori. La dimensione dell’odierna sfida climatica richiede però un cambiamento ancora maggiore.

Futuro responsabile · 22 mag 2023

Pensare ad alta voce: assumersi le proprie responsabilità

Dina de Angelo condivide le sue riflessioni su come la responsabilità venga sempre più incorporata nelle scelte dei clienti, e come le idee riguardo alla responsabilità siano influenzate dal genere, dall’etnicità, dalle esperienze personali e dalle differenze generazionali. Il futuro dell’investimento sta cambiando, ma l’aspetto umano conta più che mai.

Futuro responsabile · 14 mar 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.

Futuro responsabile · 28 feb 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.

Futuro responsabile · 16 feb 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

Futuro responsabile · 14 feb 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.

Futuro responsabile · 02 feb 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.

Futuro responsabile · 31 gen 2023

Sistema alimentare futuro “dal produttore al consumatore”

Insieme al suo team, Mayssa Al Midani, Senior Investment Manager di Pictet, punta su un sistema alimentare futuro “dal produttore al consumatore”, in particolare su nuove tecnologie applicate all’agroalimentare (agritech), logistica e generi alimentari.

Futuro responsabile · 13 gen 2023

Putting high-quality recycled plastic into the world’s supply chains

Andrew Almack’s company Plastics for Change in India connects waste collectors with global brands to help reduce the mountains of discarded plastic and help some of the poorest people in the world.