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Filantropia
L’influenza delle donne sulla filantropia
Forti della quota crescente di ricchezza mondiale che detengono, le donne stanno dando una scossa al mondo della filantropia.
Filantropia
Come gestire l’attività filantropica e gli investimenti a impatto nel family office
Per un imprenditore di prima generazione che sta costituendo un patrimonio o una famiglia impegnata a tutelare la ricchezza tramandata nel tempo, il family office svolge oggi un ruolo centrale ai fini della realizzazione di iniziative filantropiche e di investimenti responsabili. Con l’accelerazione del ‘trasferimento di grandi patrimoni’, in entrambi i casi le due attività vengono spostate in questa struttura per ottenere maggiore coordinamento, sintonia e professionalità.
Filantropia
Obiettivo professionalizzazione: come cambia l’attività filantropica grazie ai family office
Man mano che il patrimonio di famiglia è tramandato alla generazione successiva, l’attività filantropica viene integrata nelle strutture dei family office. Ne risulta un approccio più strategico, professionale e intergenerazionale alla beneficenza.
Filantropia
La generosità è il lavoro di una vita
Paco Arango, che ha creato The Aladina Foundation, ha aiutato tantissimi bambini malati di cancro in Spagna e nel mondo. In questa intervista spiega come l’intima convinzione di essere una persona fortunata e la generosità che gli ha insegnato il padre l’abbiano spinto a dedicare la propria vita a questa causa.
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.
Filantropia · 23 apr 2024
The age of the philanthropreneurs
In pursuit of solutions
Filantropia · 02 apr 2024
Stanley Tan - Il caso pratico di un’azienda al servizio della società
Malgrado un’infanzia difficile, questo imprenditore – che è anche un investitore – è riuscito a intraprendere una carriera aziendale di grande successo senza mai perdere di vista i principi che gli sono stati inculcati da piccolo, ossia equità e spirito comunitario.
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.
Filantropia · 09 feb 2024
Monica Oudang - Investire sul capitale umano per realizzare le ambizioni di un Paese
In qualità di presidente della GoTo Impact Foundation e attraverso la sua attività imprenditoriale, questa ex dirigente delle risorse umane investe sui talenti e contribuisce a creare in Indonesia una forza lavoro all’avanguardia pronta ad affrontare il XXI secolo.
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.
Filantropia · 11 mag 2023
Superare la barriera del gergo nella blended finance
La «blended finance» può costituire un potente meccanismo per massimizzare l’impatto di investimenti e filantropia.
Filantropia · 21 apr 2023
A world fit for life
A guide for changemakers and philanthropists on how to tackle the climate crisis.
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.
Futuro responsabile · 29 dic 2022
Helping corporations become climate-ready
Laia Romero is using satellite data for climate action to tell the story of our changing world through her company, Lobelia Earth.
Futuro responsabile · 08 dic 2022
Creating a fast-growing plant-based food business
Latesha Randall has turned a kitchen-table enterprise making dairy-free yoghurt into an internationally acclaimed plant-based food business, combining taste with sustainability.
Futuro responsabile
L’evoluzione delle best practice di corporate governance
Le best practice di corporate governance in tutto il mondo hanno conosciuto una evoluzione significativa negli ultimi due decenni, grazie ad una combinazione di iniziative bottom up e top down. Un risultato di rilievo è l’affermazione della responsabilità sociale aziendale (CSR) come priorità operativa.
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Investire sul nostro ambiente tramite i mercati non quotati
Viviamo in un ambiente ricco, di maestosa bellezza, con abbondanti risorse naturali e numerose opportunità d’investimento. Gli investimenti verdi consentono agli investitori di conservare queste ricchezze planetarie, facendo crescere nello stesso tempo il valore a lungo termine dei loro portafogli.
