Environment insights

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 Sep 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 · 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 · 07 Nov 2022

Damming Rivers | Film

Pictet meets Carolina Caycedo, artist researching community-led alternative energy production across the Americas.

Environment · 05 Sep 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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?