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Sustainability Style

Walking the talk – literally

Sustainable development: A good investment strategy
“If you have certain convictions in your personal life, you also apply them to your professional life.”—Ivan Pictet
Sustainable development is no longer just an idea [...]

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Swiss Style Global Innovation Award 2010

SWISS STYLE honours TNT Express CEO Peter Bakker and employees for their CSR linking hunger and climate change solutions
The ancient Greek historian Herodotus reminded us: “No man is free until [...]

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Sustainability is balance

Ariane de Rothschild has an undeniable passion
When children ask their parents for an expensive toy, the answer worldwide is often: “Do I look like a Rothschild to you?” With the [...]

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Green Leaders

Klaus Kleinfeld on why sustainability is encoded in Alcoa’s DNA
It is common knowledge that being at the right place at the right time is half the battle. Yet often this [...]

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Humanity’s forum

The GHF takes on the human impact of climate change
As the clock keeps ticking, climate change leaves 300,000 people dead, 325 million people seriously affected and economic losses of US$ [...]

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The performance aspect of sustainability

How today’s companies can gain a competitive edge
In the wake of a major global recession, the days when a successful company’s only priority is to maxi-mize profits are long gone. [...]

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Adjusting sails

An optimistic perspective on the wind energy market and the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference
From a modest blacksmith shop set up in Lem, Denmark by H. S. Hansen in 1898, Vestijysk [...]

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The Swiss Style Global Innovation Award 2009

Innovation and the environment are two subjects close to the heart of Swiss Style. The world suffers from the consequences of our ignorance of the implications of our actions in [...]

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Providing sustainable solutions

Dr Astrid Zwick’s passion for sustainable development has been the driving force behind her efforts to support Allianz Group gaining thought leadership in this area.
Insurance companies are key to achieving [...]

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Taking responsibility for the future today

Swisscom has a long tradition of its commitment to the environment and to society. As far back as 1998, it introduced an environmental management system and had it certified by [...]

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In the name of Galapagos

IWC and the Charles Darwin Foundation unite in friendship
This year – 2009 – marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s The Origin of Species, as well as the [...]

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Less impact, more value

WBCSD inspires a low-carbon culture
In a time when “green” no longer represents a political or emotional state-of-mind but a way of living, global lifestyle changes must be underway. Geneva-based World [...]

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