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Sustainability Style

Mario Garnero Given ‘Global Innovation Award’

At a Ceremony held in London, Prize acknowledges Lifelong Commitment to Development by Brasilinvest´s Boss Mario Garnero, Chairman of Brasilinvest, Brazil’s pioneer merchant bank, was presented with the 2011 Global [...]

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Travels on the edge

How difficult is it to travel along the entire Swiss border by paddling, cycling and – the really hard part – climbing? All this summer (July–September), the news and information [...]

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Vox helvetiae

From smoke signals, cave drawings, semaphore and heliographs, to the franchise system of the Catholic Church and religious hymns, human beings have always been excited about spreading some sort of [...]

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Deliberate Swiss

One of the simplest ploys of political hacks to garner votes is the play on national aspirations to, at times elusive, greatness. Vicarious nationalism is simple. Quantifying and qualifying national [...]

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On the cutting edge

How deceptive postcard pictures can be. A small, sleepy town nestled in the green pastures of quiet, quaint Switzerland; a large family devoted to the craft business founded by their [...]

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The Rainmaker Cometh

Environmentalism was once the bailiwick of radical thinkers and street-proven activists ready to chain themselves up to risky places… It still is, but there are those from the business class, [...]

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Securing sustainability

Taking a look ahead with André Schneider The New Champions Meeting has now become as famous as the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos and is just as eagerly [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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