Latest Megatrends Insights
Anything can happen. And it usually does.
If you want to stay one step ahead of world events, you must know as much as you can. Pictet has been analysing megatrends for more than 200 years, and it’s more important now than ever to have command of both the detail and the broad sweep.
Technology & science
Technology & science · 2024年08月27日
对话日内瓦大学教授：AI新应用，如何让慈善更智能
Technology & science · 2022年10月05日
The metaverse: a mega opportunity
The metaverse offers a new world of investment opportunities across social media, e-commerce, remote learning and working.
Technology & science · 2022年08月18日
How a scientist in Singapore is innovating with microRNA to tackle cancer
Dr Zou Ruiyang is co-founder and chief technology officer at MiRXES, which uses the power of RNA to deliver early personalized diagnoses that can be acted upon quickly to improve and save lives.
Technology & science · 2022年07月20日
How NFTs are resetting conventions in the luxury goods industry
Technology & science · 2022年06月28日
Changing the way the pharma industry and academia work together
Technology & science · 2022年03月30日
Biotech – Where investors can access the value created by medical innovation
Biotechnology, or simply biotech, uses processes found in nature to develop technologies and products, not least within the area of improving human health. The biotech sector has revolutionised the treatment of disease since the 1982 development of injectable insulin used to treat diabetes.
Technology & science · 2022年03月22日
The long-term outlook for health and care
Innovation within healthcare serves two key purposes: improving patient outcomes and reducing or controlling the aggregate related costs to society. Over the last decade, a significant number of new technologies and services have emerged and matured that are reshaping how the major healthcare stakeholders – namely patients, providers, payers and broader society – interact.
Technology & science · 2022年03月09日
How people and location are at the heart of the new hospitality industry
Christoph Hoffmann, along with his business partners in the 25 hours hotel group, is changing the shape of the boutique city hotel. He says the keys to success lie in variety, storytelling and people, and in creating a pioneering corporate philosophy on all three.
Environment
Environment · 2022年10月05日
Your power in the fight against climate change
Anxiety over climate change is widespread today, but we should remember that we can make a positive impact through both our individual decisions and actions within our communities.
Environment · 2022年09月01日
Power of Conversation: An evening discussion with Pictet Wealth Management and Conduit Capital
What will it take for investors across the board to invest for both profit and purpose – and why is it taking so long to reach the critical mass we urgently need?
Environment · 2022年08月03日
Using AI to help prevent environmentally devastating forest fires
Forest fires are a significant contributor to global warming, and the majority are caused by power lines hitting trees. Roelof Pieters is co-founder of Overstory, which uses AI and human expertise to work with power companies to address the issue.
Environment · 2022年07月25日
Investing in our environment through private markets
Environment · 2022年07月20日
The corporate journey to net zero
In 2021, Pictet committed to reducing net greenhouse-gas emissions to zero by 2050, including shorter-term interim target setting aligned with a 1.5°C scenario. The commitment marks the first step in a complex journey through unchartered territory, which we will endeavour to navigate with a Climate Action Plan that will be published in the autumn.
Environment · 2022年07月07日
How to drive philanthropic efforts to tackle climate change
Jane Burston was Head of Climate and Energy Science in the UK government, before becoming the founding executive director of the Clean Air Fund, empowering those working to make the world’s air breathable.
Environment · 2022年05月17日
A beginner’s guide to ESG-labelled bonds
Achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and getting to a net-zero carbon economy is as much, if not more of a financial, than a technology challenge.
Environment · 2022年04月26日
Creating sustainable food from algae
Isaac Berzin is an Israeli scientist and entrepreneur who worked at MIT’s Center for Space Research and has been named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people for his work on algae and sustainability. He is now co-founder and chief technology officer of Vaxa, a start-up that farms algae to make sustainable food ingredients.
Megatrends
Summaries and predictions for the world of today and tomorrow
Identifying the big and small changes in society and the economy has been our job for more than 200 years. Our megatrends analysis tracks change, including growing disparities in health and wealth in societ y; the specialisation and sophistication of the network economy; new technology and science in materials and medicine; the threat of climate chang e, and the impact of shifting economic power and how we conduct the governance of our corporations and society; and how capitalism itself must invest along more sustainabl e lines to safeguard against tragedy, injustice and instability for the benefit of us all. Pictet’s megatrends give you insights into the patterns and counter-movements that will shape the future.
