Fermentation is expected to be a key component in the shift toward alternative proteins. Fungi and microbes are the livestock of tomorrow. The new GDI overview shows where the pioneers of fermentation are located and what they are producing.

In the video previewing the Academy of Behavioral Economics 2022, top economist Felix Oberholzer-Gee explains how important changes in perspective are for corporate strategy development.

Klimakrise, Pandemie und Krieg. Die Welt ist voller Unsicherheiten. Doch wie begegnen wir ihnen am besten? Markus K. Brunnermeier, Professor für Ökonomie an der Princeton Universität, beschäftigt sich seit Jahren mit dieser Frage und hat seine wissenschaftlichen Resultate nun in einem Buch veröffentlicht.

What are the trends and innovations in the food system? How animal-friendly can we make it? Björn Witte, Managing Partner & CEO of Blue Horizon, explains in an interview with GDI which sustainable projects his company is investing in and which innovations are still to come. Read now!

Sinking into a book for several hours? Working with focus for an hour? It's getting harder and harder, and we keep getting distracted. Johann Hari, bestselling author of "Stolen Focus", explains why it is so difficult to focus on anything these days.

Behavioural economist Raffaella Sadun explains in a video how important social skills and the ability to empathise with others are for leadership positions and how this affects the productivity of a company.

In an interview ahead of the 2nd International Food Innovation Conference, global strategy advisor and best-selling author Parag Khanna explains the linkage between migration and food and shares his perspective on how the foodsystem will develop.

Sie schonen Ressourcen und kosten nicht viel: Produkte, die aus frugaler Innovation entstanden sind. Navi Radjou, Experte für Innovation und Referent am GDI-Trendtag, erklärt im Interview mit Migros Engagement das Innovationsprinzip.

Verpackte Gurken, Einkaufstüten oder Hygieneartike – Wir häufen massenhaft Plastikmüll an, der nur zum Teil recycelt wird. Cassandra Delage, Gründerin von plast'if und Referentin am 18. GDI-Trendtag, will das ändern. Ihr Unternehmen hat eine Maschine entwickelt, die Plastikmüll direkt vor Ort in neue Produkte umwandelt.

Das GDI hat zusammen mit der Unternehmensberatung Horváth & Partners AG das Impulspapier «Next Urban Retail» verfasst und blickt in die Zukunft des Handels. Auf Retail-as-a-Service, Micro-Hubs und Dark Retail sollten sich HändlerInnen jetzt ganz besonders konzentrieren.

Food colouring often contains animal products such as insect shells. The Danish start-up Chromologics shows that there is another way. Its pigment ‘ChromoRed’ is produced exclusively in the laboratory with the help of a filamentous fungus. This saves agricultural land and is therefore not only more animal-friendly, but also more sustainable.