While exchange platforms for clothes, flats or tools are booming in private, Lieke van Kerkhoven's idea for companies is new. On her B2B sharing platform Floow2, companies swap excavators, medicines or shop items. Lieke van Kerkhoven will explain how her platform works at the 18th European Trend Day on 9 March 2022.

Wir arbeiten seltener im Büro, und wenn wir dort hinfahren, dann nehmen wir öfter das Auto oder das Velo statt er Tram oder Zug. Welche Alternativen zum Firmenwagen ArbeitgeberInnen ihrer Belegschaft anbieten können, darüber sprach GDI-Forscherin Marta Kwiatkowski mit der Zeitschrift «HR Today».

Kleider aus Daunen, Kaschmir- und Merinowolle werden heute mit unzähligen Eigenlabels als nachhaltig und fair deklariert. Das sei eine billige Lösung, sagt GDI-Forschungsleiterin Karin Frick im Interview mit dem «Tages-Anzeiger».

It has been seven years since Navi Radjou, in an impressive Ted Talk, presented Frugal Innovation as a solution to many of our problems. The author of "Frugal Innovation: How To Do Better With Less" coined the term and has popularised it worldwide. Now that we are in the middle of a climate crisis and a pandemic, his ideas are more relevant than ever, as he will demonstrate at the 18th European Trend Day on 9 March 2022.

August Lund war einst Investment-Banker bei Goldmann Sachs. Heute investiert er in erneuerbare Energien, Aufforstung und nachhaltige Kaffeeproduktion. Am European Foodservice Summit erzählt Lund von seinem Weg.

Max Premium Burgers was already considered a pioneer in climate and environmental awareness before the coronavirus crisis. After all, the chain’s food has been climate-positive since 2018. At the European Foodservice Summit 2021, CEO Richard Bergfors will show how his family business became a sustainability role model.

Eines ist klar: Unser Lebensmittelsystem ist kaputt. Mit den heutigen Methoden zerstören wir Böden und beuten Tiere aus. Ist Clean-Meat also die Lösung? Folge 30 des GDI-Podcasts gibt Antworten.

From the digitalisation of our food system to investments in "Clean Meat" – read the most important statements of the speakers at our 1st International Food Innovation Conference.

Increasingly precise software is already helping farmers to manage their fields more efficiently and make meat production more sustainable. Dutch agri-food researcher Sjaak Wolfert explains in this interview and at the 1st International Food Innovation Conference on 29 June 2021 the potential offered by smart farming in the future.

Research into creating fish, meat and milk in a test tube is booming. Investors anticipate big profits and are investing enormous sums, but as yet, no products have come to market. Here, and at the upcoming 1st International Food Innovation Conference, we provide an overview of how the cellular agriculture market will develop.

Fleischersatzprodukte sind im Trend. In den vergangenen fünf Jahren verdoppelte sich der Umsatz in dieser Kategorie. Davon profitieren auch die Schweizer Maschinenbauer. Was jetzt noch fehle, seien konkurrenzfähige Preise, sagte GDI-Food-Expertin Christine Schäfer unlängst  in der SRF-Sendung «10 vor 10».

"We need to reimagine the way we eat," says GDI Executive Advisor David Bosshart, in an interview in the run-up to the 1st International Food Innovation Conference. Read about his perspective on genetically modified foods and changing consumer behaviour.