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Switzerland is not known for haste, but when it moves, it does so with precision. This week, the Federal Council opened consultation on a draft law that could reshape how the world’s biggest platforms — Facebook, X, TikTok, Google — operate within Swiss borders. The proposal is deceptively simple: make…

GIG (Generation Impact Global) has been selected as one of the ten pioneering startups to participate in the prestigious LHoFT Catapult: Green Fintech program in Luxembourg, joining a global cohort accelerating change in sustainable finance. This recognition underscores GIG’s innovative approach and commitment to creating scalable solutions in the green…

September 3rd 2025 — Switzerland has found a new home for its unwanted carbon. In Copenhagen, the country signed two agreements with Denmark that will allow the export and permanent storage of Swiss CO₂ beneath the North Sea. The move is hardly a surprise. Switzerland’s geology offers little scope for…

Generation Impact Global at the SSF Roundtable on Sustainable Real Estate Investments On 3 September 2025, Generation Impact Global had the privilege of contributing to the Swiss Sustainable Finance Roundtable on Sustainable Real Estate Investments, held in Zurich. The session focused on climate-related financial disclosures and risk assessments in the…

The EU’s financial and environmental watchdogs have signed a cooperation deal aimed at tightening oversight of sustainable finance and tackling the risk of greenwashing. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Environment Agency (EEA) agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in July and August, setting out how…

Brussels wants to tidy up the sustainable debt market What are the EU’s voluntary green bond templates? The European Commission has a new tool in its armoury against greenwashing: a set of voluntary disclosure templates for issuers of green bonds and their more elastic cousin, sustainability‑linked bonds. The initiative, launched…

In Europe’s push toward a circular economy, batteries are both a cornerstone and a conundrum. They power everything from phones and scooters to electric cars and industrial equipment—but when they die, they become environmental puzzles. What exactly happens to them? How much gets recycled? And where does the lithium, cobalt,…

The EU is finally coming for a group of pollutants that linger in recycled plastics and pose a threat to human health. By tightening restrictions on a group of persistent toxic chemicals, the European Commission is drawing a sharper line between circularity and safety. A new delegated regulation, now open…

Bern, July 8, 2025 — Switzerland placed women’s rights, gender equality, and the fight against discrimination at the forefront of its efforts during the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The session, which lasted three and a half weeks, concluded today under the shadow…

Brussels proposes strict conditions for destroying unsold apparel under new sustainability rules In a significant move to reduce textile waste and promote circularity in the fashion industry, the European Commission has published a draft delegated regulation that will restrict when companies can destroy unsold clothing and footwear. The proposal, stemming…