Welcome to the Institute

Welcome to the Institute

The UBS Sustainability and Impact Institute provides our best thinking on the world’s most important sustainability challenges and opportunities. It convenes a diverse group of leading voices to explore the problems and propose potential solutions, and in so doing seeks to catalyze collective action and capital toward a more sustainable future.


Read the report: "Grow, move, eat, repeat - Transitioning agri-food from sustainability liability to asset" by UBS Sustainability and Impact Institute

Transitioning agriculture from sustainability liability to asset

The Green Revolution confounded Malthusian predictions of widespread food scarcity, but revolutions are rarely black and white. Today the food system generates detrimental impacts on health, climate, and nature—creating negative externalities to the tune of USD 15tr every year (2020 USD), or 12% of global GDP. The agri-food industry is now entering a new phase—what we call, Green Revolution 2.0. This report analyzes the solutions that characterize it, and the role of capital providers in facilitating their development.


Read more about publications from UBS Sustainability and Impact Institute

Interview

Henry Dimbleby: Food security is inseparable from sustainability

The author of the UK’s National Food Strategy thinks the agri-food sector can deliver on climate and environmental goals, but value chain partners need to be convinced that it is in their interest to change as regulatory force alone will not work. Read more

Article

The economics of ending obesity

New drugs that tackle obesity could have significant health benefits. They may also create harmful social divisions. Read more

Video

Combating the negative impact of climate change

The Institute Forum member Prof. Katharine Hayhoe talks about the actions required to combat the negative impact of climate change. Read the interview and watch the videos


Numbers that matter

3 % is the forecasted inflation in the price of food attributable to global warming by 2035

  • A recent study analyzed the association between climate change and monthly price indexes between 1996 and 2021 and forecasted historical relationships to 2035
  • Food supply shocks are closely associated with temperature increases. The price impact of this is strongest for countries at lower latitudes where temperatures are already close to a level that makes it harder to sustain agriculture
  • Reducing emissions today is the best way to reduce future volatility in food prices, but it will also be key to adapt agriculture by changing how and what we grow to suit local climates

Source: Kotz, et. al. 2024, "Global warming and heat extremes to enhance inflationary pressures" in Communications Earth & Environment


Most read publications from UBS Sustainability and Impact Institute

White papers

  • Bloom or bust – Aligning technology and finance to address biodiversity challenges. Read more
  • Rethink, rebuild, reimagine – Laying the foundation for better buildings. Read more

Reports

  • Building society – How to improve the building sector’s social impact through retrofitting and affordable construction. Read more
  • Under one roof – Public and private roles to catalyze sustainable building. Read more
  • Chain reaction – Supply chains are going through a realignment, driven by geopolitics amid other factors. Read more


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5 个月

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5 个月

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Bhupinder Singh

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6 个月

Very informative and enlightening, I'm curious to see what else is to come ?????????????

S SAIDHA MIYAN

Aspiring Corporate Director / Management Consultant / Corporate Leader

6 个月

Congrats. & Best wishes, to 'The First Edition', of "The UBS SUSTAINABILITY AND IMPACT INSTITUTE", for all your endeavors, and to achieve, many more, milestones, in the mission of "Providing The Best Thinking On The World's Most Important Sustainability Challenges And Opportunities", for Our Better-future world! Thanks for sharing, an inspiring-insightful article, UBS. As a strong supporter of 'Sustainable Development', to tackle the global issues like Climate Change & Global Warming, I believe, 'We, the Individuals, have the greater responsibility to follow the Sustainable Living, by adopting the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) of Natural Resources!' Syed Awees, ACCA, Financial-Business-Investments Analyst. Best wishes, to Sergio P. Ermotti, Group CEO & President, Michelle Bereaux, GIO, Christian Bluhm, GCRO, Mike Dargan, GCO&TO, Naureen Hassan, President Americas UBS, Aleksandar Ivanovic, President AM, Robert Karofsky, President IB, Sabine Keller-Busse, President UBS Switzerland, President P&C, Iqbal Khan, President GWM, Edmund Koh, President UBS AP, Ulrich K?rner, CEO, Credit Suisse AG, Barbara Levi, GGC, Beatriz MARTIN JIMENEZ, Head NC&L, Markus Ronner, Dr Stefan Seiler, PhD, Head Group HR & CS, Todd Tuckner, Group CFO.

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