"Initiatives like Swiss Impact & Prosperity show that, beyond growth, an economy's ability to create sustainable value and to preserve its resources is also becoming a performance indicator," explains Simone Pedrazzini, CEO of Earth Action.
"Members of the 'Swiss Electricity Agreement Alliance' will closely monitor parliamentary debates and provide factual information about the agreement," summarizes Annalisa Job, communications manager for the Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (AES).
"By constantly looking at the surfaces that could still accommodate solar installations, we may be overlooking one possibility: roofs that are already equipped," points out Alban Bitz, director of SI-REN.
The ambition to continue the development of green, reliable and cost-effective energy sources gave rise to new and numerous discussions at the seventh edition of Building Bridges in Geneva.
Interview with Michel Kulak, deputy director of sustainable investment research at Robeco.
"While it puts manufacturers under pressure, the fall in costs benefits project developers, electricity producers and suppliers, as well as consumers," explains Christian Rom, manager at DNB Asset Management.
Interview with Vincent Kaufmann, director of the Ethos Foundation.
"The summer of 2026 showed what inaction costs; the courts, for their part, have begun to say who must be held responsible for it," emphasize François de Cambiaire and Lydia Méziani, lawyers at de Cambiaire & Méziani Associates.
Interview with Mélanie Beyeler, Global Head of Sustainable Investing at EFG.
By combining energy management systems, decentralized generation and storage solutions, facility managers have a strategic opportunity: to transform their buildings according to the "building as a grid" model, says Kamal Mehta, Product & Offer Manager EMEA at Eaton.
A recent Harvard study highlights close links between the rise of data centers and clean energy. Behind the algorithms lies a purely material reality: a demand for electricity that is skyrocketing and disrupting grids and the energy transition.
"While nuclear power is necessarily part of the long term, photovoltaics and batteries fall into a different timescale: that of the needs we must meet today," says Richard Mesple, CEO of Local Energy.
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