Sustainability: a drop in the ocean?
The One Ocean Summit in Brest aims to mobilise the international community to take tangible action to save the ocean. Yet another emergency for the stricken planet. Part one: taking stock.
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Luxury, biodiversity and the sixth mass extinction
At five points in the past 500 million years, life on Earth was almost completely wiped out. We are now on the brink of a sixth mass extinction, and we are the cause. Can humans right their wrongs? The luxury industry must lead by example.
In favour of a more convincing Swiss Made
Alongside the industrial manoeuvring that is gaining speed in the sector, watch companies are fighting for a tougher Swiss Made.
Swatch Group at home in Biel
A sizeable chunk of Swatch Group's planned investment - some CHF 150 million (USD 167 million / EUR 124 million) - will be earmarked for a major property development on its historic site in Biel, in the canton of Bern, that will give Omega and Swatch extended and renovated headquarters.
Swiss watchmaking still riding high
Exports up 15.5% in January. Hundreds of millions invested by the main groups. Recruitments on the rise. Time measurement is dodging the crisis. An interview with Jean-Daniel Pasche, President of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry.
The wine producer and his guests
As is customary after the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, we do our sums and draw conclusions. Positive conclusions indeed for both attendance and business. Yet in among the congratulations and plans for development, cutting remarks are heard. Such as the ones, more and more frequent, reprehending the "freeloaders" who take advantage that the most important journalists, editors, VIP and other clients should be in Geneva to invite them to their own events, held alongside the SIHH.
