Engineering and Construction
Human and robot collaboration is evolving timber construction
Like most industries, construction is going through a digital transformation. This company is using robots to build wooden structures.
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Switzerland
Climate Change
Swiss residents are wrapping glaciers in blankets to keep them from melting
The Rhone Glacier has been shrinking rapidly over the last decade and locals are doing everything they can to slow it down.
Agriculture, Food and Beverage
Switzerland rules that you must stun your food before you kill it
Switzerland has released an order to ban a controversial cooking practice: boiling lobsters alive.
Workforce and Employment
Google's Zurich office has a jungle-themed meeting room
Take a look inside the Zurich Google offices.
Future of Economic Progress
These are the world's 10 most competitive economies
An annual report ranks countries by how well they can sustain productivity and inclusive economic growth
Agriculture, Food and Beverage
A new chocolate has been discovered, and it's pink
Swiss chocolate makers have made ruby chocolate from a new type of cocoa bean.
Switzerland
Fancy a bug burger? A Swiss supermarket is selling food made from insects
Switzerland has become the first European country to sell insect-based food for human consumption.
Future of Government
This is how Switzerland’s direct democracy works
Why is France's new President Emmanuel Macron so interested in the Swiss system?
Environment and Natural Resource Security
Greenland’s ice sheets are disappearing faster than predicted - here’s why you should care
Here are three key reasons why melting in Greenland poses significant global economic risks.
Global Risks
Why 9/11 reminds us we must respond to fear with openness
On September 10 2001 my wife and I arrived in New York as I was to receive the Candlelight award from then-UN-Secretary-General Kofi Annan. That night we had a very inspiring conversation...
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Video: this electric car just set a world record
An electric car has set a new world record – going from 0-100km/h in just 1.513 seconds.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
The world’s top 10 most competitive economies
The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 assesses the competitiveness of 140 world economies. Using a mixture of quantitative and survey data, it ranks countries overall by combining 1...
Gender Parity
What is Switzerland’s magic formula for gender equality?
The Swiss pragmatism, the key to success. The economic prosperity and the social peace which prevail in Switzerland are strongly linked to the pragmatic character of its inhabitants. Hist...
Education and Skills
Narrowing Switzerland’s gender gap
The latest edition of the Global Gender Gap Index, published by the World Economic Forum, confirms greater equality in Switzerland. But here, as in other countries, women are still not co...
Switzerland
Spotify streams music in Switzerland
Good news to those of you (us!) who live in Switzerland (or Austria or Belgium…)! Thanks to Spotify – a company that was selected as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2011 – you c...