Ginci Insights

The global fashion system, built on creativity and speed, now stands at the intersection of climate exposure and financial scrutiny. Once an abstract ESG talking point, climate change has become a measurable risk on fashion’s balance sheets — one that no investor or insurer can ignore.

Plastic pollution is set to triple by 2060, while IPCC-aligned pathways indicate the world must remove 5 – 10 gigatonnes of CO₂ annually by mid-century to keep 1.5 °C within reach. These innovations target both crises: managing waste and enabling carbon removal. The challenge is scaling up ensuring energy efficiency and avoiding new pollutants. The opportunity is clear: reframing waste as a resource. How should businesses and policymakers accelerate these waste-to-climate sol

AI is reshaping how we understand and respond to climate risks: satellite data is being used to map methane leaks in near-real time, while next-generation models like NVIDIA ’s “Climate in a Bottle” can deliver climate simulations at higher resolution, a scale that makes city-level adaptation planning possible. These advances are powerful, but without transparency on AI’s energy and water use, the environmental footprint could outpace the benefits.

Europe was hit by heatwaves multiple times this summer. However, most cities aren't prepared. If 1.5 degrees C becomes an inevitable reality, how are we, as an individual, city or business, going to adapt to this new norm?