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4 September 2025

Cross perspectives: should we look to China?

Interrogée sur les conséquences de l’arrivée au pouvoir de Donald Trump, Claire Martinetto a déclaré: “On ne peut plus se contenter de compter sur des actions menées par des politiques mais il faut mobiliser un écosystème beaucoup plus large pour pouvoir aller dans la bonne direction et à la bonne vitesse”. Estimant que Trump n’est […]

Essential Resources
14 May 2025

How can companies reconcile sustainable management of natural and human resources?

They then addressed the issue of rare metals, emphasizing in particular their environmental impact. “These are metals whose extraction is highly polluting and consumes enormous amounts of water,” recalled Camille Richard, Head of Impact at Alter Equity. While recycling is essential for the proper management of these resources, it remains very limited: “Today, less than […]

Biodiversity
25 April 2025

“Companies must improve the traceability of their value chain.”

The French Duty of Vigilance law, enacted in 2017, is a pioneering piece of legislation in Europe and “deserves credit for existing, even though it has its limitations,” says Alix Roy, ESG analyst at Ecofi. This law aims to compel companies to prevent social and environmental risks throughout their value chain (including subcontractors, subsidiaries, and […]

Essential Resources
24 March 2025

“The biodiversity is not sufficiently understood in its entirety by companies”

Ecofi aims to promote shared responsibilities in resource management in response to current environmental, social, and financial challenges. What observations led you to want to conduct a reflection on this theme? The theme of our working group, essential resources, encompasses all the issues important to Ecofi, such as the just transition and social concerns. These […]

Essential Resources
12 March 2025

Sustainable management of natural resources: how do companies assess their dependence and impact?

“Today, businesses in the agricultural sector are generally doing it wrong, as they only measure the quantity of water consumed and released, without truly considering the qualitative dimension,” began Simon Bestel, agronomist and co-founder of FEVE (Farms in Life). “Diffuse water pollution, notably through infiltration into soils or runoff into rivers, is assessed in a […]