Estelle Brachlianoff at “Le monde nouveau (The New World)” forum: “European industrialists have the ambition to become world champions of the ecological transition”
October 05, 2021 at 04:32 am EDT
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Financing the ecological transition represents a challenge for public and private investors. New economic models, inspired by the notions of sobriety and solidarity, now take into account social and environmental capital. These new financing mechanisms apply in the territories by mobilising all the stakeholders: citizens, communities and businesses.
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Estelle Brachlianoff at “Le monde nouveau (The New World)” forum: “European industrialists have the ambition to become world champions of the ecological transition”