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Biodiversity
3 September 2025

Biodiversity debt: candriam develops a quantitative model to assess ecological impact and biodiversity risk

What is biodiversity debt? The question, once asked, already requires clarification. “The notion of biodiversity debt is very particular, and depending on certain perspectives, it may not even be called debt,” warns Elouan Heurard, Biodiversity Analyst at Candriam. Because it is not a financial debt in the macroeconomic sense, but an attempt to provide an accounting translation of […]

Biodiversity
10 July 2025

Biodiversity restoration: how to measure ecological return?

To shed light on these issues, the asset management firm sought to estimate what a company’s “biodiversity debt” might look like. “Our idea is to measure a company’s footprint and estimate the cost of restoring the impacts it has generated,” explained Elouan Heurard. As an example, he presented a scenario for restoring the impacts associated […]

Social
8 July 2025

Buying local? Price remains the top priority for consumers

Consumers who are truly motivated by “Made in” claims represent a relatively marginal customer base for most mainstream brands. These consumers tend to be urban, economically secure, and professionally active. That said, the origin of a product does carry more weight in certain sectors. In the food industry, health-conscious consumers are reassured by compliance with […]

25 June 2025

One Year of Reflection to Advance Sustainable Finance

One Year of Reflection to Advance Sustainable Finance How to Reconcile Economic Growth, Environmental Challenges, and Social Issues? This ambitious question has driven the Think Tank “2030, Investir Demain,” created by the media outlets ID, l’Info Durable, and L’Agefi. Launched in the fall of 2024, this platform initiative has brought together investors, corporations, researchers, public […]

Social
2 June 2025

Made in France: How Consumers Can Accelerate Reshoring

Participants were invited to reflect on a contribution shared beforehand by Thomas Huriez, founder of the brand 1083. Drawing on his experience as an entrepreneur committed to redeveloping the textile sector in France, he expressed a strong conviction: proximity — not only geographical but also emotional and temporal — fosters citizen engagement and encourages responsible […]