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Mastering processes and equipment is fundamental. Applying automatic equipment design standards to limit series changeover times, adjustments, operator and expert dependency is an investment not an expense. There are enough "natural" obstacles to overcome, no need to add more.

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A very good panel with Calogena and Newcleo to discuss the key role of Nuclear une the energy transition. All scenarios for energy consumption compatible with net zero are predicting a dramatic increase of the share of electricity in the energy mix up to 50%. Decabinization of an electric mix requires dispatchable low carbon energy sources. For the time being only a mix including nuclear and hydropower may support this kind of transition in a safe and affordable way. Still 50% of the energy consumption will not be electric and again nuclear might be a good solution to provide low carbon heat whenever it is required. Small and large reactors are a key pillars to decarbonize the energy mix and support a net zero approach by 20250.

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In a rapidly changing #RegulatoryLandscape, the ability of companies to research, track and comply with new #environmental and product-specific regulatory requirements is becoming increasingly challenging. On 1 January 2023, #France implemented Article 13 of the Anti-Waste for a #CircularEconomy (#AGEC) law. This law aims to change the production methods of companies and the consumption patterns of consumers. This Article requires producers to inform consumers about the environmental qualities and characteristics of certain products and packaging - such as the proportion of recycled material, recyclability, presence of hazardous substances, and rare earth or precious metals content. As is always the case with #TransformationalChange, it is important to recognise and embrace the opportunities that this presents to #CreateValue. Our experts in dss+ highlighted the top 3 opportunities to #FutureProof your business. Learn more by reading this article: https://lnkd.in/d5K3YdjX

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📢 Missed Our Webinar with ekodev? Watch the Replay! We had an insightful webinar yesterday on "Carbon Finance & New Environmental Assets". If you couldn't join us live, don't worry! The replay is now available. 🔍 What we covered: 📌 The latest trends in carbon finance 📌 Innovative environmental assets and their impact 📌 Strategies for achieving carbon neutrality 📌 Practical solutions for ecosystem preservation 💡 Whether you're a sustainability professional, an investor, or simply passionate about the environment, this webinar is packed with valuable information and actionable insights. 👇 Watch the replay now! #sustainability #carbonfinance #environmentalassets #carbonneutrality #ecosystempreservation #webinar Jérôme Beilin Côme Falque Timothée QUELLARD Thomas Chauveau

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𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 France has taken a definitive step towards sustainable agriculture and energy production with the introduction of Decree No. 2024-318. This new legislation outlines the conditions for installing solar panels on agricultural land, ensuring a balance between land productivity and renewable energy generation1. Key highlights of the decree include: -A maximum coverage rate of 40% for solar panels on agricultural plots. - mandate that agricultural yield loss must not exceed 10%. -Provisions for regional adaptability and the re-exploitation of unused agricultural land. The decree represents France’s commitment to innovative energy solutions that respect and enhance agricultural practices. For further details, you can view the full decree here. https://lnkd.in/d4Ft4B_G

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🚨 The CSRD, a key part of the European Green Deal, is facing growing opposition from European politicians, including those from France and Germany. They propose scaling back the directive or even imposing a moratorium (see articles below in french). In response, civil society organizations and leading companies like Decathlon and Patagonia are rallying to support the CSRD. They argue that robust sustainability reporting is essential, not a burden, for addressing environmental challenges. Weakening these regulations could penalize companies already investing in compliance. Any thoughts? 🤔 #Sustainability #CSRD #GreenDeal

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Urban Mines: A Hidden Resource for France Our drawers, bins, and basements hold untapped potential. According to an Oliver Wyman report (November 21), the metallic waste circulating in France could cover 4 to 12 years of consumption if properly collected and recycled. This represents a real opportunity to: >Reduce dependency on foreign metals. >Support French industry and delay resource shortages. >Contribute to the energy and digital transitions sustainably. Yet, challenges remain: France is Europe’s top exporter of recyclable waste, only 40% of plastic waste is recycled, and circular economy practices are underdeveloped. Unlocking this potential will require a clear vision and actionable roadmap to maximize these hidden resources. #CircularEconomy #Recycling #UrbanMines #OliverWyman https://lnkd.in/e8tH-4Xn

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At LCP, we're always at the forefront of innovations that shape the future of energy retail. The latest advancements in AI are set to revolutionize the sector, and we're diving deep into the possibilities! Check out this article by my colleague Arthur Pereira shedding light on the difference between predivtive (classical) and generative AI : https://lnkd.in/ermD3FtB Let's take the example of AI in a Google Nest thermostat. It takes into account user behavior, public weather forecast data, and its own historical data on how quickly the building has heated or cooled during previous cycles. It then triggers heating just in time to meet the user's comfort needs while minimizing costs. The learning process is continuous and improves over time as more data is added. Yet, the data remains fundamentally structured and predictable. Generative AI, on the other hand, operates by learning from vast amounts of data, which can come in the form of texts, images, music, etc. Once this learning phase is complete, it can generate new data that mimics what it has learned. #AI #EnergyRetail #Innovation #Sustainability

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Veolia invests €30 million to support the development of industrial startups in Europe to accelerate the #ecological transformation. To accelerate innovation, collaboration between strategic and financial partners is more than ever crucial to expand our capacity to access and industrialise technologies serving ecological transformation! #Veolia, along with Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale, Bpifrance, is committed to support Axeleo GreenTech Industry I Fund for this €125M first close. This fund is dedicated to supporting the first plant of industrial startups innovating in several domains such as #renewable energy, #decarbonization, sustainable materials and the #circulareconomy. 🤝 This partnership is a crucial lever to boost our GreenUp 2024-2027 strategic program, and provide our customers with the solutions best suited to their specific needs. Our strategic program focuses on accelerating #innovation around 3 major pillars that drive #ecological transformation :  #Decarbonization  #Regeneration of resources  #Depollution Congratulations to our Veolia teams that made this partnership possible and many thanks to our partner Axeleo Capital (AXC) Let’s move on together for #ecologicaltransformation ! More info 👇 👇 👇 https://lnkd.in/ejDrDRqp

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Join me at WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event 2024 - Session 231 - 30 May 14:00-14:45 - Geneva . With Eunika Mercier-Laurent, as Organizer, Gregory Gruz, Vincent Vuiblet and Anne Dourgnon we will present "Synergy Human-AI for complex problem-solving"!!!!! The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is a two-phase United Nations (UN) summit, first introduced by Tunisia in 1998. The summit aims to create an evolving multi-stakeholder platform to address issues raised by information and communication technologies (ICTs) at the national, regional, and international levels. The goal is to build a people-centric, inclusive, and development-oriented Information Society where everyone can create, access, utilize, and share information. The WSIS process has proven to be a well-established and functioning inclusive multistakeholder framework of implementation. The WSIS Forum is an annual multistakeholder event within the WSIS process. It brings together various stakeholders, including governments, civil societies, private sectors, academia, international organizations, and technical communities, to network, partner, and share insights on achieving Sustainable Development Goals through the framework of WSIS Action Lines. The forum is hosted annually by the ITU and co-organized by several UN organizations. The WSIS Forum’s process aligns with that of the SDGs. The forum’s program is collaboratively curated through crowdsourcing, promoting extensive ownership and facilitating continual improvements. The WSIS Forum in 2024, branded as WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event 2024, will take place on 27-31 May 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland, and will serve as a platform to provide multistakeholder discussions and to take stock of the achievements and key trends, challenges and opportunities since the Geneva Plan of Action in 2003 This event will mark a significant milestone of twenty years of progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, which took place in two phases — Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005. Twenty years ago WSIS set the framework for global digital cooperation with a vision to build people-centric, inclusive, and development-oriented information and knowledge societies. The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event 2024 will serve as a platform for multistakeholder discussions with the objective of taking stock of the achievements and key trends, challenges and opportunities since the Geneva Plan of Action in 2003.  The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event 2024 is scheduled to be held from 27 to 31 May 2024, co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD and co-hosted by ITU and the Swiss Confederation, with the support of remote participation. Registration : https://lnkd.in/e4SuWFs6

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CO2 map in 1 year

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They are talking about us! An article on the unique Circular Thermal ™️ Approach in the new publication of “pole energie”.

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[NEWSLETTER] Sign now if you would like to receive the latest updates and news on GoNexus! ✍ https://urlz.fr/m6sn And its outputs on efficient and #sustainable coordinated governance of the #water - #energy - #food ecosystem (WEFE) #nexus 💦💡🌱🚜 #HorizonEurope

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This morning, at the event "Multinationales et PME: Relever ensemble le défi de la durabilité," organized by the Groupement des Entreprises Multinationales (GEM) in partnership with the Fédération des Entreprises Romandes (FER), we explored how both multinational corporations and SMEs can navigate new sustainability regulations. In her keynote, Prof. Dorothee Baumann-Pauly emphasized that while compliance reporting may seem tedious, the positive socio-economic impact that corporations can generate is truly exciting. She highlighted the importance for companies not to feel overwhelmed by this avalanche of new legislation, but rather to prioritize a few salient human rights risks and make sustainability targets measurable. To achieve this, companies should train their teams in a way that makes respect for human rights a business reality in everyday practice and across all relevant functions. Dorothée Baumann-Pauly refocused the discussion on the true significance of these new regulations, emphasizing their fundamental objective, which include respecting the rights of workers and communities affected by corporate activities. She stressed the importance for companies not only to comply with these new laws but also to understand why and how they can play a crucial role in creating a positive and concrete impact in the world. https://lnkd.in/eDYfgR7A #bizhumanrights #sustainability #SMEs #Multinationals

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Last week, the Direction Générale des Entreprises organised a high-level meeting with three economic Ministers of economics affairs in Paris. Glad we were invited to join and to support Laurent Bataille in his participation to the discussion about the importance of a looking-forward industrial policy at European level with Bruno Le Maire, Robert Habeck and My take from the debate - Policies cannot be only centered to consumers but need to focus on value-creation industrial players are bringing to Europeans - There is a broad consensus among the three economies to protect strategic technologies but not yet to a broader and cross-sectoral approach - Beyond strategic technologies, it is critical to think about OEMs and/or process manufacturers. They are critical to level up the productivity rate in Europe A big thanks to Marc Jamet and Solène Meissonnier for the invitation.

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"Carbon offsetting: an ineffective and dangerous proposal" is the title of an article published by Les Echos and signed by almost 400 people, including a number of business leaders and teachers, as well as partners of Carbone 4. https://lnkd.in/ef835Fnz What is it all about? An organization called the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTI) collects and centralizes commitments made by companies to control their greenhouse gas emissions. The SBTI's board of directors recently said that carbon offsetting is something firms could add to their arsenal of reduction initiatives. "Certainly not!" say the signatories of the tribune, explaining why. To authorize "offsetting" as an action to reduce emissions is, in practice, to be kidding ourselves. Searoutes is in agreement with this sentiment, as we believe the reduction of emissions, not offsetting, is the pathway to a greener future. Visit www.searoutes.com to learn why maritime pathways should be planned at the outset to achieve the lowest emissions possible.

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⏳ One day to go until our webinar organized with ekodev! Join us tomorrow at 9 AM to delve into solutions for contributing to carbon neutrality and ecosystem preservation. We will go more into details on the following topics: 📌 How can organizations contribute to carbon neutrality? 📌 What are the steps and methodologies for taking action? 📌 What are the trends and improvements in the carbon finance market? 📌 What are the new environmental assets? To register, click here 👇 📅 https://lnkd.in/ewnA6NPF Timothée QUELLARD Jérôme Beilin Côme Falque #webinar #webinaire #carboncredits #netzero #plasticcredits #biodiversity

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