EIB & Aquitaine Region commit €800m for sustainable development

22 November 2012, the commitment of €800m for education, sustainable development and renewable energy was announced by the Aquitaine Region and the European Investment Bank (EIB), following a signing ceremony held at the Aquitaine Regional Council presided over by Alain Rousset, President of the Aquitaine Regional Council, and Philippe de Fontaine Vive, EIB Vice-President.

Big business in France asked to pay more taxes to help the country

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Several of the largest fortunes and major employers in France, including the billionaire heir to L’Oreal, Liliane Bettencourt, and CEOs of multinational such as Veolia, Danone, Societe Generale and Total have signed a proposal requesting the Government to establish an “outstanding contribution” levied on higher incomes and thus collaborate in the “solidarity esfuezo” necessary to support the economic future of Gallic country.

“We, presidents and corporate executives, men and women in business, financial, professional or rich, ask the establishment of a special tax that will affect most favored French taxpayers,”

Oceans: The new frontier of human activity

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The outcome of a longstanding cooperation between the The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) of Delhi and two French institutions, the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) and the French Development Agency (AFD), the 2011 issue of the annual work on sustainable development, A Planet for Life, is being officially released during the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit .

Private Social Investment in France: Meeting Two Goals

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Social investing is en vogue. As the investment landscape evolves, investors are looking increasingly toward non-conventional assets that satisfy a more complicated objective: earning returns while promoting positive social impact. Motivated by a desire to help those in need, contributors who want to see their funds used in a sustainable and accountable way have found that private social investing meets both these goals.

SUSI Partners Completes First Closing of Sustainable Investment Fund

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SUSI Partners AG completed the first closing of its SUSI Sustainable Euro Fund I for EUR 15 million.

This initial amount will allow the fund to finance European solar and wind projects totaling approximately EUR 75 million, the group said.


Tobias Reichmuth, CEO of SUSI Partners AG said he anticipates a second closing for March 2011 around EUR 40 million before our final closing December 2011, targeting EUR 100 million.

“This is a very noteworthy achievement for our fund--especially considering the difficult fund raising environment. We successfully reach our first closing after a mere four months of issuing, testifying investor confidence in our investment approach."

Sport and sustainable development

The French Federation of Basketball, in accordance with the wish of its President Yvan Mainini, has signed the “sport and sustainable development” charter. This policy stems from the regional charter named “Agenda 21” and is in keeping with the “sport and sustainable development” charter of the French Olympic Committee
Its first action consists in integrating sustainable development in the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship for Women.