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Céline Puff Ardichvili is a communication professional and entrepreneur. She pressed “pause” when she went back to school to integrate the issues of sustainable development into her communications work. She wanted to better understand the mechanisms of sustainable development in order to act.

As a managing partner in the Look Sharp agency, she and her team work to give visibility to the actors of change. She is also the co-author of a book published by Dunod: l’Entreprise Contributive, conciliating business and planetary limits.

Emilie has over 20 years of experience in ESG and sustainable finance, working for global CSR rating agencies. Emilie is Vice-president in charge of Corporate Development at EcoVadis. Before that, she was Head of Methodologies for Moody’s ESG Solutions, where she oversaw the development of methodologies supporting ESG solutions for investors in ESG assessments, ESG regulations (taxonomies, SFDR), international frameworks (SDGs, climate solutions). Previously Executive Director of Vigeo Eris, Emilie contributed to the development of the global research teams as well as the development of the sustainable finance activities (green, social, sustainable bonds & loans). Throughout her career, Emilie has advocated for the development of transparent and robust approaches to ESG assessments of companies. She has promoted these values by participating in several initiatives in the sustainable finance market (board of directors of the Institute for Sustainable Finance, advisory board of the Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network, EFRAG project working group on non-financial risk and opportunity reporting and the link with the business model). She is also a member of the Climate and Sustainable Finance Commission at the AMF.

Emmanuelle is both a mapmaker and a traveler of the regenerative transition. She co-founded Seedlings (coaching and consultancy) to help business leaders develop and strengthen their regenerative leadership skills so that they can thrive at bringing positive impact at scale.

From developing the environmental impact assessment capabilities at Veolia (2000-2012) to leading Quantis, a multinational sustainability consultancy (2012-2020), Emmanuelle has a proven track record of shaping better ways of doing business and helping leaders and their teams do so.

Emmanuelle’s background is steeped in environmental science and she enjoys translating data and concepts into meaningful and actionable business insights. She is French and has lived in 7 different countries spanning 5 continents. She speaks both English and French and thrives in multi-cultural environments. Emmanuelle works well with highly committed leaders and creative teams. She also cares deeply for more humanity and empathy in the business world.

You can read more about who Emmanuelle is, what she does, and what inspires her at www.emmannuelleaoustin.com

Julie Raynaud is a sustainable finance professional with over 10 years’ experience. She collaborates with a range of organizations as an independent advisor and researcher. Recent work includes the publication of “The Alignment Cookbook: A Technical Review of Methodologies Assessing a Portfolio’s Alignment with Low-Carbon Trajectories or Temperature Goals ”, together with the Institut Louis Bachelier, the French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, WWF France and I4CE.

Prior to this, she was in charge of climate change and natural capital research as Kepler Cheuvreux, where she published several reports, including but not limited to “The Carbon Compass” and “Bigger than Carbon: adopting a systemic view”. As a senior research analyst at Trucost, she led a portfolio of work on natural capital and biodiversity, including but not limited to the UNEP-PDP Valuing Plastics report.

She acts is scientific advisor to several initiatives, including the Euronext Low Carbon 100 index and the AXA/ BNPP AM/ Mirova/ Sycomore work on biodiversity, is a professional expert fellow of the Institut Louis Bachelier. She holds a Bachelor degree in International Development Studies from McGill University and a MSC Management from Imperial College London.

Rodolphe has close to 25 years of experience in the field of investment and sustainable finance. Independent consultant in Switzerland, particularly within ESG4Boards and Re-Manufacture, he previously co-founded and led Beyond Ratings, the first credit rating agency to integrate sustainability factors into its analysis of sovereigns in a systematic and transparent manner.

He previously served on the UN PRI Fixed Income Advisory Committee and the Luxflag Responsible Label Eligibility Committee. He has carried out several missions as an independent expert for the Principles for Responsible Investment, the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. He also has a diverse and committed background which has led him to work at ADEME, AFD Agence Française de Développement, Carbone 4, Qontigo, Clarity AI and Swiss Re.

Holder of a Master degree in philosophy, graduated from IEP Paris, former student of ENA* (1982), former Climate Advisor of the Caisse des Dépôts Group, founder and former president of the Institute for Climate Economics, I4CE, co-founder of Finance For Tomorrow. former member of Caisse des Dépôts’ exec. committee, co-founder of CDC Climat, Pierre Ducret is currently Director of the Palladio Institute and member of the supervisory board of Ethifinance and other unlisted companies.

* National School of Administration

Executive, investor and portfolio manager, specialist in energy and ecological transition. Operational management experience in environmental services and then in the financing of green innovation and ecological transition.