INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Let's discover together how financing innovations in renewable energies can be made possible!

The teams at BRIDGE, our infrastructure debt investment platform, are playing a crucial role in accelerating the energy transition by supporting innovative green energy projects.

This pivotal role is reflected in their support for the largest energy storage unit in continental Europe, based in Deux-Acren, Belgium.

Edmond de Rothschild Heritage brings the lifestyle activities of the Group together with the aim of preserving and expanding the family’s long-standing heritage.

Each of its domains, from vineyards and farms to restaurants and hotels, offers once-in-a-lifetime experiences. They are most known for combining tradition and modernity, under the umbrella of excellence.

Over the course of its history, the Ferme des 30 Arpents has become a truly innovative project, with the goal of producing the world's only Brie de Meaux Fermier AOP made entirely from the estate's own resources.

Between the first COP in Berlin in 1995 and the COP28 in Dubai in late 2023, the environmental transition has gathered pace. Although much work still needs to be done, new dynamics are at work in order to achieve the ambitious climate goals.

The transition to a more sustainable economy has prompted a far-reaching transformation of industries, particularly in terms of energy, as well as a change in the investment professions. In this context, the advent of renewable energy and green technologies has been accompanied by numerous value-creating innovations.

It has also given rise to the principles of financial sustainability, which a growing number of players subscribe to. Despite this, there is a struggle to contain greenhouse gas production. So how can we benefit from the opportunities offered by the supply chain around the environmental transition? From hurdle to catalyst, we look at the state of play.

Since 2017 we have been implementing an innovative insetting programme to be able to manage CO2 emissions at the heart of our value chain. The project had to be able to both support local communities in their social economic needs and also take part in protecting the environment.

We therefore chose to support the Nicafrance foundation, a partner in our former Moringa private equity strategy, which is helping to reforest isolated rural areas in Nicaragua in order to help small-scale coffee growers. The programme provides technical assistance in agroforestry for small-scale coffee growers.

Since the programme began :
~50,000 fruit and precious wood trees planted over 127 hectares
109 small farms have benefited from the programme
14,000 tonnes of CO2 eq. captured