Taken together, the rise of sustainable finance and regulations of non-financial reporting promote the development of sustainable activities by businesses and have an impact on their strategic choices. This applies to the mobility sector in particular. How does sustainable finance impact corporate strategies? Léa Dunand-Chatellet: Sustainable finance covers a range of key topics such as renewable energies, energy How can investors make their choices and navigate the efficiency, mobility and disruptive technologies. It encourages vast number of green funds on offer? businesses to set out their visions for the long term L.D-C.: Quality of reporting is key, it needs to be concise, and to adapt their strategies to align with technological, precise and transparent. It must show what has been environmental and societal changes. Sustainable finance accomplished, and be backed by quantified targets and is also on the rise against a background of ever more short-term milestones. Very often you find there is too much stringent industrial and financial regulations. information and deadlines that are too far in the future. This David Meneses: These are all topics central to Plastic prevents investors from taking properly informed decisions. Omnium’s DNA. As early as 1947, Pierre Burelle sketched a car where he had identified all the parts that could be How does sustainable finance help to stimulate replaced with plastic to make vehicles lighter and more innovation? aerodynamic, cutting their fuel consumption as a result. D.M.: The accuracy of our non-financial reporting allows With an unwavering commitment to sustainability at the us to keep investors fully informed, and to fine-tune our heart of its business model, Plastic Omnium is transforming actions in great detail. Take, for example, our carbon itself and transforming mobility. This responsible approach neutrality roadmap that sets targets and lists the expected meets the requirements of sustainable finance and is contributions from each source in 2025, 2030 and 2050. implemented in close collaboration with our stakeholders, This aligns with the 1.5°C pathway and our actions have such as the investors that support the Group in its growth been recognized by various ratings agencies. In 2022, we strategy, or its employees who work tirelessly every day to were granted Platinum status by EcoVadis with a score of invent forms of mobility that are more sustainable. 80/100, and our climate strategy was given an A- rating by the CDP. Lastly, we take part in a number of roadshows to What events impacted the world of sustainable finance maintain a regular dialogue with investors. in 2022? L.D-C.: Regulations, such as the European Taxonomy Which criteria are examined most closely in terms of requiring businesses to determine the sustainability of responsible investment? their activities, and the geopolitical crises that marked the L.D-C.: Labor relations, management quality, supply chain year were game-changers. They accelerated the speed of and transparent accounting are all non-negotiables. the energy transitionand increased the level of alignment Nowadays you can add tax coherence and cybersecurity, between the corporate and sustainable finance worlds. which has become crucial, to that list. Plastic Omnium is D.M.: In 2022, Plastic Omnium continued to roll out well positioned, as illustrated by its good labor relations its carbon neutrality roadmap, signing power purchase and a style of management characterized by its continuity contracts and producing renewables at our sites, and strategic vision. investing in hydrogen, developing new activities centering D.M.: Merging our human resources and sustainability on more sustainable forms of mobility, etc. Working with departments shows just how much we care about our a third party, we also drafted a sustainable financing stakeholders and their environment. Going forward, we dossier to emphasize the eligibility of our activities. We are using carbon footprint as a criteria when selecting our also publish our taxonomy indicators and are constantly suppliers. We support them so that we can improve our acting to further improve our performance. footprint across our entire value chain. *DNCA FINANCE, A SUBSIDIARY OF NATIXIS INVESTMENT MANAGERS, IS A RESPONSIBLE, ACTIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY WHOSE ANALYSES INCLUDE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS 45