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![Mathilde Dufour](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/2022-01/DUFOUR%20Mathilde%20010.jpg?itok=HaiTveF1)
Mathilde Dufour, Head of Sustainability Research for listed assets, will take over responsibility for the entire sustainability research team on 1 February 2022. She succeeds Ladislas Smia, Head of Research since 2020, who is leaving Mirova after having contributed to its development for 11 years.
![Corporate Newsletter Q4 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/2022-01/visuel-raport-rse.jpg?itok=dML4gV3z)
Investing in Sustainability? Yes but how Learn about what happened at Mirova during Q4 2021.
![Get on board for more impact in 2022 !](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/2022-01/Annotation%202022-01-04%20174807.png?itok=gQty2kjQ)
Video review of another successful year for Mirova, despite an uncertain global economic environment. Thank you to our great teams for their unwavering commitment, and to our partners & clients for their confidence in our vision and expertise!
![Orange teams up with Mirova and IUCN to deploy the Orange Nature fund](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/2021-12/mirova-iucn-orange-nature-fund_by-isabella-juskova.jpg?itok=WMxUxVTy)
Orange is taking a new step in its "Net Zero Carbon" environmental strategy in 2040 with the creation of Orange Nature1, a fund endowed with 50 million euros to develop restoration and conservation projects for natural ecosystems.
![What happened at COP26? Mirova’s summary](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/2021-12/cop26-CC-COP26_BY-NC-ND_2.0.jpg?h=3461e001&itok=CTTSazMZ)
From 31 October to 12 November 2021, the long awaited COP26 was held in Glasgow under the sign of a recently emerged and highly promising notion: “Net Zero”. Although the commitments made during the negotiations between States did not live up to expectations, many announcements were nonetheless to be welcomed, as were the numerous commitments made by the private sector.
![The L’Oréal Fund for Nature Regeneration supports rewilding in the UK and in Europe: when corporate helps develop innovative natural capital investing models](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/2021-10/%C2%A9born-bred-creative.jpg?h=a67a1b8d&itok=JG5qT4zx)
On October 29, 2021, the L’Oréal Fund for Nature Regeneration1 announced its support to in The Real Wild Estates Company, the UK’s first ecosystem and species restoration business with sustainable financial returns. This innovative model is expected to unlock private capital to accelerate rewilding in the UK and, ultimately, across Europe. L’Oréal’s impact investment strategy is operated by Mirova’s natural capital platform. A pioneering impact-investing company, Mirova gets involved in the seed phase to catalyse innovative and scalable Nature-Based Solutions2, creating value from carbon credits and payments for ecosystem services.
![Mirova brand recognised again by RIBI™ 2021 study](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/2021-10/Mirova-Responsible-Investment-Index-2021_marc-schulte.jpg?h=3faaed5a&itok=ZV-GK7tj)
Mirova is one of only five companies that has consistently ranked in the H&K Responsible Investment Brand Index (RIBI™) Global Top 10 every year for the past four years. The RIBI™ has been developed to identify asset management companies that act as responsible investors and commit to sustainability by placing this concept at the heart of their identity and image: in their brand.
![Hervé Guez shared his vision on the future of equity markets over the next ten years during a plenary session on 19 October.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/2019-11/GUEZ%20Herve%E2%95%A0%C3%BC%20109.jpg?h=a6b689c3&itok=G6H9DkOi)
From 18 to 21 October 2021, the PRI Digital Conference was organised by the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), with the support of Natixis Investment Managers. Hervé Guez, Mirova's Head of Equity, Fixed Income and Social Impact Investing, was honoured to be invited to share his vision on the future of equity markets over the next ten years during a plenary session on 19 October.