The Makers of Change

August 5, 2026

#26 - Making Price Tell the Truth, with Laurent Babikian

Laurent makes the case for the generalisation of sustainability-linked pricing.
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April 25, 2026

#25 - What Actually Moves Us, with Christian Clot

Christian Clot explains why joy, not fear, is what actually drives lasting change.
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March 26, 2026

#24 - The Architecture of Purpose

How four rules designed in 1864 explain why Crédit Mutuel now funds a forest with no return target.
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December 30, 2025

#23 - Rethinking Systemic Change, Practically

Three overlooked levers for systemic change: the circular economy, regenerative agriculture, and the quality of our relationships.
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November 23, 2025

#22 - Circular Programmed Sustainability with Christian Bruère

Christian Bruère on why sustainability is won at the drawing board, not at the recycling bin.
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October 28, 2025

#21 - Building the Future We Desire with Sarah Dubreil

Sarah Dubreil on systems thinking, regeneration, and the Three Horizons model.
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October 14, 2025

#20 - Entrepreneurship for Systemic Change

Entrepreneurship as a lever for systemic change, as politicians and consumers fall short.
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September 6, 2025

#19 - Where are the grown-ups?

A frustrated look at politicians failing to face our real emergencies, fiscal as much as climate.
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August 26, 2025

#18 - Shared optimism

A deeply personal letter after a year of silence: slowing down, dreaming, and finding renewed purpose.
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September 3, 2024

#17 - Our system's purpose

What Donella Meadows' systems thinking teaches us about the real levers of transformation.
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April 23, 2024

#16 - Old Story

The story of the Delessert family, pioneers of savings and impact investing in France.
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April 2, 2024

#15 - CSRD: The Silent Revolution

Why the CSRD is a silent revolution in corporate reporting, and a four-step guide to make the most of it.
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January 9, 2024

#14 - New Year Resolution

A record-setting, alarming 2023, and a simple New Year's resolution: let's reconnect with each other.
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December 19, 2023

#13 - Consumer's Licence

Driving requires a licence because it's dangerous; shouldn't consuming, too?
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December 7, 2023

#12 - Stumbling Governance

Global institutions built after WWII need rebuilding: cooperation requires trust and fairness.
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November 10, 2023

#11 - From sobriety to luxury

Why sobriety beats degrowth as a frame, and why real luxury, defined as what can be repaired, is an underrated lever for transition.
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September 5, 2023

#10 - The Making of a Circular Box

How rethinking a product, from raw material to end of life, points the way to a truly circular economy.
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June 27, 2023

#9 - Time to Dream?

What Rutger Bregman's Utopia for Realists teaches us about daring to dream big, from universal basic income to open borders.
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January 17, 2023

#8 - Overcoming Wired Denial

What neuroscience and psychology reveal about why we deny the sustainability crisis, and why the real solutions are found in the details of reality, not in fear.
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September 13, 2022

#7 - Why Φ 4 δ?

Why "Φ 4 δ": Phi for Finance and Philosophy, delta for change, and finance's place on the ladder from business-as-usual to impact investing.
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August 30, 2022

#6 - EU Sustainable Finance Regulation Framework

A quick overview of the EU Sustainable Finance regulations, from the Taxonomy and CSRD to SFDR, Climate Benchmarks and MIFID II, and whether individual ESG preferences are enough.
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April 13, 2022

#5 - ESG as a Duty

Sustainable investments won't automatically build a sustainable world -- only a double materiality lens, applied as a duty rather than a marketing overlay, can get us there.
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March 29, 2022

#4 - What Ideal for Sustainable Finance

As ESG grows ever more technical, a case for returning to governance, ethics, and one simple question: what is your ideal?
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March 15, 2022

#3 - ESG at War

As Russia invaded Ukraine and the IPCC published its starkest report yet, a case for finally letting political and climate urgency meet.
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February 15, 2022

#2 - The missing dimension of Impact

Why financial risk and impact uncertainty are two distinct dimensions that need to be looked at separately.
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December 14, 2021

#1 - To regulate or not to regulate ESG?

The very first issue: why twenty years of voluntary sustainable investing haven't been enough, and why regulation is needed.
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