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Demeter will be present at Pollutec 2018 in Lyon, at the Eurexpo convention centre.

Pollutec will be celebrating its 40^th anniversary in 2018; step by step, the trade show has established itself as a true showcase of all the equipment, technologies and services for the environment and energy.

It is a springboard for market innovations and a crossroads for international development opportunities to connect all those with a stake in the industry.

For more infirmation, please visit Pollutec’s website: https://www.pollutec.com/en/Home/

Philippe Detours and Jérôme Petitjean represented Demeter at the Electric Days organized by EDF from 9 to 11 October at la Villette. This was the opportunity to attend the press conference of Jean-Bernard Levy (CEO of EDF) announcing EDF’s European ambitions in electric mobility and the creation of a dedicated business unit within the group “EDF mobilité électrique”.

During the press conference, Jean-Bernard Levy also announced the joint success of Sodetrel, a subsidiary of EDF, and the Fonds de Modernisation Ecologique des Transports (FMET) managed by Demeter to work in conjunction with Métropole de Lyon to install over 600 new charging points for electric vehicles across the territory of the metropole by 2020. A dedicated company will be set up to install and manage this network of charging stations. FMET will be the majority shareholder of that new company.

Below a Youtube link to the joint interview given by Juliette Antoine-Simon (Managing Director Sodetrel) and Philippe Detours (General Partner Demeter) and the complete press release.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_0mcZva97I

The fund Fonds de Modernisation Ecologique des Transports (FMET) managed by Demeter is one of the financial partners alongside Renault for the “Advanced Battery Storage” project, the largest stationary storage system for energy from EV batteries in Europe.

For further information please follow the link: https://media.group.renault.com/global/fr-fr/groupe-renault/media/pressreleases/21216357/le-groupe-renault-lance-advanced-battery-storage-le-plus-grand-dispositif-de-stockage-stationnaire-d?utm_campaign=rss_press%20releases%20and%20press%20kits&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=media.renault.com

Philippe Detours attended the AVEM electro-mobility days on 20^th and 21^st September in Cagnes-sur-Mer. A good opportunity to get an update on electro-mobility, technical innovations, business models of the various segments of the electric charging infrastructure market, the impact of electro-mobility on cities and territories.

Many subjects of interest to Demeter, and more specifically for its Fonds de Modernisation Ecologique des Transports currently involved as an investor into 2 consortia bidding for the procurement of electric vehicle charging stations for two major cities in France.

Sophie Paturle-Guesnerot represented Demeter at the unveiling of the Yris Concept (Technology showcase of the smart house with positive energy), launched by Maisons France Confort Group with 15 industrial partners, among them: Invicta, European leader in wood heating (Demeter is one of the shareholders).

This unprecedented and very innovative project, the Yris Concept, enjoyed great success and the Invicta stove, at the center of the drawing room, occupies a prominent place, with a very appreciated design.

More than 200 people travelled to Alençon, where Maisons France Confort are headquartered, for the event. All the industrial partners, EDF, Atlantic, Saint-Gobain, but also representatives of public authorities and local officials, homebuilding professionals, financial etc. were welcomed by the chairman of Maisons France Confort Group, Mr. Patrick Vandromme.

Several hundred professionals from the ecological transition sector gathered on Friday, September 14th at the City Hall to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Green Universe and the 5th years of Finergreen.

Demeter’s team, very represented, came as friend, like many pioneers of the ecological transition present at this lunch under the sign of solar energy.

Sophie Paturle Guesnerot partipates in a TV set organised for the 15th Anniversary of Actu-Environnement, and addressing the topic: “Politics, business, media: has the environment made its way?”

The round table gathers David Ascher, director of publications for Actu-Environnement, Corinne Lepage (former Minister for Environment), Isabelle Veyrat-Masson, Sophie Paturle-Guesnerot.

To watch the TV show, please click on the below:

https://www.actu-environnement.com/ae/news/plateau-tv-anniversaire-15-ans-cogiterra-politique-business-media-31955.php4

DEMETER is proud to contribute to the Convergences World Forum, the first platform for thought, advocacy and mobilization in Europe to promote sustainable development.

The 11th edition of the Convergences World Forum took place on Monday, 3 and Tuesday, 4 September 2018 at Palais Brongniart in Paris. More than 5,000 attendees and speakers from the business, solidarity, government, academic and media gathered to share ideas and build solutions around the theme “Make Society, Make Tomorrow”.

DEMETER contributes to the Convergences World Forum.

With our expertise and involvement in the energy and ecological transition we share a common approach with Convergences, so we decided to commit this year to their event as a co-organizer of the conference “Financing innovation to accelerate environmental transition in cities and regions”.

Conference « Financing innovation to accelerate environmental transition in cities and regions » co-organized by Demeter on Tuesday, 4 September, 16h-17h30 with:

(from left to right)

Stéphanie Chrétien, Partner – Demeter Paris Fonds Vert
Myriam Maestroni, Founder & CEO – Economie d’Energie
Célia Blauel, Deputy Major – Mairie de Paris
Felipe Gordillo, ESG Analyst – BNP Paribas Asset Management
Moderator : Juliette Decq, Carbone 4

Find out more about Convergences: http://www.convergences.org/en

On September 10, Vanessa Favier-Klak represented Demeter at the evening organized by the Foundation Energies pour le Monde (Energy for the World), on the occasion of the installation of its new Board of Directors chaired by Jean-Louis Borloo. This Foundation, created in 1990 by Alain Liébard, promotes access to electricity in rural areas, mainly in Africa, Madagascar and South-East Asia.

Demeter supported a project “Energy Solidarity Senegal” aimed at electrification for economic, domestic and social users of 8 villages in Ouonck.

Jean-Louis Borloo urged the participants to promote the work of the foundation. “We do not want you to represent your organizations and companies in the Foundation. We ask you to represent the Foundation within your companies”. He recalled that one million men and women have had access to electricity thanks to the Foundation’s action over the last 25 years, but that more than a billion are still deprived of it.

You can support the Foundation : http://www.fondem.ong/