2015 Activity and Sustainable Development Report5

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PROMOTING A BETTER ENERGY FUTURE

students from Sciences Po and other universities around the world. This initiative led to the elaboration of innovative and inspiring negotiation strategies before the Climate Change Conference of December. More specifically, Rexel contributed to this program by training students in climate change and energy efficiency issues. Other program formats, conferences and interaction helped build rewarding contacts. Furthermore, Rexel took part at the Business & Climate Summit that was held at UNESCO HQ in

this working group focuses on promoting the strength of a multi-player approach to climate change issues, cooperation with public authorities and energy impact assessment. To accompany future leaders, Rexel also took part in the initiative launched by Sciences Po Paris Climat 2015: Make it Work : an educational and research program supported by Laurence Tubiana, the French ambassador to COP21, consisting in a mock conference of the international climate change negotiations involving

May 2015, a key meeting organized six months ahead of COP21. Rexel also participated in several initiatives launched by the WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development, which brings together 190 international companies) on the topic of energy efficiency in buildings. At the COP21 in Paris, Rexel participated in a roundtable discussion and insisted on the importance of energy retrofit in buildings as a means of fighting climate change. These events and initiatives made it possible to explore practical solutions

9 3 %

ARE NOW MORE AWARE OF THE

SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE THEIR IMPACT ON CLIMATE

(IFOP opinion poll for Solutions COP21)