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Bruno Bouygues and Bertrand Badre

Bruno Bouygues is CEO of GYS, an industrial group specializing in welding equipment, battery chargers and automotive body repair systems, with operations in 132 countries.

Bertrand Badre, a former managing director and CFO of the World Bank, is Chair of the Project Syndicate Advisory Board, Founder and Managing Partner of Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital, and the author of “Can Finance Save the World?” (Berrett-Koehler, 2018).

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Sustainable economies will own the future

Environmental and climate concerns appear to be in retreat worldwide. The word sustainability has become politically charged, the Trump administration openly mocks corporate ESG (environmental, social, governance) criteria and many companies are shelving their net-zero emissions pledges.

May 22, 2026