Your competitors may not be around in 20y.What about you?

Because ESG is a question of survival, risk management and competitive advantage before being a regulatory constraint, we support businesses in managing and accelerating their ecological and social transition.

They trust us

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Consulting & Engineering

ESG Strategy


With the board, the executive committee and the ESG team, we:

  • Analyse the business and craft the double materiality matrix
  • Define an ESG strategy targeting a competitive advantage and increased resilience
  • Perform CSRD gap analysis
  • Build the ESG roadmap
  • Identify relevant indicators and reporting tools

*CSRD: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

Minimize your impact


With the executive committee and the project team:

  • Perform the Green House Gases emissions footprint assessment
  • Define the reduction trajectory and relevant indicators
  • Implement data collection tools
  • Analyse the business model and identify potential shifts to increase contribution towards net zero

Improve your resilience


With the executive committee and critical processes owners:

  • Assess your current exposition to climate change
  • Identify future climate risks and the potential impact to your business
  • Craft an adaptation roadmap

We tested the OGRE and En‑ROADS workshops, I highly recommend!Whether you are a beginner or advanced in climate issues, these workshops put in place the orders of magnitude and priority levers for action.We learned a lot of very concrete things that were useful for supporting our clients afterwards, and it was a great team-building experience.Thank you to Samuel and Gregory for all the pedagogy and fun!

Isabelle ALBERTALLI Climate Bank Director, BPI

*BPI stands for French Public Investment Bank

Change management

Because people must remain at the centre of the project

Organizational coaching

Implement change

Accelerating the ecological and social transition, like any change, requires placing people at the center. We support the organization on different levels:

  • Coach the leader and the leadership team
  • Revisit the governance and decision-making processes
  • Identify competency gaps and train the teams

All our coaching sessions are delivered by certified professional coaches.

Educational simulations

Awareness raising and training

Stakeholders have to understand and experience before acting, we offer simulations and awareness raising programs tailored to the needs of your organisation (board of directors, managers, employees, ...) to address the key themes of the European taxonomy and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD):

  • Climate
  • Pollution
  • Water and aquatic resources
  • Biodiversity & ecosystems
  • Use of resources and circular economy
  • Causes and Consequences of Climate Change
  • Links between Climate, Decarbonation & Energy
Our specific simulations
OGRE

Proprietary workshop

Understanding the challenges of the energy transition in France

Our use of energy is responsible for 75% of global CO2 emissions. In France, about 70% of energy comes from fossil fuels (82% globally). The workshop provides an understanding of the challenges of the energy transition in France, at the individual and collective level (individual consumption, low-carbon production, cost of the transition, critical materials, CO2 emissions).

Deployment: 2-4h

up to 500 participants/session

En‑ROADS

Understanding the challenges of decarbonization

The commitments made by nations to date put us on a global warming trajectory of 3.2°C by the end of the century. En‑ROADS, developed by the MIT, is a role-play and negotiation game that allows you to understand the levers of decarbonization and their impacts at a global level.

Deployment: 2-4h

up to 54 participants/session

The Energy Fresk

Introducing teams to energy matters

The Energy Fresk is a modular workshop leveraging collective intelligence, accessible to all, allowing participants to approach the fundamentals of the contemporary energy system, in a fun and self-learning way.

Deployment: 1-3h

4-8 participants/session

AdACC

Understanding and adapting to climate change

Climate change is happening. Its impacts are becoming more widespread and intensifying. The Climate Change Adaptation Workshops provide the keys to collectively making the best possible choices and avoiding pitfalls of maladaptation.

Deployment: 3h30

6-12 participants/session

We also facilitate the climate fresk and many other simulations (biodiversity fresk, water fresk, 2tonnes,…) depending on the needs of the organisation.

Our brand

Refound accelerates the ecological and social transition of companies with a strategic, operational and human centered approach

Scientific Expertise

  • 15 years of research and teaching on climate and energy subject matters
  • A proprietary simulation tool recommended by The Shift Project and Negawatt, 2 of the most influential bodies in France on climate change and energy
  • Access to an expanded network of experts on the 6 environmental pillars of the European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
  • Certified staff for carbon assessments and climate change adaptation plans

Operational Experience

  • 20 years of experience in the industry
  • P&L management
  • Successful experience in leading a business through to low-carbon models

Change Management

  • Operational experience in leading and delivering major changes (strategic redirection, growth, restructuring, cultural change...)
  • Advisory missions to management teams during critical changes as board chairman/member, consultant and/or coach)

A team of experts

Grégory KOTNAROVSKY

Chairman

Strategy

Technical expertise

Training

Training

Dual PhD in engineering sciences & economy

+15 YEARS OF ENERGY-CLIMATE EXPERIENCE

With a multidisciplinary background, Grégory began his career as an engineer at EDF.

Author of scientific articles and chair professor for 10 years, head of Energy Transition at École des Mines de Nancy, creator of the OGRE© serious game, co-creator of the energy fresk, trainer and facilitator of the climate fresk and speaker.

He is also a certified auditor for Carbon footprint assessment and certified as OCARA auditor (Adapatation to climate change).

Samuel ROCHER

General Manager

Strategy

Business

Partnership

Training

MSc, INSEAD MBA, certified professional coach

+20 YEARS OF OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE

After a career in the energy sector, including 8 years as CEO of a subsidiary of a large corporation (Technip), during which he defined and implemented the roadmap for the ecological redirection of the business, Samuel now puts his strategic vision, his experience as a P&L owner and his coaching skills at the service of organizations wishing to accelerate their transition.

Samuel also acts as board chairman for the French Public Investment Bank (BPI) and is an active member of the Convention des Entreprises pour le Climat, an influential group of leaders in France looking at accelerating the transition of the economic world.

Thomas CATELAND

Head of Consulting

Engineering

Technical expertise

Management

Training

Msc of INSA Engineering school, with major in Energy and Environmental Engineering

+10 YEARS OF ENERGY-CLIMATE EXPERIENCE

Specialized in energy and the environment, Thomas has acquired a solid experience in the construction sector in France. He then moved to China in the railway sector, where he worked as an engineer and before becoming R&D manager.

Based in Germany, he has chosen to devote himself to raising awareness on energy and climate issues through workshops such as OGRE, 2tonnes and En‑ROADS, while supporting the transformation of companies towards a more sustainable future. Thomas is also a certified auditor for Carbon footprint assessments.

Baptiste STUDER

Head of Digital Product

Informatique

Produit

Design

Training

Ecole Polytechnique, Berkeley, ENSTA ParisTech

+8 YEARS OF IT EXPERIENCE

With his many professional experiences in web development and after being selected in the Entrepreneur First program where he launched his company in fractional real estate, Baptiste specialized in energy transition topics.

In addition to his IT development skills, Baptiste sits to the board of directors of the Shifters du Grand Paris and is facilitating OGRE workshops.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

Lao Tzu