MRC aims for 3 objectives:
- To fund academic research, by offering substantial financial support for studies on innovative and high-impact topics often underrepresented in the current literature.
- To help develop expertise and tools in sustainable finance for researchers and practitioners.
- To facilitate the dissemination of research results that bridges the gap between academic findings and practical applications in the financial industry.
Strategic partnerships
- Type of Partnership : Strategic
- Research Area: Impact
- Funding: Mirova Research Center budget
- Duration: 4 years.
MRC is participating in the creation of the impact investing chair at ENSAE Paris, aimed at adressing the topic of measuring the impact of investment strategies in listed assets through both theoretical and empirical analysis. This partnership has already resulted in a paper, "The Biodiversity Premium", quantifying biodiversity in the context of asset evaluation.
- Type of partnership: Strategic
- Research Area: Impact
- Funding: Mirova Research Center budget
- Duration : 4 years.
MRC is working with the Sustainable Investment Research Initiative (SIRI) at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affaires (SIPA) to create a research initiative aimed at adressing the rise of private financing to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs through both theoretical and empirical analysis, as well as creating a dialogue space among various stakeholders. Two papers have been produced as part of this partnerships: "Biodiversity Finance" and "Blended Finance."
Other partnerships
- Type of Partnership : Standard
- Research Area: Impact
- Funding: Mirova Research Center budget
- Duration : 3 years.
A CIFRE thesis is being conducted at the CRG-i3 laboratory (Ecole Polytechnique) and at MRC, aiming to develop indicators to address social impact and just transition issues, thereby strenghtening Mirova's investment strategies.
- Type of Partnership : Standard
- Research Area: Impact
- Funding: Mirova Research Center budget
- Duration : 3 years.
MRC collaborates with the DEEP Transitions Lab at Utrecht University to create metrics to assess the transformative dimension of investments and their systemic impact, with the goal of promoting systemic change towards a more sustainable future.
- Type of Partnership : Standard
- Research Area: Indicators
- Funding: Impact mechanisms
- Durée : 3 years.
This partnership aims to strenghten the role of scientific research in reconciling the objectives of renewable energy development and biodiversity preservation.
Resources
Biodiversity and onshore wind energy
Biodiversity and offhore wind energy
- Type of Partnership : Standard
- Research Area: Indicators
- Funding: Impact mechanisms
- Durée : 4years.
This research program, created in 2008 by the MTECT in coordination with Ademe, is part of the first national strategy for biodiversity. This partnership with ITTECOP contributes to fostering strong reflection on the integration of ecosystem and landscape issues during the planning and implementation of infrastrucutre projects.
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