Thu 09/04/2020 - 12:00 One million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction. This decline in biodiversity is unprecedented in human history. How can companies play their part in addressing the challenge of preserving species, and better consider their impact on biodiversity? The CSR Platform has identified good practices that could be generalized.

Mon 21/03/2016 - 12:00 The capacity of young, productive and innovative American firms to grow rapidly and undergo fast renewal is one of the explanations behind the productivity and competitiveness gap between Europe and the US (Sode, 2016). As Cincera and Veugelers (2010) put it, Europe suffers from a shortage of “yollies”, or young leading innovators: i.e. the firms that make the productive fabric of the economy dynamic. In effect, a mere 19% of the large firms most active in R&D in France and Europe in 2007 were founded after 1979, whereas in the US the figure is 44%.

This note summarizes key findings from data on the use of business support mechanisms during the first phase of the health crisis. As part of the committee's work, this data was collected from different administrations and centralised in a single database.