Fimalac

Created in 1991 by Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière, FIMALAC is an international financial group that encompasses the FITCH GROUP, whose main subsidiaries are FITCH RATINGS, the third biggest rating agency worldwide, and ALGORITHMICS, specialised in financial risk management.

During the 2007/2008 financial year, the FITCH GROUP, present in over 50 countries, recorded a turnover of 586.90 M€ and employed over 3 000 people.

Through its foundation, Culture & Diversité, the FIMALAC patronizes and sponsors sponsors urban-centered activities and programs dedicated to social cohesion and the development and spread of French culture.

Financière Pinault

Fondation Bettencourt Schueller

For twenty years, the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation fosters and supports projects strictly selected. The foundation works in three main fields: French and European research in natural sciences (helping searchers and teachers); cultural activities (arts and crafts and choir); social and humanitarian activities (fight against HIV, protecting and teaching children in needs, supporting housing program and rehabilitation).

GDF SUEZ

One of the world’s leading energy providers, GDF SUEZ is active across the entire energy value chain, in energy, electricity, and natural gas, upstream and downstream. Located on five continents, the Group employs 200,000 people and in 2008 achieved revenues of €83.1 billion.
The Group develops its businesses around a responsible-growth model, taking up the great challenges – responding to energy needs, ensuring the security of supply, combating climate change and maximizing the use of resources. It supports philanthropic inititiatives in the following essential areas: social responsibility, culture, and sustainable development through the protection and enhancement of the environment.

Lazard Frères

LAZARD, one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, operates from 41 cities across 24 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America. With origins dating back to 1848, the firm provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and capital raising, as well as asset management services to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments, and individuals. For more information on Lazard, please visit www.lazard.com.

Orange

Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators. At the end of 2008, France Telecom had a customer base of more than 182 million customers in 30 countries. Orange is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband Internet services in Europe and, under the brand Orange Business Services, is one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.

To meet customer expectations, the Group strives to provide products and services that are simple and user-friendly, while maintaining a sustainable and responsible business model that can be adapted to the requirements of a fast-paced and changing eco-system.

Sanofi-Aventis

Schneider Electric

As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in energy and infrastructure, industrial processes, building automation, and data centres/networks, as well as a broad presence in residential applications. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, and efficient, the company’s 114,000 employees achieved sales of more than 18.3 billion euros in 2008, through an active commitment to help individuals and organisations “Make the most of their energy”.
www.schneider-electric.com

Veolia Environnement

Veolia Environnement is world leader in environmental services. With more than 300,000 employees the company has operations all around the world and provides tailored solutions to meet the needs of municipal and industrial customers in four complementary segments: water management, waste management, energy management and freight and passenger transportation. Veolia Environnement recorded revenue of €32.6 billion in 2007. www.veolia.com

Fondation Pierre Fabre

The Fondation Pierre Fabre’s objective is to improve the access to basic medication for people from developing countries. The Fondation Pierre Fabre is a non-profit organization, operates independently and is strictly dedicated to humanitarian causes.

African Development Bank

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s mission is to help reduce poverty, improve living conditions for Africans and mobilize resources for the continent’s economic and social development. With this objective in mind, the institution aims at assisting African countries – individually and collectively - in their efforts to achieve sustainable economic development and social progress. Combating poverty is at the heart of the continent’s efforts to attain sustainable economic growth. To this end, the Bank seeks to stimulate and mobilize internal and external resources to promote investments as well as provide its regional member countries with technical and financial assistance.

Le Tropical Forest Trust

The Tropical Forest Trust is a non-profit organization founded in 1999 for the purpose of fighting climate change and the relentless trend towards uniformity that is sweeping the world’s cultures by working to preserve tropical forests.
Thanks to partnerships with companies in the lumber industry, the TFT steers forest logging companies and the communities living in the areas being logged towards sustainable management of forest resources. Backed by a 60-person team comprising forest engineers and agronomists, anthropologists, biologists and other experts, the TFT is present in Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Gabon, Cameroon, the Congo, and Brazil.

L’Institut Ricci de Taipei

The Taipei Ricci Insitute was created in 1996. Its objective is to contribute to the understanding of the Chinese culture thanks to research, debates and publications. Through this intercultural work, the institute wants to improve cooperation between spiritual philosophies and religions. www.riccibase.com

eRenlai.com

eRenlai magazine (www.erenlai.com) is a website published by the Ricci Institute (Shanghai-Taipei). The site is a pan-asian magazine of cultural, social and spiritual concerns which centers on the interaction between the youth of Asia and of the rest of the world, with special focus on the link between cultural diversity, sustainable development and spiritual empowerment, encouraging change by reporting on replicable success stories at the local level. The site offers videos, documentaries, animations, articles and networking tools, available in English, traditional and simplified Chinese.

The TERI Institute

The Energy and Resources Institute, ormally established in 1974, provides knowledge in the areas of energy, environment, forestry, biotechnology, and the conservation of natural resources to governments, institutions, and corporate organisations worldwide.

The strength of the Institute lies in not only identifying and articulating intellectual challenges but also in mounting research, training and demonstration projects leading to development of specific problem-based advanced technologies that help carry benefits to society at large.

Fondation Rigoberta Menchu Tum

International Organization of the Francophonie

The Francophonie, is an international organization of politics and governments with French as the mother or customary language, wherein a significant proportion of people are Francophones (French-speaking) or where there is a notable affiliation with the French language or culture.

Formally known as the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) or the International Organization of the Francophonie, the organization comprises 56 member states and governments, 3 associate members, and 14 observers.

Community of Sant’Egidio

The AFM Europe

The AMF Europe - Friends of the Global Fund, Europe, was created in April 2005, under the patronage of Jacques Chirac, French President. It gathers delegates from European States and European organizations, from civil society and private partners eager to take part to the fight against Aids, tuberculosis and malaria. The AMF Europe’s objective is to foster the mobilization from institutions, public opinion and companies, on the European continent. It particularly works on promoting the Global Fund, created in 2002 thanks to the UNO and the G8.

Red Helmet Foundation

Ever since 1997, Nicole Guedj, Head of the Red Helmet Foundation, has been supporting the creation of a UN task force (the “Red Helmets”) that would coordinate international efforts to help for victims of humanitarian disasters. Today, The UN plan is being substantially reformed. The goal is to enhance the capacities of humanitarian players working on the ground in order to become more responsive and efficient.
It is to accompany this process of reflection that the Red Helmets Foundation was born in 2006. It also has vocation to facilitate the work of rescue teams, notably by the creation and the provision of innovative technological tools, strengthening the coordination of their actions.

GoodPlanet

Foundation for a Culture of Peace

The Foundation for a Culture of Peace was founded in March 2000 with the objective to contribute to build and consolidate a Culture of Peace through reflection, research, education and on-the-spot action. Its activities focus mainly on linking and mobilizing networks of institutions, organizations and individuals who have proven their commitment to the values of the Culture of Peace. The Foundation’s concrete actions focus mainly on educational activities, Human Rights and democracy. The media and Information and Communication Technologies constitute other fundamental means of spreading the Culture of Peace. Consequently, the Foundation promotes workshops with journalists and information professionals in order to promote the citizens mobilization and particularly the youth in favour of a Culture of Peace.