[MUSIC] Welcome to this Companies and Climate Change MOOC, which we designed and produced in partnership with Carbone 4, a leading consultancy firm on climate change issues, and for which I have the pleasure and honor of providing academic leadership in my capacity as Professor in the Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship chair at ESSEC. This MOOC will not be a technical MOOC, and it will not be an advocacy MOOC either. It will be an indicational object designed to develop awareness and training for a better understanding of managerial concepts and complex organizational issues relating to climate change. It's about knowing more about how a company takes climate change into account in its strategy and in its operations. We will offer you for those who wish, tools and means to take action on these issues of climate change and energy transition in your own companies. This MOOC will be an opportunity to present different points of view and visions that may oppose or complement one another. It will help to identify points of contradiction and potential sources of blockage, and will also highlight gaps and possible developments, as well as the [inaudible]. Each of the experts or professors will speak on their own behalf. The objective is to combine the skills of a large business school, ESSEC, with the technical skills of Carbon [inaudible] to offer you content that is robust, credible, and scientifically supported. This MOOC is divided in four modules; 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes of video. First module is taking over ownership of the issues, second is managing the energy transition, third is financing the energy transition, and fourth is changing your business model. Each module will be structured as follows. First of all, I would propose an introductory segment specifying the module's learning objective, the four testimonials for our case study companies which you will find in each module. These companies, which I'll present to you in a moment are sufficiently committed to fighting climate change to offer an interesting message. You will have the opportunity to discover how four companies of very different size and sector have committed to take into account the climate across their activities. We will start with a small and medium enterprise, [inaudible] , as an independent family company. It employs 43 people, and produces and sells more than 1 million bottles of champagne per year. It's CEO, Michel Drappier, will present his career to us alongside [inaudible] Project Manager for Environment and Sustainable Development at the inter-professional committee for champagne wine, CIVC, which is the Professional Association of Champagne winemakers and traders. The second company we will have the chance to meet is ESSILOR, the world leader in ophthalmic glass manufacturing, which employs 73,000 people worldwide. [inaudible] , its CSR Director and [inaudible] Program Director in charge of operationalizing issues, environmental strategy, will be our two speakers. The third company, we will meet is BNP Paribas, a leading European bank with 199,000 employees in 71 countries and locations. First, [inaudible] Group Director of company [inaudible] , and member of the group's executive committee. Then Sebastian Soleille, Head of Energy Transition and Environment, will tell us about the role and place of a large bank in the fight against climate change. Finally, the last company to offer their testimony in this MOOC is Saint-Gobain, a leading player in the construction industry, and a company that is more than 300 years old. It's CEO Pierre-Andre De Chalendar, and it's Vice President for sustainable development, Emmanuel Normant would explain to us how a company with 171,000 employees worldwide plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.. In addition, together with my colleague [inaudible] professor at ESSEC, I will present two examples of different companies for each module to illustrate the different concepts presented in this book and thus enrich the question presented. You will find Kering and Engie for module 1, Orange and Renault for module 2, Credit Agricole and AXA for module 3, and finally, Total and Schneider Electrics for module 4. Then for each of the modules, you will be able to view three segments offered by carbon cat experts and consultants. [inaudible] , founding president of Carbone 4 in 2004. President of the [inaudible] foundation for natural and mankind, and member of the [inaudible] high council for climate, established by the president of the French Republic in early 2019, following the [inaudible] yellow vests crisis, as well as his colleagues, [inaudible] They will present the current major issues and scientific content for each of the modules. The aim is to offer a variety of voices and insights while creating a form of continuity. In this version of the MOOC, Alexandra and Christina will speak on behalf of [inaudible].You would then find three videos offered by ESSEC professors. Two videos will take the form of expert commentary, aimed at presenting basic concepts and ideas without examples or illustrations. These are presented in the case study videos and in the examples already mentioned. This will allow you to meet my colleagues, professors [inaudible]. You will also find a quiz for the purposes of evaluation and memorization. Remember that validation of these quizzes is essential to obtain the certificate offered by Coursera, which will be sent to you automatically for a fee of $50US. You can follow this MOOC according to reading levels. First, if you want to find out more and/or find answers to the basic questions that you sometimes ask yourself, you will need to allow approximately two hours of work per module. If you are already aware of the issues and wish to deepen your knowledge of the concepts with, for example, the prospect of mobilizing your company to initiate actions against climate change, you will need to allow approximately four hours of work per module in order to fully understand and take ownership of all the concepts, tools, and examples presented there. Whether you are a student, a manager in any type of company, a volunteer, or employee in an association, or working in a local authority or public administration. Whether you are a novice or self-motivated, keen to understand, or already committed to fighting climate change. This MOOC is for you. Wishing you all a good MOOC. [MUSIC]
