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Biodiversity is the living fabric of our planet. It sustains our ecosystems, our economies and our societies. We are currently witnessing its accelerated erosion, despite clear scientific warnings. While companies contribute to this erosion, they also have the power to slow it down.

The Act4Nature International podcast gives the floor to companies, scientists, NGOs and engaged networks. Together, we explore the link between economic activity and biodiversity, moving from commitments to concrete action in favour of life.

A new episode every week.

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REDUCING PESTICIDE USE: MICHELIN‘S CHALLENGE ON ITS NATURAL RUBBER PLANTATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL SITES

episode #3 oct. 2026

Natural rubber is central to Michelin‘s business model — and its plantations, located primarily in South-East Asia and West Africa, sit at the heart of some of the world’s richest ecosystems. Reducing pesticide use by 70% across these plantations by 2030, and achieving zero phytosanitary products across all the group’s industrial sites: these are two commitments made within the Act4Nature International framework, in contexts where nothing — neither regulation nor industry practice — required it.
In this episode, Lina Dechamp, Sustainability Manager at Michelin, looks back on both undertakings: how they were launched, what they have produced on the ground, the resistance encountered — cultural, technical and climatic — and what this approach reveals about how a major industrial company can make biodiversity a genuine lever for transformation, from plantation to production site.

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL‘S VITAL RESERVES IN THE AMAZON: PROTECTING IRRECOVERABLE CARBON, BIODIVERSITY AND PEOPLE

episode #2 sept. 2026

Less than 14% of the Earth’s land surface holds 75% of the planet’s irrecoverable carbon — and provides habitat for 91% of vertebrate species. Protecting these areas is simultaneously a climate priority, a biodiversity emergency and a condition of survival for the peoples who depend on them.
It is from this scientific reality that Conservation International launched in 2022, with the support of the French Government and the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM), the Vital Reserves in the Amazon project. The goal: to protect more than 7 million hectares across four countries — Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru — by supporting Indigenous Peoples and developing innovative financial mechanisms to sustain these conservation areas. Elise Rebut, Director of Conservation International France, presents in this episode the Vital Reserves project, emblematic of the mechanisms and levers available to protect key ecosystems of our planet.

EVALUATING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS PROJECTS: A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE FRENCH COMMITTEE OF THE IUCN AND ENGIE

episode #1 sept. 2026

As part of its partnership with the French Committee of the IUCN, and to formalise its commitments within Act4Nature International, ENGIE set itself the goal of having 10 projects recognised as Nature-based Solutions (NbS) under the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions™ by end 2025. By meeting the rigorous scientific criteria of this Standard, ENGIE is demonstrating strong ambition and emerging as a pioneer in the private sector. We explore the contours of this partnership with Elsa Favrot-Monier, Head of the Nature & Society unit within ENGIE Group’s ESG Division, and Florence Clap, Head of the Biodiversity Policy programme at the French Committee of the IUCN.