POLLUTEC Paris - Accelerating the ecological transition
1-2 Dec. 2026
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles - Hall 1

Official programme

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Regulation

One of the main drivers of investment. CSRD, CS3D, bio-waste, green taxonomy...

There will be many environmental regulations in 2024, and Pollutec Paris will be one of the opportunities to take stock of them.

Finance

From the investments needed for the ecological transition to support for innovation, financing is at the heart of the transformations underway.

Pollutec Paris will be presenting a wide range of financing programs and opportunities.

Resource

Air, water, land, minerals, biodiversity: resources are everywhere, yet finite.

Our mission is to reinvent our relationship with resources, by transforming our uses and our impact.



Employment & Training

According to the SGPE, the ecological transition will involve nearly 8 million jobs, and could create 150,000 net new jobs by 2030.

The transformation of our business models requires the transformation of professions, the development of skills and the training of workers in all environmental sectors. 

Regulation

Tuesday 26th of November


10h-10h45
5 years of unrolling Green Deal – from a European to a national scale, what are the biggest achievements, and what’s next?

Paloma Aba Garrote, Director, CINEA

Sylvain Waserman, President, ADEME

Moderated by: Alexandre Kouchner, Journalist, Political analyst, Editor in Chief, L'ADN-Le Shift

11h00-11h45
Regulations at the heart of models and uses transformation

Regulations are one of the first investment factors. CSRD, bio-waste management, greenwashing directive, Green Funds... How do regulations transform business models and uses ? How to move from a constraint to an incentive to do better ? 

Brune Poirson, Chief Sustainability Officer,  Accor

Bénédicte Heindrichs, General Director, SPW ARNE

Pascal Demurger, General Manager, MAIF and Co-president of Impact France

Moderated by: Nathalie Croisé, Green Univers

11h45-12h45
Biodiversity - No business on a death planet

Biodiversity can no longer be seen as a resource. What brings the last COP 16  to global biodiversity regulation? Artificialisation of soils, invasive species, imported deforestation, what can company do to better integrate biodiversity in their business models? 

Patrizia Gatti Gregori, Chief Environment, Decarbonation & CSR Officer, BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION

Maud Lelièvre, President, French Committee IUCN

Lina Dechamp, Sustainability Manager, MICHELIN

Michael van Cutsem CEO and Founder, BEEODIVERSITY

Moderated by: Sylvie Gillet, Head of Biodiversity & Economy, OREE

Resources

Tuesday 26th of November


14h00-14h45
Reinventing our relation to the ressources

Air, water, land, minerals, biodiversity - The resource is everywhere and yet finite. It is our mission to protect it, and to limit our impact on it.

Catherine Lagneau,  CEO, BRGM

Philippe Bihouix, General Director, AREP​

Moderated by: Alexandre Kouchner, Journalist, Political analyst, Editor in Chief, L'ADN-Le Shift

15h00-16h00
Implementing a Circular Economy at last! How can we actually move forward? 

Circular Economy has been identified as a comprehensive solution to the problem of over depending on natural resources. It can be declined it all sectors and uses, from fashion to water, from waste to construction. If it seems to be easy, and yet the application of circular economy are still at the margins. How can it become the new standard? 

Elin Bergman, Co-Founder, NORDIC CIRCULAR HOTSPOT - Chief Impact Officer, CRADLENET 

Isabelle Kocher de Leyritz, Chairman & CEO, BLUNOMY

Moderated by: Natacha Girard, Content & Programme Manager, POLLUTEC

16h15 -17h15
Planning for a real transition and a balanced energy-mix: how to do with what we have?

How does stand a balanced energy-mix in the ecological planification of Europe? Is the all electricity achievable? How can biogas & biomass bring local response for national uncertainties? Have we started integrating sobriety? 

Matthieu Auzanneau, Executive Director, THE SHIFT PROJECT

Pascal Charriau, CEO, ENERDATA

Laurent Bataille, President, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC FRANCE

Roxane BENEDETTI, Director, EVEN CONSEIL

Moderated by: Nathalie Croisé, Green Univers

Financing

Wednesday 27th of November


10h-10h45
Transforming and decarbonizing our transports

Whilst we have moved from 50 years to increasingly efficient transports, they still represent the 2nd cause of ghg in the world. How far will innovation take us to reduce our transport emissions ? What role public institutions can play to transform our usage of transport and accompany us to do differently ? How do transport companies plan and support this transformation?

Muriel Signouret, CSR Director, SNCF Group

Marc Hamy, Special adviser to the CSR and Communication Director, AIRBUS

Guillaume Le grand, CEO, TOWT

Moderated by: Emilie Esparon, Head of Impact, VIVATECH

10h50-12h00
Changing the role of finance for a systemic and long-term impact

Finance role can be larger than financing the economy. Through this channel, financers can beget change within companies to be more in line with biodiversity, climate and social components. How can economic actors integrate ESG components to add value to their companies? What’s the role of finance in driving this change? 

Marie Ekeland, Founder & CEO, 2050

Marta Sjögren, Co-founder & Co-CEO, PAEBBL

Pia Erkinheimo, Board Member at LUT University, Climate investor at FiBAN

Mathieu Garnero Head of Economy and Finance, ADEME

Moderated by: Gianmarco Panone, Investment Manager, EIT InnoEnergy

Employment & Training

Wednesday 27th of November


12h00-12h45
On the climate front 

Dr. Heidi Sevestre, Glaciologist,  The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

14h00-15h15
POLLUTEC INNOVATION CHALLENGE

Pitchs of 10 nominated projects

15h30 –16h30
European sovereignty through re-industrialization – employment matters! 

Re-industrialization of Europe will not be possible without people and workers. But how to train the workers we need to make the environmental transition happen? What skills will be needed and how to increase the volume of employees in industrial sectors?

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin, PDG, CARBON

Julien Einaudi, Chief Operating Officer, ORTEC

Antoine Garibal, Director of Strategy and Development, Siemens France

Moderated by: David Ascher, Actu Environnement

16h30-16h45
POLLUTEC INNOVATION CHALLENGE Ceremony

Pierre-Yves Burlot, Director of Sustainable Development, SÉCHÉ ENVIRONNEMENT

Charlotte Migne, Vice-President Sustainable Development, SUEZ GROUPE

Jean-Guillaume Peladan, Head of Environmental Strategy, Sycomore Asset Management

Marie Bonniol, Marketing and Communication Director, EIT InnoEnergy France

Eric Tardieu, Managing Director, International Office for Water (OIEau)

Isabelle Spiegel, Directrice Développement Durable, Vinci

16h45 -17h15
Exploring the evolution of our territory awareness

MAXIME BLONDEAU, Author, speaker, entrepreneur 

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