PARIS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – CMA CGM, one of the world’s leading container shipping companies, is planning to launch a 1.5 billion euro energy fund to decarbonize its operations, CEO Rodophe Saad said in a statement. the Sunday newspaper.
“We are going to deploy over five years a special energy fund endowed with 1.5 billion euros in order to accelerate the decarbonisation of our activities throughout the world”, he said.
Asked about the idea of a green fund matched by companies to finance the ecological transition, Rodolphe Saad replied: “I will participate in this green fund by allocating part of our commitment to joint projects”, without further details. (Gilles Guillaume, said by Camille Raynaud)