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EnviroVest at Paris Climate Summit

Paris, December 12, 2017 Source:EnviroVest Group

On 12 December 2017, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, address the ecological emergency of our planet by calling together in Paris international leaders and committed citizens from around the world.

Two years to the day after the historic Paris Agreement, it is time for concrete action. Many stakeholders are already taking action and will present projects illustrating the ongoing transition. This year’s Paris Climate Summit is particularly important, after the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord and President Macron’s pledge to “make our planet great again!” The Paris Climate Forum Tech for Planet kicked off in Paris on Dec 11, on the eve of the Paris Climate Summit. This event is designed to help various environmental-friendly venture firms to promote and explore potential growth opportunities.

Ms. Margot Song, Chairman and CEO of EnviroVest Group, was invited to the Forum to meet with French President Macron in person. Ms. Song was the only Chinese environmental investor and the only female entrepreneur at this event. French President Marcon, in his keynote speech, pointed out that the environmental protection issue was imperative, and is the responsibility and obligation of every citizen on earth. There are indeed difficulties and challenges in this regard but we should not forget where we come from and where we are based. President Macron visited with great interest a few representative French environmental venture capital enterprises at the Forum. President Macron met cordially Ms. Song and exchanged views on EV’ investment activities in the environmental services and protection industry between China and France. President Macron paid compliments to what EV has done over the past one plus decades in the field of environmental services investments under the leadership of Chairman Song. President Macron said this is a business that goes beyond the general sense of a business, it benefits all mankind and generations to come.

Ms. Song presented President Macron a "Welcome to Success" greeting card and a letter explaining EV’s Green Investment Program. President Macron was pleased to accept the greeting card and in return granted his powerful signature to Ms. Song, encouraging and supporting EV’s Green Fund Program. He believes the Green Fund program does not only bring more opportunities to French small and medium-sized enterprises in the environmental services sector, it also aligns the long-term interests of the people of both countries. President Macron said he will continue to pay attention to the performance and growth of EV in the international arena. At the end of the meeting, President Macron expressed good wishes to Ms. Song and EV, and his willingness to meet Ms. Song in Beijing soon, during his first official visit to China in January 2018.