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For a long time, environmental issues were treated as matters of conviction. They now fall under a different category: that of information governance. A subtle shift is underway. It doesn't only concern...
Biodiversity indices are proliferating. They are gradually shaping the language of sustainable finance. But they are not enough to decide on a project. This distinction becomes crucial as biodiversity moves beyond the realm of discourse to...
A legitimate debate, often poorly framed. Representatives of the real estate sector, particularly developers, are now expressing a clear position: environmental certifications are costly, redundant with existing regulations, and...
From March 2026, Directive (EU) 2024/825 becomes fully applicable. It does not aim to improve environmental discourse, but rather to legally reclassify environmental claims used in advertising communications...
Accelerated procedures, reduced delays, but an increased requirement for the robustness of environmental justifications.
The new report from the IGEDD and the CGAAER dedicated to the OFB highlights a point that has become crucial: local authorities have diagnostic tools, but rarely a methodological framework capable of structuring, measuring and monitoring the effectiveness of...
A methodological reading of BAUM Notebook No. 7 shows that scientific robustness rests on three requirements: the control of confounding factors, data quality, and methodological standardization. These principles structure the...
BAUM Notebook No. 6 reveals a major contribution: considering the built-vegetation pairing as a structuring ecological unit. A decisive step forward for evidence-based approaches.
The market today encompasses numerous environmental initiatives: certifications, labels, charters, and voluntary commitments. However, a fundamental distinction separates accredited certification, which is based on independent assessment,...
In some private systems, impartiality is presented as resulting from a “network of actors” coordinated by the organization that designs the method. This approach relies on internal cohesion, not independence. A reliable evaluation requires….
In many private initiatives, projects are first “pre-evaluated” by advisors, assessors, or an internal network before being presented as evaluated by an external body. This structure never guarantees impartiality, etc.
In many private initiatives, the final decision rests with an internal committee led by the organization that designs the methodology. This structure creates a dependency and prevents any real impartiality in project approval.