The Shared Wood Company: Engie and AXA Investment Management back new nature-based solutions venture

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New company will scale nature-based solutions on various continents that suck carbon from the air
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New company will scale nature-based solutions on various continents that suck carbon from the air

Newly-incorporated French company aims to develop nature-based projects that deliver high-quality carbon removals or avoidances

AXA Investment Management and energy giant Engie have acquired minority stakes in a new French company that plans to scale nature-based solutions within the forestry and agriculture sectors, they announced...

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