Activity Report 2016
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ACTIVITY REPORT 2016 CONTENTS EDITORIALS 4 LOOKING BACK & FORWARD 6 TERRE DE FEMMES 8 PLANT FOR THE PLANET 12 PHOTOGRAPHY, PEOPLE & NATURE 18 PLANTS & BIODIVERSITY 20 FINANCIAL REPORT 22 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 23 EDITORIALS he Institut de France is a proud supporter of the Yves Rocher Foundation, a body that has been working to protect our planet's Tbiodiversity for over 20 years now. The Foundation pours its unique brand of energy into defending its causes, working in over 50 different countries to safeguard our planet and its flora. The resulting figures consolidate the visionary nature of the Foundation's projects. “Changing the world for the better!” is a slogan that actually does what it says: over 350 women have picked up a Terre de Femmes Award and over 65 million trees have been planted through the Plant for the Planet scheme. The Foundation is also a patron of heritage and culture, supporting historic gardens and photographers who use their chosen medium to express all the beauty of our planet. With the arrival of 2017 and its elections, remaining aware of new environmental challenges and their consequences has never been more pressing. Once again, the Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France took part in the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Marrakesh, 7-18 November 2016) to expand upon the measures adopted in Paris a year earlier. Drawing on the energy that drives the Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France, our institution is proud to lend its support to this initiative, in a natural VISIONARY extension of its academic expertise. © Sabine de Rozières - Institut de France - Institut © Sabine de Rozières ACTION Gabriel de Broglie Chancellor of the Institut de France Chairman of the Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France 4 like to say that we are all earthly beings, in the sense that we all live on planet Earth, but also in the sense that we are all individuals co-existing I with nature, the source of all life. Yet in this contemporary world, our society is becoming increasingly disconnected from Mother Nature. We believe it is crucial to continue on our path of supporting pro-active, committed individuals working for the common good in France and further afield. The four programmes we run are proof of our unwavering commitment to the cause. – Terre de Femmes showcased the work of determined, solidarity- fostering women in nine countries in 2016. The Terre de Femmes Award's 15th anniversary, celebrated in 2016, was an opportunity to bolster this network of active communities. – Our Plant for the Planet programme is a long-term commitment to planting trees, symbols of our human roots in the earth. In 2016, we planted over 65 million trees, and our goal is to have planted 100 million by the end of 2020. – The Photography, People & Nature scheme allows us to suspend time through photographers' lenses. In 2016, Phil Moore was awarded the Yves Rocher Foundation-Visa photography prize with a view to supporting his research into the Polygon nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. – With Plants & Biodiversity, we are aiming to protect plant species that are unique and vital to us all. We support a number of different gardens, RETURNING we attend various biodiversity-themed conferences and we work towards protecting plant species: all illustrations of our commitment to the cause. © Patrick Wallet © Patrick TO EARTH This was the case in 2016, when we chose to support Brest's Conservatoire Botanique National in its work in protecting Ekman's juniper in Haiti. Jacques Rocher Honorary Chair of the Yves Rocher The Yves Rocher Foundation's role is to take sustainable action to leave a Foundation-Institut de France positive footprint on our planet, working on behalf of nature and humans alike. I'm thrilled to share this common goal with Gabriel de Broglie, Chancellor of the Institut de France, our directors, the Yves Rocher Foundation team, and our many supporters across the globe. 5 6 ©Dominique Rolland LOOKING BACK & FORWARD 2016, A YEAR OF CONSOLIDATION AND PROGRESS YVES ROCHER FOUNDATION, CHANGING THE WORLD 15 years of Terre de Femmes A heightened communications policy FOR THE BETTER Celebrating the programme's 15th anniversary was one of the 2016 resulted in the English version of the Foundation's new highlights of the year and served as an opportunity to launch website being launched (French version launched in 2015), the “Boosts” feature, a platform to connect people who want to which should enable us to reach a wider public, particularly The Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France help the prize-winners via the Yves Rocher Foundation website, international institutions. as well as an opportunity to establish the Terre de Femmes An in-house training module aimed at Rocher Group staff was grew from one family's desire to give the natural community, a network especially for our prize-winners. also set up, designed to boost internal awareness of the challenges the Foundation faces, and to reach out to more world back what it is owed by human beings, 65 million trees planted employees through a series of different programmes. while contributing to efforts to protect it. After reaching our goal of 50 million trees planted in 2015, Set up in 1991 by Yves Rocher and his son the programme embarked on its second wave, as ambitious as ever, aiming for 100 million trees to be planted by 2020. Jacques Rocher, its mission is to take action In 2016, we renewed projects to ensure we kept up our planting pace. to protect the environment and to help those working to leave a positive footprint on the Consolidated group action planet, changing the world for the better. Continuing on from its experience at COP21 in 2015, the Foundation kept up its involvement in the Conference of the This mission is illustrated through the Parties to the UN Convention by taking part in the COP22 in Marrakesh (climate change) and the COP13 in Cancun foundation's four long-term projects : Terre de (biodiversity). It also set up a Research Board made up of Femmes, designed to support women working experts from a variety of fields, allowing them to discuss their work and concerns: Bénédicte Faivre Tavignot (HEC), to protect the environment, Plant for the Lauriane Mouysset (CNRS), Yolaine de la Bigne (NeoPlanète), Pierre-Henri Gouyon (National Natural History Museum) Planet, a tree-planting initiative, Photography, and Raphaël Souchier (local economy expert and consultant). People & Nature, to support eco-committed photographers, and Plants & Biodiversity, aimed at safeguarding flora. 7 TERRE DE Every day, women commit to changing the world. The Yves Rocher Foundation highlights FEMMES the depth of their dedication to the environment. For 15 years now, the Terre de Femmes Award has been celebrating women working to protect the environment. Featuring both a national and 350 award-winning women international prize, in addition to providing financial support, the award is a source of encouragement for €1.8 M paid out to winners, spurring them on to pursue their initiatives support their initiatives since 2001 aimed at creating a better, more sustainable and fairer world. This last aspect was consolidated in 85,000 online votes 2016 with the founding of a special “climate” stream. in over 150 countries Founded and led by women from across the globe, these projects have resulted in organic olive oil 9 participating countries in 2016 produced in Morocco's Rif region, a breadnut (Maya initiatives nut) plantation in Mexico, and social integration for i n o v e r 50 COUNTRIES children living with AIDS in Tanzania through eco- friendly action, to name just a few examples. In 2016, the award was a shining example and reminder of the huge variety of initiatives that exist and how they operate in the daily lives of local populations. This aspect was expanded upon through the founding of a public prize based on an online vote open to all. Photo: Benedikt Adler Photo: 8 15 YEARS OF AWARD-GIVING, 15 YEARS OF PROGRESS TERRE DE FEMMES / THE AWARD 2016, a year of celebration • Founded in 2001, the Terre de Femmes Award turned 15 in 2016. Celebrating this anniversary was an opportunity to bring INVOLVEMENT together a dozen former award-winners for an “ Inspiration IN THE COP22 Coffee Break ” as well as a “ boostorming ” session with experts IN MARRAKESH invited to come and discuss the issues and challenges inherent to their various projects. (MOROCCO) • Every year, local prize-giving ceremonies take place in all The Yves Rocher Foun- participating countries. The Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut dation took part in the nd de France held its two traditional ceremonies in Paris, in the 22 Conference of the presence of Jacques Rocher: Parties to the United - The Terre de Femmes France award ceremony (the award's Nations Framework founding country), on 3 March 2016 at the Simone and Cino Convention on Climate Change, proving once again that its attendance Del Duca Foundation. at such events is just as essential as its on-the-ground work, in order - The International Grand Prize was presented on 5 April 2016 at to communicate the important role played by networks of women in the Dosne-Thiers Foundation. sustainable development, innovation and resilience in our societies. In 2016, Italy signed up for the Terre de Femmes The Yves Rocher Foundation's contribution: conference and round tables: programme, becoming the 10 th country to do so. • organising a “Women & Climate” conference to build awareness of women's unique work to tackle climate change; New features to help the Award grow • organising “Women & Land” and “Women & Leadership” round tables • A public prize has been founded, awarded based on an online with the participation of Terre de Femmes Award-winners.