EDITORIAL

The scientific community has been emphasizing a crucial point: as climate change progresses, addressing inequalities is critical to work towards a just transition and overcome resistance. Companies and investors must decarbonize their products and assets while promoting a more equitable distribution of wealth along value chains and among the most vulnerable communities. This is vital for local anchoring, consumer loyalty, and strengthening ties with all critical links across value chains.

However, the political environment is currently not conducive, marked by the growing influence of far right movements across OECD economies, hindering environmental progress, and encouraging governments to delay and procrastinate in order to divert attention from these urgent issues. Often, far right movements find support in the most vulnerable regions and social groups, thus reinforcing influence on national and international policies.

Now is not the time for procrastination. In response to these realities, Ksapa engages in various consulting activities and territorial transformation programs. These aim to create affordable decarbonized products for the most deprived and underserved, ensure decent income for precarious workers and small farmers, decarbonize sectors within an inclusive territorial framework, and generate wealth in disadvantaged regions to finance their transition to a decarbonized economy.

A multitude of stakeholders are already involved in these initiatives, from governments to large corporations to local development and financial actors. Join this momentum. Let's collaborate to deploy innovative solutions necessary for our businesses to thrive in a world where social and environmental factors together drive economic performance!

Farid Baddache, CEO, Ksapa