Real climate solutions demand more than talk — they require public and private sectors to move in lockstep, Kering ’s sustainability chief Marie-Claire Daveu said at a recent breakfast at the luxury conglomerate’s Americas headquarters in Manhattan.

“I have the strong conviction that the issues are so big , we need really to work together,” she said. “I’m really convinced that we need regulation — sorry, I say that in the United States, but I’m French.”

In conversation with journalist Sophia Li, Daveu traced her environmental convictions back to her childhood on France’s Brittany coast and early years in public service — experiences she said still shape her approach to corporate sustainability.

“Nature was everywhere; it was really part of our daily life. My parents were doctor

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