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At Cleantech Group, we provide research, consulting and events to catalyze opportunities for sustainable growth powered by innovation. We bring clients access to the trends, companies and people shaping the future and the customized advice and support businesses need to engage external innovation.

Jules Besnainou

executive director

Jules is the founder and executive director of Cleantech for Europe and Cleantech for France, the initiatives bridging the gap between the cleantech community and policymakers. He started his career in San Francisco and London, advising the world’s foremost cleantech investors, corporates, and governments for more than a decade. Jules is based in France and graduated summa cum laude from Sciences Po Paris.

Tristan Beucler

Policy Officer

Tristan works as policy analyst for the Cleantech for France initiative. Before joining Cleantech Group, he worked on international trade policy at the European Parliament and on international energy policy and decarbonization at the German Federal Foreign Office. Tristan lives in Paris and has previously lived in North Carolina, Berlin, and Brussels. He holds a Master’s degree in European Affairs from Sciences Po and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Freie Universität in Berlin, as well as a History degree from the Sorbonne.

Initiated by

With the support of

Established in 2015 by Bill Gates and a coalition of private investors concerned about the impacts of accelerating climate change, Breakthrough Energy supports the innovations that will lead the world to net-zero emissions. We are building on the proven model of public-private partnerships that Gates has already used to transform health, education, and public welfare around the world.

Breakthrough Energy is a network of entities and initiatives, including investment funds, nonprofit and philanthropic programs, and policy efforts linked by a common commitment to scale the technologies we need to achieve a path to net zero emissions by 2050.

We are encouraging the development of new net-zero energy technologies, championing policies that speed innovation from lab to market, and bringing together governments, research institutions, private companies, and investors to expand and enhance clean-energy investment.

The European Climate Foundation (ECF) is a major philanthropic initiative working to help tackle the climate crisis by fostering the development of a net-zero emission society at the national, European, and global level.
The ECF supports over 700 partner organizations to carry out activities that drive urgent and ambitious policy in support of the objectives of the Paris Agreement, contribute to the public debate on climate action, and help deliver a socially responsible transition to a net-zero economy and sustainable society in Europe and around the world.