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With a degree in digital marketing, Laura Schmitz has 10 years’ experience in tech and digital, working for companies specialising in the use of data for industry, people and the environment. Passionate about environmental issues, she has also worked as a communications volunteer for Biomimicry Switzerland. Her expertise combines technology and sustainability, enabling her to raise awreness on issues relating to the ecological transition and sustainable innovation.

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Laurent Levrey

Laurent Levrey est expert en stratégie numérique et en croissance, avec une spécialisation dans le marketing et les médias. Actuellement Head of Growth chez Greenly, il pilote des initiatives alliant innovation technologique et transition écologique. Passionné par l’impact du digital sur les enjeux environnementaux, il explore les tensions entre développement technologique et durabilité à travers ses analyses et publications.

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Stephanie completed a bachelor's degree in English & Multimedia in 2020 at the University of Maryland College Park. She previously worked as a social media content video creator and freelance copywriter. After seeking opportunities to put her various creative passions to good use, she joined Greenly in mid 2022 as SEO copywriter for the U.S. blog to provide her American perspective on the climate change issues we face today. 

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Ines Gendre is a copywriter specialising in environmental issues. She joined Greenly's team in 2022.

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Ines Gendre holds a master’s degree in marketing and began her career in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. After retraining, she joined Greenly in 2022 as a copywriter specializing in environmental issues. Ines brings her expertise to companies and individuals seeking to understand the challenges of climate change, the green transition, and their impact on society and the economy. Trained in key tools for developing climate strategies - such as Carbon Assessments, Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), and carbon offsetting - she studies earth and life sciences and climate change with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the SDG Academy, and political philosophy at Oxford University in England.

Alexis Normand

Alexis is a 37 year-old graduate of HEC and Sciences-Po. After his studies, he spent 2 years working in public policy consulting. He then spent 6 years at Withings, a leading company in connected objects. While there, he continued the companies operations in Boston, USA, and created the company’s health department. After the company was bought by Nokia, he joined the startup Embleema by working through Techstars, one of the best startup incubators in the United States, where he developed a taste for entrepreneurship. His return to France was an opportunity to put all his experience at the service of the environment, during a crucial moment in the climate crisis.

Arnaud Delubac

Arnaud, 26 years old, trained as a designer and in digital communication at INSEEC before joining the Master Entrepreunariat at ESSEC-CentraleSupélec. Passionate about social media since his teenage years, he has created some of the biggest Twitter communities in France before joining the digital communication team of the Prime Minister’s office in Matignon. It was at the Secretaries of State for Digital, Mounir Mahjoubi and Cédric O, where Arnaud directly managed the team, that he developed a strong conviction for the need to use technology to bring awareness to the greatest causes of our time.

Matthieu Vegreville

Matthieu is a 28 year-old graduate engineer from Ecole Polytechnique and Télecom Paris, with a background in data science at Withings. While there, he worked on watch activity detection algorithms, and developed a health study activity so that connected objects could be used to better monitor certain pathologies. He has long been involved in data science projects with his brother, who has the same training. Faced with the urgency of the climate crisis, he decided to put his know-how at the service of the environment. 

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Justine a toujours été passionnée de lecture et d’écriture. En 2019, elle parvient justement à faire de sa passion son métier, en devenant rédactrice web indépendante. Motivée par ses engagements écologiques, elle rejoint l’équipe de Greenly en 2022 afin de mettre ses compétences au service de la cause environnementale. 

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The Activity Based Method serves as the second main method used to calculate emissions in carbon accounting, and is more precise than the spend-based method. This is because the Activity based allows for more specific calculations.

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