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Spotlight | France
LVMH plants sustainability flag where Total met humiliating defeat

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Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH.
Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH. © Studio Pachamama

TotalEnergies' attempt to set up a research centre at the elite Ecole Polytechnique was an embarrassing failure, and even resulted in its CEO being investigated for alleged conflict of interest. LVMH hopes it can avoid Total's mistakes and persuade France's top engineering school to say yes to its R&D facility on its campus.

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