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Sustainability and operational excellence are powerful drivers of long-term value creation. Ardian was pleased to welcome delegates of the One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds (OPSWF) Mid-Term Meeting to its Paris offices. Bringing together sovereign wealth funds, asset managers and private investment firms, the afternoon focused on a shared conviction: sustainability is a strong driver of financial value creation. Following welcome remarks from Francois-Aïssa Touazi, Antoine Bateman and Laura Andremont co-led a session on sustainability-linked value creation, highlighting Ardian’s contribution to the OPSWF workstream alongside our partners Wafra and Kuwait Investment Authority. This initiative reflects our belief that close GP–LP collaboration is essential to translate sustainability ambition into tangible portfolio value. The program also featured insightful discussions on: AI and data centers with, the decarbonization of real estate and investing in nature, notably with a presentation by GreenYellow around decentralized solar solutions for local economic players. These exchanges build on strong existing cooperation within the OPSWF network, including the recently published GRE Playbook on Real Estate with Qatar Investment Authority, now a practical reference for advancing GP/LP dialogue. We thank OPSWF, Lawrence Yanovitch and all participants for the quality of discussions and look forward to the 9th Annual OPSWF CEO Summit hosted by the Qatar Investment Authority in Doha later this year. Guillaume Cravero #Sustainability #ValueCreation #OperationalExcellence