Saving the heritage of local industry at Thiers By nellie | April 7, 2022 Shut down in 1984, the former Mondière cutlery plant forge at Thiers in the Puy-de-Dôme department has been given a makeover, with the impetus of the town council and the regional authority and with the backing of the Michelin Corporate Foundation and La Fondation du Patrimoine. A world-famous industrial past The Mondière forge is located… Read More
HELEBOR, care incubator By nellie | April 6, 2022 Since 2021, HELEBOR, a not-for-profit organization, has been extending the activities which le Fonds pour les soins palliatifs has been conducting since 2011. The Michelin Corporate Foundation is giving its support to the organization’s new role as an incubator of projects. Its aim is to constantly improve the quality of life of patients in palliative… Read More
Fighting inequality, alongside the Paris HEC Foundation By nellie | April 5, 2022 There are talents everywhere but sometimes they have to be brought to light. That’s why the Michelin Corporate Foundation has decided to back the rollout of the Stand Up program and the activities of the Equal Opportunities Mission initiated by the Paris HEC Foundation. The aim is to offer all students the same chance of… Read More
The ‘Quatre A’, providing guide dogs all over France By nellie | April 5, 2022 The ‘Quatre A’ is an association whose purpose is to meet the demand for guide dogs free of charge and offer animal therapy workshops. A valuable and generous initiative to which the Michelin Corporate Foundation has wished to give its backing. Selection, training and guidance Located at Sermentizon in the Puy-de-Dôme department, the Quatre A… Read More
South Africa: Working for women’s mobility By nellie | April 5, 2022 The Michelin Corporate Foundation is backing an initiative launched by Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All) aiming to reduce gender inequality in public transport. Discriminating between women and men For women, travel can be a source of inequality and social exclusion, reinforcing existing differences between the sexes and inhibiting their potential for development. This situation exists… Read More
ASM celebrates its 110th anniversary By nellie | October 11, 2021 ASM has been a pioneering club in sport and health since its creation in 1911 “Promote a sports policy open to as many people as possible to initiate and educate young people (…) Encourage the widest and longest possible practice for all ages”, declared Marcel Michelin in 1911 when ASM was created. Today in 2021,… Read More
The natural rubber value chain in the Brazilian Amazon By nellie | October 7, 2021 Unprocessed natural rubber is an important part of the local economy for communities in the Amazon. Sustainable management of the forests and the natural rubber trees they contain adds value to the natural forest while also bringing work to communities in the Amazon. As a result, the natural rubber value chain has a major role… Read More
Restoring the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris By nellie | April 14, 2021 Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was ravaged by fire on April 15th 2019. The appalling images will remain in our memories for ever. The catastrophe triggered a worldwide outpouring of generosity with hundreds of thousands of donors in over 150 countries wanting to contribute to the mammoth restauration project. In the immediate aftermath of the… Read More
Managing conflicts between man and nature, the example of rooks By nellie | April 9, 2021 Preserving Nature and biodiversity is a priority to which the Michelin Corporate Foundation is committed. The Foundation is participating with the Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) in the protection of rooks who are key players in a unique ecosystem. The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is one of four European species belonging… Read More
Opening a community teaching restaurant By nellie | April 9, 2021 The Michelin Corporate Foundation wished to become associated with the Toques Académie restaurant, a novel community training and social assimilation project that is unique in France. This unusual eating place located in Clermont-Ferrand opened in June 2020 in spite of the coronavirus crisis. The chef, Hugo Czechowicz, has a dazzling professional record. He offers inventive,… Read More
