Our company
Launched in 2023 by Michaël Knaute & Judith Jakubowicz, Strates helps investors, companies and associations define, implement and measure their social and environmental responsibility and impact strategy. We are based in Paris & Aix-en-Provence.
We are a company with a mission. Faced with the current environmental & social challenges and a rapidly changing context for companies and investors, Strates provides advanced, personalized expertise to meet the strategic & operational needs of these organizations.
1. Monitor the market, train our teams and conduct specialized studies to maintain a high level of expertise.
2. Develop tools, methodologies and an innovative approach to meet our customers’ needs.
3.Helping investors to take account of the regulatory framework, companies to structure, implement and measure their environmental and social approach, and associations to design, deploy and scale up their projects.
4.Promote the alignment and transparency of sustainable development requirements, both internally and with our customers and partners.
We are currently implementing our mission committee
Our value proposition
A full expertise
Our expertise is aimed at providing in-depth knowledge of practices, standards and regulations, as well as a participative and innovative approach, in a variety of business sectors.
A large qualified network
Our career in sustainable development with major companies, investors, SMEs, public bodies and think-tanks gives us a wide and qualified network. .
3 forms of support
Drawing on our professional experience, we target 3 types of player: investors, companies (start-ups, SMEs & mid-caps in priority) and associations & universities.
A local presence
Our presence in Paris and Aix-en-Provence means that we can offer our services nationwide as well as having a local presence in the south-east of France.
Our founders
15 years of experience in CSR, ESG, impact investment, social and solidarity-based economy & philantropy
Michaël Knaute
CEO & ESG expert
Competences :
> ESG, SRI, impact investing, sustainable finance regulations, CSR, SSE & philanthropy
> Strategy, corporate leadership, management & finance
> Change management & business process reengineering
> Innovation support for key accounts
> Entrepreneurship support
> Private equity, real estate, mobility, logistics, energy, telecoms and circular economy sectors
Experiences :
> CSR & Sustainable Finance Director, Green Soluce (CBRE)
> Sustainable City Director, Paris&Co
> Investment Director, Triodos Investment Management
> Managing Director, OXUS
Judith Jakubowicz
Chairwoman & CSR and impact expert
Competences :
> CSR, social and environmental impact, SSE & philanthropy
> Evaluation and studies, social anthropology
> Sustainable sourcing
> Climate policies, carbon footprint & trajectory
> Corporate labels (B Corp, ISO 26000, Company with a mission)
> Facilitation and management of multi-stakeholder projects
> Influence strategy & event organization
> Food, agriculture, health, circular economy sectors
Experiences :
> CSR Director France, Danone
> Manager Sustainable Sourcing, Danone
> Action Day Advisor, COP 21, French Ministry of Ecology
> Executive Director, Convergences
