Pernod Ricard Live Music Festival
Music is an area where we aim to make a real difference. For 35 years, the Société Pernod Ricard France Live Music has been organising free live shows for a wide audience while supporting emerging artists. This year’s winner, Sasha Nice had the opportunity to perform 10 concerts across France’s largest venues. The Franco-Belgian pop artist explores intimate themes such as relationships and mental health. In addition to the tour support, the Société Pernod Ricard France Live Music team and its partners provide professional support to Sasha Nice in areas such as management, digital distribution and music publishing.
The Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute, Les Embiez Island, France
The Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute
The Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute, a corporate scientific philanthropy initiative of the Pernod Ricard Group, works to “understand, explain and protect the sea” through research programmes and conservation actions to preserve the ocean, climate and biodiversity. Created in 1966 by Paul Ricard and Alain Bombard in response to one of the first cases of industrial pollution in the Mediterranean, the Institute operates today on a public-private-philanthropic partnerships (PPPP) model.
More than ever, nature-based or bio-inspired solutions are at the heart of the Institute’s research and activities in the field of sustainability science. The Institute takes part in European and private programmes and focuses on various areas of expertise: innovative and sustainable aquaculture, ecological restoration, nature-based solutions, biomimicry, biodiversity monitoring, environmental DNA, and bioacoustics. This enables the teams to strengthen knowledge sharing and skills transfer on sustainability issues for marine activities.
Since its creation, the Institute has been supported by Pernod Ricard France, which provides the researchers, who are also divers, with technical support to develop innovative sustainable solutions to face environmental challenges.
The Chuan Art Programme Creation
The Chuan is the first whiskey distillery opened in China by an international spirits group. The building, designed by architectural duo Neri & Hu, also hosts a programme of artistic commissions and exhibitions curated by Aric Chen, who is set to become the first curatorial director of Design Miami events in Florida and Basel. Chen was also previously senior curator of Hong Kong’s M+. The first two permanent installations of the programme were entrusted to Zhan Wang and Fujiko Nakaya respectively. The programme will then continue with temporary exhibitions.