François Cornélis

Delhaize Group SA engages in owning and operating food supermarkets, convenience, and hypermarket stores. It also engages in the retail and wholesale distribution of food products, health and beauty products, pet food and accessories. The company was founded by Jules Delhaize, Edouard Delhaize, and Jules Vieujant in 1867 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Sofina SA is a traded investment company invest in both private and listed companies located in North America, Asia Pacific and Europe primarily in Western Europe, India, China and the United States. It targets companies operating in the fields of digital transformation, consumer & retail, education, healthcare, energy and services, e-commerce, consumer goods, digital, satellite operations, industry, finance companies, financial services, media, communications, insurance, property development and life sciences. It provides financing for early stage, later stage, buyout and growth capital requirements with an investment size of €5 to €300 million. It acts as a lead investor, considers co-investments and takes a minority interest.

Carmeuse SA produces lime, calcium limestone and dolomitic stone. The company was founded by Léon Collinet in 1860 and is headquartered in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

LBC Belgium Holding NV provides chemical and petroleum tank storage facilities. The firm also offers a range of value-added services, which include blending and compounding of a range of technical additives and compounds, such as de-icing and heat transfer fluids, concrete additives, and coolants; drumming and IBC filling; warehousing of hazardous packed goods; and container and railcar cleaning. The company is headquartered in Mechelen, Belgium.

Conseil Européen de l'industrie Chimique, also known as the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), is a non-profit organization that represents large, medium, and small chemical companies across Europe. The non-profit company was founded in 1972 and is based in Brussels, Belgium, with subsidiaries in Belgium. Cefic is committed to the UN sustainability agenda and has developed a unique roadmap, called the Transition Pathway, to guide the European chemicals industry through the massive transformation needed to meet the EU Green Deal goals. The Transition Pathway lays out more than 200 actions for the EU institutions, Member State governments, and industry to build the business case for investing in sustainability. Cefic provides clarity, predictability, and direction to guide the industry through the transition.