A new “future climate” savings product for children under 18 should allow young people to finance a greener economy, according to information in the newspaper the echoes you’ve seen the green industry bill.
This “future climate savings plan” would be dedicated to “the acquisition of financial values that contribute to the financing of the productive economy and the ecological transition”, according to the text consulted by the economic newspaper. The Government would like this savings to benefit from “sufficient protection” so that young people can recover the amounts invested once they reach the age of majority.
To encourage parents to subscribe to such products, which would be distributed by banks and investment companies, the state would pay an unspecified sum as soon as one “future weather” if, however, it occurs during year. of birth of the account holder.
Orientation of private savings
To ensure that these savings are not used before the child reaches the age of majority, any withdrawal of money from this account before the age of 18 would result in the closure of the savings plan.
The bill, which the members of the National Council for Ecological Transition must vote on May 4, includes proposals such as the creation of a “Green Notebook” and a “Climate Notebook” for minors, in order to guide savings French private sector towards ecologically virtuous projects.
According the echoesthe text would also be based on life insurance and retirement savings plans (PER) to redirect part of these approximately 2000 trillion euros in assets towards the financing of “real assets”.
Source: BFM TV
