Two bankers, Xavier Heude and Michel Vandevoir, who had met at a major Luxembourg bank, decided that they wanted to add their ethical convictions to their professional duties. In other words, they wanted to replace the traditional banker’s mantra of risk and return with the triad of risk, return and impact. Driven by the desire to contribute to the protection of human dignity and human fulfillment, they decided to realize their mission by financing SMEs in developing and emerging countries to improve local living conditions.

And so, in 2016, they founded BACKBONE. To their logo, they added a graphic symbol describing the four colors of the human environment to be protected: ochre for earth, yellow for sun, green for nature and red for fruit.

BACKBONE is looking for the integral development of human being that goes beyond (or rather that should be the pillar of ?) the ESG approach and the SDGs.
In the current situation where all values tend to be questioned, BACKBONE is getting back to the roots and attempting to shed light over what is essential for every person.
This is just the beginning of a long journey that BACKBONE is pursuing day by d.