The Ecoterritoires are developing special tools to boost investment by green industries

The environment in which a company establishes itself is often key to its success and its growth. The Ecoterritoires have their own assets, which are complementary and tailored to the project at hand:

• Corporate clubs or competitiveness centres, specialized in either cleantechs or greentechs, which encourage a collaborative synergy.
  For example:
  • - Advancity (Sustainable town and urban greentech),
  • - Xylofutur (Woods and construction, green fibres and chemistry)
  • - Avenia (Geosciences, energy and the environment),
  • - Tenerrdis (Renewable energies),
  • - Fibre Clusters (Fibrous materials and green materials),
  • - Derbi (Development of Renewable Energy for the Construction sector and Industry),
  • - Industry and Agro Resources (Recovery of agri-based raw materials, green chemistry) and a European ceramics cluster (ceramics, materials and surface treatment).

• Transport network and infrastructures: maritime ports, river ports, TGV (High-speed train) links, road access and motorways,…

• Development of specialized training and Human Resources for Green Business jobs: renewable energy, wood processing and recovery training, materials specialists, smart networks, green chemistry…

• Supply chains and resources: many projects, especially those related to green chemistry or green construction, are directly affected by their ability to access raw materials supplies in relation to the volumes they use and the quality obtained.

With regard to these areas, the Ecoterritoires are committed to providing the business leaders with detailed information concerning the relevant procurement capacities of the regions so they may choose the solution best-suited to their needs.