Ecodesign

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Companies Network in Corsica

In Corsica, Ademe has set up a network of thematic experts to guide companies interested in sustainable development practices. Coordinated by the Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI), there are three to six experts available per thematic area: circular economy, environment, waste, energy, and...
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UCM - Cellule eco-conception

UCM is the main French-speaking employers’ organisation in Belgium, involved in defending the self-employed and business leaders. UCM offers a diverse range of services to SMEs, from business development to HR management and social services. Ten years ago, they created an eco-design unit, which...
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Ecodesign in Centre Val de Loire

The Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) in the Centre Val de Loire region offers support programmes, awareness-raising, training sessions, information exchanges, and expert advice to companies on ecodesign. Training activities include information on life-cycle analysis tools, ecodesign project...
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Carbon Ready Reckoner

The Carbon Ready Reckoner (CRR) is an online tool specifically developed to enable interested parties in the food and drink sector to evaluate their carbon impact relating to design changes in: Packaging weight Recycled content or recycling rate Product concentration and palletisation efficiencies...
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Eco-Innovation LT

Eco-Innovation LT is a financial support engine for projects intended to improve the environmental impact of products throughout their life-cycle (raw material selection and use, manufacturing, packaging, transportation, use), systematically integrating environmental aspects at the earliest stage of...
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Environmental performance in Brittany

The Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Brittany and the Ademe have set up a multi-dimensional programme to improve companies' environmental management. Five key areas are adressed: energy efficiency, waste efficiency, circular economy, eco-design and eco-innovation. Companies can contact...
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CD2Pro - Sustainable Competitiveness Product Process in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The Sustainable Competitiveness Product Process (CD2Pro) programme assists companies in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in their environmental management projects by mobilising the services of technological experts. The programme focuses on: Decreasing resource consumption (materials, energy, etc.)...
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CD2E - Creation Development of Eco-Enterprise in Haut-de-France

The Creation Development of Eco-Enterprise is one of the largest clusters in France and Europe to work on eco-technologies, bringing together around 250 members (companies, research centres, entrepreneurs, public institutions, etc.) in the Haut-de-France region. It has developed tools and actions to...
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Ecodesign database

Ademe has identified useful information for any company wishing to embark on an ecodesign approach. The ecodesign directory, in Excel format and distributed free of charge on request, provides easy access to key resources identified in this area. It offers: Contacts of suitable professionals for...
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TESPI - Tool for Environmentally Sound Product Innovation

TESPI is a free web-based tool aimed at supporting environmentally conscious design, taking into account the product life cycle, the customers’ needs and competitors’ products. It has been developed to support the first steps of product design, as well as redesigning existing products - in...
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Close the Loop - Guide for a circular fashion industry

Close the Loop is a tool that guides fashion entrepreneurs through the basics of a more sustainable and circular way of working. For each phase of a fashion product lifecycle (resources, design, production, retail, consumption, end of life), the tool formulates five resource-efficient strategies...
Best practices

Ecodesign to extend the useful life of products

Consumers are fully aware of companies deliberately reducing the useful life of products through planned or built-in obsolescence, along with its negative impact on the environment. Extending the lifetime and durablility of products is essential to optimise the use of resources and minimise waste...