The European SME Week is a pan-European campaign that aims to promote entrepreneurship in Europe. An initiative of the European Commission, it helps existing entrepreneurs find information on available support and tries to encourage more people to set up their own businesses. The main objectives of the SME Week are to:
The Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) is neither a label nor a certification scheme. It focuses on ensuring that enivonmental claims made by companies are structured and complete, to present a clear assessment of a technology's potential and value. It does not evaluate the technology's performance against standard or pre-defined criteria.
Small and medium-sized enterprises based in the EU or established in a country associated to Horizon 2020 can apply for EU funds supporting breakthrough innovations and projects with market-creating potential under the revamped SME Instrument, which is part of a European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot, launched on 27 October 2017 as part of the Horizon 2020 Work programme 2018-2020, The pil
The bioresource department of Guyane Development Innovation (GDI) promotes economic development in French Guyana through its focus on biodiversity. It targets several sectors: agriculture and food, aquaculture and seafood products, wood and biomass, and biofuels. Its mains goals are to promote the creation and development of natural resource-processing companies, support traditional economic sectors and economic diversity by stimulating innovation, and to initiate links with national clusters.
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 human resources. Their role is to inform companies about ecodesign, energy efficiency, and waste management. The experts raise awareness about the interaction between a company's environmental impact and staff practices.
Net-Billing for PV and Biomass is a programme related to the installation of PV systems or biomass electricity systems in buildings (including commercial and industrial buildings) for the purpose of generating electricity for own use.
The Scheme aims to provide subsidies in order to promote the deep energy renovation of existing buildings of SMEs. This purpose can be achieved by providing non-repayable financial aid during a first Call for Proposals. Two types of investments are eligible for receiving a subsidy:
The Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020 of Cyprus includes sub-programmes, under which resource efficiency-related measures can be supported. They can include:
Toolbox for Enterprises is a tool for businesses to assess, in particular, their energy savings potential. It consists of a catalogue of energy efficiency measures for energy, IT equipment, transport and processes. In the last category, a few measures on material efficiency, waste and emissions are also included. The described measures help companies make their self-assessment and choose measures that result in saving resources and costs.
Piraeus Bank Ltd. offers a preferential loan for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems with a capacity up to 20 kW for companies and private individuals. The loan can be provided in the amount of €5,000 - €60,000 with arrangement fees of 0.50% on the loan's amount and documentation fees of €50.
Loan conditions: