ESSOR - Support for investment projects promoting a reduction in the environmental footprint

Overview of the ESSOR - Support for investment projects promoting a reduction in the environmental footprint program:

A repayable contribution A loan guarantee (reimbursement guarantee of no more than 70% on the net loss) A participation A non-refundable contribution The repayable contribution and the loan guarantee are the preferred forms of financial intervention. Management fees (study fees) of at least 0.5% of the amount of financial assistance granted are payable by the company. Annual guarantee fees of at least 0.5% of the guaranteed amount are payable.

Benefits of the ESSOR - Support for investment projects promoting a reduction in the environmental footprint program:

• More precisely, these can be projects:
• Reducing pollution in the environment (water-air-soil)
• Ensuring the sustainability of natural resources
• Advocating carbon capture and valorization
• Targeting renewable and clean energies or bioenergy
• Aimed at the production of new fuels with low carbon impact
• Applying to transport and mobility
• Applying to the recycling and recovery of plastic
• Contributing to the circular economy
• Preserving and restoring natural environments and biodiversity
• Reducing resource and energy consumption
• Reducing the environmental footprint must be the primary objective of this clean technology, and not be an indirect effect.
• Capitalizable capital expenditures directly linked to the completion of the project and aimed at:
• The acquisition, construction, development or expansion of buildings
• The acquisition and implementation of equipment or software
• Expenses linked to a major technological transition aimed at significantly reducing the environmental footprint

Eligibility criteria of the ESSOR - Support for investment projects promoting a reduction in the environmental footprint program:

• Your business is eligible if it is a for-profit, cooperative, or social economy enterprise.
• Eligible sectors of activity
• All sectors of activity are eligible except the following sectors:
• Primary sector (agriculture, forestry, and fishing), excluding
• Cultivation in a greenhouse or in a building having the same purpose as a greenhouse
• Packaging activities, when it comes to major projects,
• Logging
• Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
• Real estate services and rental and leasing services
• Construction, excluding projects aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of their activities
• Public services
• Management of companies and businesses
• Health care and social assistance
• Teaching Services
• Public administration
• Finance and insurance
• Arts, entertainment and leisure
• Telecommunications services
• Radiotelevision
• Restoration
• Other services (except public administration), excluding:
• Retail and wholesale
• Of the tourism sector, where only projects related to accommodation services are eligible when they are attached to a tourism project