Meetings of the ecolonomy: to produce without destroying, it is possible, what is blocking?

Audio 48:30

The office of administrative, commercial and open-space RSQE services, refurbished, with green roof, underfloor heating.

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By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow

1 min

It is more economical to produce in an ecological way.

The Pochéco company, which manufactures envelopes near Lille, in the north of France, and its president Emmanuel Druon have demonstrated this for 25 years.

His method is called ecolonomics.

The

Open

Consulting Office

,

 created by the company, has already supported 30,000 employees of 250 companies in ten countries towards ecological transition.

What are the steps to put in place and why is the model struggling to establish itself on a large scale?

(Replay)

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Guests: 

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Emmanuel Druon,

president of Pochéco

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Élodie Bia,

co-founder of the Open Office

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Muriel Pénicaud,

Ambassador of France to the OECD, former Minister of Labor

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Françoise Nyssen,

director of the Actes Sud publishing house, former Minister of Culture and president of the Festival d'Avignon.

Program originally aired on June 10, 2021.

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