Synergie Montréal
Driven by PME MTL Est-de-l’Île, Synergie Montréal is an economic development initiative aimed at optimizing the use of resources within the territory Montréal via the circular economy.
Synergie Montréal creates an ecosystem that provides Montréal businesses with an opportunity to implement various strategies related to the circular economy. The initiative was introduced in 2014 to stimulate the local economy and develop the potential of businesses through the application of ecoresponsible business solutions.
In keeping with the socioeconomic transition movement, Synergie Montréal receives support from Ville de Montréal and the Québec Government.
Targeted businesses
All Montréal businesses that wish to adopt ecoresponsible business practices and that have an interest in the circular economy, including the following:
- Industrial and commercial businesses
- Private and social economy businesses
- Institutional and municipal sector businesses
- Organizations that wish to play an active role in connection with an issue or problem related to waste management or procurement
- Businesses that wish to improve their material management and sustainability practices
Type of support
- Individualized
- Cohort of businesses
Services offered
The professional support offered to businesses is intended to help them maximize profitability by optimizing their resource management while reducing their environmental footprint.
Services consist of guidance and support in the transition toward a circular economy that leads to the recirculation of unallocated resources and assets.
Our technical support offer includes the following:
- Exploratory meeting to evaluate needs and identify priorities
- Between 10 and 40 hours of support mandates
- Circular Xpress diagnosis
- Characterization of materials
- Analysis of potential for synergy
- Search for suppliers and opportunities
- Networking
- Circular economy network
- Material flow cost analysis (MFCA)
- Search of the Synergie Québec database
- Search for financing for circular economy projects
- Monitoring, impact measurement and influence of completed actions
Fields of expertise
Our specialists provide support in a wide range of fields:
- Ecodesign
- Responsible consumption and supply
- Optimization of operations and cost reduction related to material flow
- Industrial ecology
- Recycling, composting and recovery
- Maintenance and repairs
- Donations and sales
- Reconditioning
- Service economy
- Collaborative and sharing economy
- Rental and sharing
- Circular business models
- Financing for circular economy projects
Member advantages
Join a community of leaders in Montréal’s circular economy: Innovate, make enlightened and strategic decisions. Forge impactful business relations and collaborate to propel your business toward a sustainable and inspiring future!
Benefits of membership in Synergie Montréal:
- Support for integrating circular economy strategies into your business model
- Tools and resources for reducing your environmental footprint
- Solutions leading to savings
- Access to a network of businesses and committed partners
- Opportunities for creating strong ties among businesses
- Preferential rates for receiving individualized support with impact measurement
- Access to a catalogue of requests and proposals available exclusively to members
- Participation in Synergie Montréal activities and priority invitation to Rendez-vous for members
- Member newsletter containing information on financing programs and news related to the circular economy
Annual fees
- $200 for private businesses
- $150 for non-profit social economy businesses
Information
If you have any questions, please contact the team at [email protected].
Synergie Montréal activities are made possible thanks to the financial support of:
