Activa Capital - Value Activators

A. Training Activa Capital in Sustainable Development Goals and new organizational models

Following a first day of training with entrepreneurs, the Activa Capital team participated in a half day’s training in the UN Sustainable Development Goals and new organizational models (“corporate liberation”) to think about the future of the management company and the investor business.

The morning took place at Foodentropie’s premises in Nanterre, a food processing laboratory.

Food4Thought meetings

In 2017, the entire Activa Capital team participated in four events to discover sustainable innovation projects in the agri-food industry and meet entrepreneurs invested in the fight against food waste, beekeeping, as well as urban agriculture.

B. Federating our team with community commitments

In October 2017, the Activa Capital team took part in the Odyssea race to support the fight against breast cancer. Thanks to 13 similar races organized throughout France in 2017, the association has been able to raise more than one million euros to fund the fight against breast cancer (research and support for afflicted women).

In November 2018, the Activa Capital team ran the Course des Lumières to support cancer research.

Developing our sponsorship around training and social inclusion

A. Supporting the Agence du Don en Nature (organisation redistributing unsold clothing to avoid wastage) in its growth

Activa Capital has been a sponsor of the association since its creation in 2008. After supporting several initiatives of the Agence du Don en Nature in recent years, we wanted to provide more personalized support to the Executive Director, Stéphanie Goujon, by making her meet our entrepreneurs and via a dedicated session of skills sponsorship.

B. Creating a partnership around sustainable agriculture and training

In June 2017, we met Nicolas Géant, entrepreneur and first beekeeper to offer businesses the opportunity of urban beekeeping. Through interacting with him and his team on the current issues of beekeeping, we decided together to create a partnership to develop the training of beekeepers.

C. Setting up the first diploma course in beekeeping alongside “Apprentis d’Auteuil”

Following a meeting in September 2017 with Beeopic and the Apprentis d’Auteuil foundation, Activa Capital is supporting the establishment of a training module for beekeeping. The module, called “Discovering urban beekeeping”, has been validated by the French ministry for agriculture and will be run by Beeopic as an option within 2 vocational baccalaureate diplomas. Activa Capital is funding the course via the apprenticeship tax.