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ECO-INDUSTRY
The Lille Region is a strategic location for unmatched opportunity. There’s simply no better place for developing your eco-business.
Main companies500 eco-businesses 15% of French environmental investmentsOver 14,000 employees (10% of national workforce)Competences in various sectorsOver 2,000 subcontractors
Development potential
Eco-industries are expanding fast in Northern FranceOver 60 research centers 400 researchers A unique cluster of expertise in site and soil decontaminationNorthern France is actively promoting eco-businessesKey industrial sectorsA growing environmental marketThe skilled workforce you need
Team2, Northern France's 7th competitiveness cluster
Official recognition rewards the innovative action of eco-business association cd2e over the past 5 years
Carbon footprint survey shows Lille the greenest
A study by Ernst & Young ranks European cities in terms of carbon emissions caused by office buildings
ECOVER
Being so close to Boulogne-sur- Mer and Calais will make it easy to supply our main markets. And I am impressed with the quality of the local labor force. I am convinced Landacres will help us to step up the pace of expansion.