Écoleader Fund

Supported themes

• Responsible sourcing
• Sustainable development approach
• Ecodesign
• Water management
• Energy management
• Greenhouse gas management
• Waste management
• Sustainable mobility
• Air quality

The following clienteles are not eligible:

• Sole proprietorships (self-employed);
• Syndicates of co-ownership, associations and groups of persons;
• Financial services companies and other companies under the authority of the Autorité des marchés financiers, including insurance companies or brokers;
• A company incorporated as an undeclared partnership under the Québec Enterprise Register;
• Companies listed in the Registre des entreprises non admissibles aux contrats publics (RENA). This situation also applies to experts and subcontractors registered with RENA who are expected to carry out work on the project;
• Companies that, during the two years preceding the application for financial assistance, have failed to meet their obligations after having been duly put on notice by the Ministère or by Investissement Québec in connection with the granting of previous financial assistance by one of these two organizations;
• Crown corporations or corporations controlled directly or indirectly by a government (municipal, provincial or federal), a municipal entity or companies that are majority-owned by a Crown corporation, with the exception of those owned by band councils and Aboriginal communities;
• Companies under the protection of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act or the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act;
• Holding companies;
• Companies whose ethical conduct is likely to tarnish, even by association, the Québec government's image of integrity and probity;
• Companies whose business involves the following:
  • Weapons production or distribution;
  • Exploration, extraction, drilling, production and refining of fossil fuels, such as petroleum and thermal coal, with the exception of activities aimed at the transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • Gambling, violent games, combat sports involving any living species, racing or similar activities;
  • Sexual exploitation, for example an erotic bar, an escort agency, an erotic massage parlor or a swingers club;
  • Production, sale and services related to the consumption of tobacco or drugs;
  • Any activity whose main subject is protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (religion, politics, advocacy, etc.).

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