The third P4SME workshop focused on services that support SMEs to become more sustainable

The third workshop of the Peer for People, Planet, Profit in SMEs (P4SME) project took place between the project partners on 26th January. Due to travel restrictions in Europe, the meeting took place virtually this time – the focus was on sustainability services for SMEs.

The project meeting was opened by Lucija Marovt from Circular Change, an organization that aims to support companies that want to move to a circular economy. This non-profit organization collaborates with SMEs, government agencies, cities, non-profits, researchers, creatives, and the media to create new unique circular economy solutions, projects, reports, events and more. During the interesting presentation, Lucija introduced several local success stories and currently ongoing international projects supporting sustainability, one of the partners of which is the representative organization of Estonian sustainable companies and Tehnopol’s cooperation partner Rohetiiger.

As in previous meetings, all project partners introduced their organisation’s initiatives that support SMEs to become more sustainable:

• Johanneberg Science Park presented a methodology developed as a result of an international project that supports the transformation of traditional science and technology parks into sustainable circular systems;
• FUNDECYT-PCTEX presented their organisation’s initiative on how to raise awareness of The European Green Deal and how companies can contribute to its goals;
• TEHNOPOL presented the GreenEST Summit (on the picture), the largest green technology conference in the region, talking about the goals of this event and the need for SMEs.

The project partners share good practices, tools and initiatives that address the three dimensions of sustainability (social, environmental, economic) with the support of relevant European external experts. Peer-learning activities are applied to facilitate collaboration and knowledge transfer.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No. 970887

Project duration – 01.07.2021 – 30.06.2022

Read more on the European Commission’s website: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/970887