Organized by ADEME Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Ecological Transition Agency) and the Tourisme Lab, a laboratory for innovative projects supported by the Agency for Development and Innovation (ADI Nouvelle-Aquitaine), the day was primarily intended as an opportunity to meet. Companies that wanted to accelerate the transition to the environment and project leaders could come together.
In the Thomas Jefferson Auditorium, solution providers presented their structures, and then companies came to testify about their collaborative experiences. Blessings for “become known” reports Antoine Mérigot, Water and Water Transition Project Manager at Soltena. Also with a goal “catalyze innovation projects” sums up Vincent Bost, CEO of ADI Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Vincent Bost, General Manager of ADI Nouvelle-Aquitaine together with Mathieu Anglade, Regional Director of ADEME NA.
“Tourism is a pillar of the local economy” reminds, but is also responsible for “10% of greenhouse gas emissions” in France the nuance regional prefect, Étienne Guyot. However, the necessary awareness is gradually being created thanks to the work of clusters, federations and regional agencies. These entities provide VSE and SME financial support and direct these economic actors to contacts capable of supporting them.
Several projects are underway in the areas of heating, waste sorting, water use, construction and even catering. On that topic, camping Lidon, based in the Marais Poitevin, for example, benefited from the expertise of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Hôtellerie de Plein Air (NAHPA) trade union to rethink its offering. With the help of the sustainable tourism fund offered by ADEME, the host equipped himself with a composting system and new lighting for his kitchens. It also now favors local manufacturers in short order.
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Stakeholders readily acknowledge that the road to carbon neutrality, the 2050 goal, is still long. Especially with regard to education among vacationers who “Forget these matters sometimes. In terms of consumption, it’s often crazy” Aurélia Quillet, project manager of sustainable development in the NAHPA department, testifies. But gradually, with the help of this type of action, the sector tends “to be part of the tourism of progress”. This is the ambition of ADEME regional director Mathieu Anglade.