Green investments for small companies

Demainvest

Country	Belgium , applies regionally Show NUTS regions – BE3 RÉGION WALLONNE
Time period	Open ended, started on 01 January 2022
Context	Green Transition
Type	Legislations or other statutory regulations
Category	Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery into a green future – Financing the green transition
Author	Dries Van Herreweghe (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) and Eurofound
Measure added	02 October 2023 (updated 26 April 2024)

Background information

The finances of the smallest businesses are often unable to support major energy investments on their own. However, the Walloon government believes that Wallonia's large pool of small and medium-sized businesses offers great potential in terms of energy production and insulation.

Demainvest, the result of a partnership between Luminus and Wallonie Entreprendre (formerly SOGEPA), is a green investment financing solution based on a third-party investor system. The goal is make certain expensive related energy investments available to companies that otherwise would not be able to afford them.

Content of measure

Demainvest is entirely responsible for the project and its operation, as well as a significant part of its financing. The company in question does not have to undertake actions within the scheme.

Possible investments relate to the development, construction and operation of energy efficiency projects, electricity supply and the production of renewable energy and heat.

A concrete example of a project realised by Demainvest was the construction of a wind turbine in Herstal on the grounds of IT provider NRB. 90% Of the energy produced by this wind turbine will be used to cover the energy needs of NRB, the remaining 10% will be transferred to the public energy net.

Use of measure

No data currently available.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Applies to all businesses	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
Local / regional government Public support service providers	Regional funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	Unknown	Unknown
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

Unknown
Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

No information.

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