Discover the top 50 most influential entrepreneurs

For the third year in a row, CareNews publishes its ranking of the 50 most influential companies. This social and solidarity economy specialist media has developed a methodology developed especially with Caisse des dépôts, BNP Paribas and Inco, to be able to compare companies and associations in terms of their social and environmental impact. Label Emmaüs, Écotable, Yuka, Agence du don en nature, Miimosa … In all, 212 applications were analyzed for 50 laureates. These are categorized into ten categories: vocational training and access to work, access to housing, access to education and culture, access to health, combating isolation, supporting impactful project leaders, responsible consumption and production, waste recycling, sustainable agriculture and the energy transition.

“It highlights little-known companiesFluffy Deprez, managing director of CareNews, confirms. But we wanted to make a classification that is not just a text competition, we try to show the real characters, effective and virtuous solutions“Candidates are evaluated on their commitment, internal practices, quality of influence, and economic strength.”The good news is that sales volume will go up this yearFluffy Deprez notes. Thus, the average score of participants on their strength is up 1 point compared to last year.

Remember, the economy is for something.

The winners of the top 50 companies are 60% companies and the rest are associations. Four associations take first place in the ten categories: Connexio in the category of vocational training, Habitat and Humanity in the category of access to housing, Telemake in the category of access to quality education, and Écampère (support for women living with HIV) in health. access category. The companies reached first place in six other rankings: Neosilver in the anti-isolation category, HelloAsso for supporting impact projects, Emmaüs Label for responsible consumption, Lemon Tri for waste recycling, Urban Picking in the sustainable agriculture category and Digital4Better x Fruggr in the energy transition and sustainable mobility category.

For companies that participate, the ranking helps to better understand the SSE ecosystem. “I’m not necessarily a fan of the ratings, but I thought it was important to be able to position ourselves as SSE’s recruitment representatives.“, explains Souad Butgrabit, founder of DesCodeuses, ranked fifth in the vocational training category. Established five years ago, with 15 staff and 150 volunteers, this association trains women from disadvantaged backgrounds in computer code, to help them find a permanent position.”In this ranking, I find companies and associations with goals similar to ours. We must remember that the economy must serve a purpose, and that it is important to develop local skills“, she adds.

“internal management tool”

Candidates also admit to thirsting for comparison media and analyzing their impact. “The final score is not our priority, what matters to us is to be able to face the reference system and put ourselves in a category. It’s an indoor management tool!estimates Diane Palucha, in charge of impact at Bellevilles. This solidarity estate, with 30 employees, is a real estate operator with a specific mission: to provide access to real estate to low-income families and to businesses in the ESS. Bellevilles is ranked third in the Support category Influential project leaders.We support influential actors, real estate is a tool for thatexplains Diane Balucha.

The visibility that Top 50 provides also makes it possible to warm up relationships with stakeholders. “This brings credibility with companies who contact us more easily“, Souad Boutgrabet believes. Lemon Tree, a company specializing in recycling, is participating for the third time in the ranking.”It helps our investors, who are all impact funds, to have that seal that gives evidence of what we do.says Augustin Jacqueline, President of Lemon Tri.

The company supports nearly 800 businesses and departments in sorting, recycling and recovering their waste. It also has a historical activity related to collecting packaging machines placed in transit places. It has a turnover of 10 million euros, and employs 30 employees.

Arnaud Dumas