IÉSEG and IMMOCHAN Foundation announce the winners of the CRÉENSO social entrepreneurship competition
06/09/2016
On May 18, the IMMOCHAN Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, in collaboration with IÉSEG, presented the winners of the CRÉENSO social entrepreneurship competition with their prizes.
The CRÉENSO competition aims to reward the creators of a social enterprise in France in two ways:
• Support from an IÉSEG Master student. Throughout the academic year, the student assists and supports one of the entrepreneurs that have been nominated in the area of his/her Master specialization: marketing / communication, audit / management control, human resources, management … as required by the supported project.
• € 20,000 is also awarded by the foundation to the three top prize winners (€ 10,000 for the winner of the 1st Prize, and € 5 000 for the 2nd and 3rd places).
Of the 40 applications received for the 5th edition of the competition, 15 entrepreneurs benefitted throughout the year from the support of IÉSEG students. In May, the CRÉENSO jury then met to attribute the three top prizes that were then presented at a ceremony at the IÉSEG campus in Paris.
Emmanuel Bouhier (Alternativ’hôtel) , accompanied by IÉSEG student Alice Muller, receives the 1st Prize awarded by the IMMOCHAN Foundation
The first prize € 10,000, was awarded to Alternativ’hôtel, an emergency social housing initiative based in Clermont Ferrand. Alternativ’hôtel, aims to provide an alternative to hotel accommodation that can be used as emergency (social housing) solutions for families (with children) that are in difficult situations.
The 2nd prize € 5,000, was awarded to La Bêle Solution, which offers organisations the possibility to have their green spaces maintained with sheep (“éco- Pastoralisme”). In certain periods of the year, people with disabilities can also help provide ‘mechanical’ maintenance for green spaces (in the framework of the French “établissement et service d’aide par le travail”).
The 3rd prize € 5,000, was won by BimBamJob, a recruitment solution that specializes in social and health field.
The jury also awarded the ‘Coup de Coeur’ prize to LeBocalLocal, an association which seeks to prevent the wastage of garden vegetables and fruit and enable people out of employment to find a professional activity and social contact.
More information about the CRÉENSO prize is available in French.