Our vision

The industrial system is currently facing a growing number of issues:

• energy supply,
• resources scarcity,
• environmental impacts (greenhouse gaz emission, diffuse pollution, …)

To imagine a sustainable future, this system needs to move from an environmental perspective where concern was directed at industry and local pollution, to an environmental view, which focuses on a more systemic conception. Industrial ecology is a response that goes beyond by joining together economic, social and environmental challenges.
This new concept is inspired by natural ecosystems to understand and improve industrial systems. Its objective is an optimal and sustainable use of resources including all economic activities.

An innovative management of material, water, energy, information and waste flows strengthens the economic competitivity and image of companies, industrial estates, cities or regions, whilst reducing their environmental impact.

To ensure that this vision is a daily occurrence and not just a meaningless sentence in a strategic plan, SOFIES offers eco-industrial solutions and adheres to the following working principles:

Concrete and tailor-made consultancy services Focus on solutions instead of overinvesting in problems analysis Building strong international networks with industrial ecology champions, international organizations and governments Investing in partnerships with aligned companies and top quality specialized consultants

 

Our mission

Thanks to the tools of industrial ecology, SOFIES answers to the constraints of a finite world, by:

• Implementing efficient supply chains for resource and energy management on a territory
• Optimizing the environmental performance of a specific product, service, organization or territory
  

SOFIES is committed to support economic actors and authorities by providing realistic, suitable and economically viable solutions to the issues of resources overexploitation and ecosystems degradation