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Intrapreneurship programme: Teréga opens up new avenues for innovation
Combining the freedom to develop new ventures with the security provided by the Teréga ecosystem: that is the recipe for intrapreneurship, which offers the Group’s employees the means to create new products and services in-house, but aimed at external customers. First launched in September 2023, this programme has already given birth to innovative solutions in the field of the energy transition. Explore how the project is structured through first-hand accounts from the people running it, learn about Teréga’s input through the sponsor’s response, and finally read about the experiences of the intrapreneurs themselves.
Intrapreneurship: who’s it for? Who’s it for?
Aurelia Taupin, Research and Innovation Manager, project leader - As part of the IMPACTS 2025 corporate strategy, now GAïA 2035, Teréga’s Executive Committee has worked to create a playing field that encourages initiatives from all employees. This is how the intrapreneurship programme came about. An integral part of the TENEXI approach (from the French for “Let’s all explore innovation together”), it provides a response to two challenges: developing new businesses for Teréga, particularly in the fields of gas supplies, decarbonisation and energy frugality, and encouraging the upskilling of workers in agile project management, taking the initiative, and business and innovation tools.
Dominique MocklyGeneral Manager and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Teréga SAThe challenges we have faced in 2023 have reinforced our credo: to focus on decarbonisation, by developing new gases through innovation.
Magali Clerc, Life and Working Conditions Advisor, project leader - The Intrapreneurship programme is open to all Teréga employees. The sole condition is that they should be on a permanent contract and work on their idea as a team of two to four people. No less than fifteen projects were put forward for the first season in 2023-2024. That is a significant ratio compared with our workforce, and four were chosen to benefit from the full intrapreneurship programme. It includes dedicated time and a dedicated budget, HR support and a training and coaching programme led by in-house experts and external partners, specialists in the world of start-ups, such as Le Village by CA over this first season.
In less than a year, the different stages of the programme enabled us to challenge and enrich the initial ideas, analyse the legal, strategic and financial aspects of the projects, target future customers and partners, and put forward a final offer with a view to turning it into a commercial venture.
Marie-Claire AounMarie-Claire Aoun, Director of Futures and Industrial Relations, TerégaThe H2med corridor, including its BarMar component, will be an essential asset in offering green hydrogen to European industry at a competitive price. It will be a real accelerator to allow the European Union to achieve its target of carbon neutrality by 2050.
