Teréga accompanies the Vendée Globe towards a new energy era thanks to green hydrogen

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.

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.