Diag Ecoconception Grant

About this grant

Diag Ecoconception is a Bpifrance support offer, co-funded by ADEME, that helps companies improve the environmental performance of their products, services or processes through ecodesign. The offer addresses the need of businesses that want to reduce their environmental footprint but lack internal expertise to assess it. Companies receive expert guidance to evaluate the environmental performance of what they produce or deliver. The programme consists of 18 days of support spread over 10 months. It begins with an analysis of the company's context, followed by defining the scope and stakes of the ecodesign exercise. Internal teams are then made aware of ecodesign principles, and the company's ecodesign referent is trained. The core analytical step is an environmental assessment based on life cycle analysis (LCA) of the product, service or process concerned. Based on this, the adviser helps build an ecodesign action plan and prepares its implementation through a preliminary technical and economic sizing of the retained options. Costs to the beneficiary are reduced by ADEME subsidy: companies with fewer than 50 employees and under 10 M EUR turnover or balance sheet total pay 5,400 EUR excl. VAT after a 70% subsidy, while companies with fewer than 250 employees and under 50 M EUR turnover or 43 M EUR balance sheet pay 7,200 EUR excl. VAT after a 60% subsidy.

Eligibility

Applicants must be SMEs within the European Commission definition, meaning fewer than 250 employees and either turnover of less than 50 million EUR or a balance sheet total of less than 43 million EUR. Companies must be up to date with their tax and social security debts. Eligibility is subject to verification by Bpifrance. The page does not state geographic restrictions beyond the French context of the Bpifrance and ADEME offer, nor any sector restrictions or prior-recipient rules.

Key requirements

• ✓Company must be French-based and seek to improve the environmental performance of a product, service or process through ecodesign
• ✓Beneficiary pays a reduced fee: 5,400 EUR excl. VAT (70% subsidy) for firms under 50 employees and under 10 M EUR turnover or balance sheet; 7,200 EUR excl. VAT (60% subsidy) for firms under 250 employees and under 50 M EUR turnover or 43 M EUR balance sheet
• ✓Programme requires 18 days of adviser support over 10 months, including a life-cycle-analysis environmental assessment and appointment of an internal ecodesign referent

Frequently asked questions

How much funding does Bpifrance offer?

Diag Ecoconception offers $8,640.

When is the Diag Ecoconception deadline?

This is a rolling call with no fixed deadline, so applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Who can apply for Diag Ecoconception?

Eligibility covers organisations in FR; sme, large-company. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.

Relevant sectors

About this sector

Industrial decarbonisation funding helps heavy industry cut emissions through electrification, fuel switching, process change and efficiency. Support is often capital-intensive and tied to a specific site, with feasibility studies leading to larger deployment calls. Applicants need emissions baselines, engineering studies and a plan to keep production running during the change.