Impact France's SCESS - ESUS Circle brings together the socially or environmentally useful companies defined by the 2014 law. As the official representative of the SCESS to ESS France and the Conseil supérieur de l'ESS, Impact France gives a strong voice to this SSE family that is still too little known and recognized.

SSE trading companies (SCESS) and social utility solidarity enterprises (ESUS) are already providing concrete solutions to social and ecological challenges. Le Cercle is helping to remove the obstacles to their development, and to enable thousands of companies to join this movement.

Together, they are raising their profile and asserting their place at the heart of the SSE, providing a social and solidarity-based voice for tomorrow's economy.
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First members

Publications

SSE trading companies: an under-exploited opportunity for the world of impact

Nearly 4,500 companies have already chosen SCESS status to combine economic performance, social benefits and ecological impact. Yet this lever remains fragile and little recognized. This groundbreaking report proposes solutions to secure their framework and unleash their full potential in the service of economic transformation.
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For Anne-Sophie Thomas of Gestia Solidaire: SSE companies are the pioneers of tomorrow's economy!
Cyril Noury, CEO of Informatruck: utility before profitability
Evaluation of the SSE Act: Impact France's recommendations

Agenda

Webinar - National SSE strategy

10/10/2025 12:00
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Grande rencontre SCESS & ESUS: SCESS and robustness

14/1/2026 18:00
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A tailor-made offer based on your needs and availability

Consolidate a network of peers by bringing together SCESS and ESUS managers from all over France, whatever their size or sector, through qualified meetings and forums for dialogue on their specific issues.
Speak with a common voice to decision-makers, anticipating and influencing legislative and regulatory changes, to defend an entrepreneurial model that reconciles social utility, ecological impact and economic performance.
Accelerate development through workshops, tools, events and feedback throughout the year. Benefit from qualified networking, fostering concrete cooperation with all Impact France entrepreneurs.
Meet other impactful startup leaders to support each other and share best practices
Contribute to the construction of our advocacy which defends the recognition of ecological and social innovation
Access tools that accelerate your business and help you continuously progress
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Benjamin Dubois
Social and environmental utility company coordinator
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