The creation of La Planète Verte, a federation of French refrigeration, air conditioning, professional kitchens and renewable energies companies, has been recently announced by former SNEFCCA members Bernard Debruyne, Daniel Gaillard, Gilles Guerreau, Ralph Kuthe, Dominique Lebot, Jean Paul Lecerf, Tony Loisel and Thierry Wehrle.

 

The Le Trait-based organization has teamed up with UIMM, the French Metallurgical Industry and Trade Association, benefiting from some of its legal, social and fiscal structures. Also, a website has been created which presents the compromise of this new association. According to the organization’s press release, one of its aims is to fulfil its role as employers organization, protect the independence of the associated trades, and join together and represent all industry professionals.

 

Furthermore, its goals also include giving value to the sector, protecting its technical expertise and promoting it; protecting members individually and collectively by managing the existing collective labour agreement; offering advice and assistance to its members (social, legal, regulatory, …); proposing a pricing policy that allows equal access for all; being open to innovation from within the sector; ensuring strong lobbying action next to the public, regional, national and european authorities; and associating with national confederal structures.