Assessing Rimouski Businesses to Make Them More Innovative
In an article by Marie-Christine Rioux published by Radio-Canada, the City of Rimouski’s approach is highlighted: assessing how businesses operating within its territory function in order to better support them and help them become even more innovative. The goal is to turn one company’s waste into another’s resources, in collaboration with Synergie Bas-Saint-Laurent, IVÉO, and the Industrial Ecology Technology Transfer Centre.
This initiative demonstrates that innovation often emerges when businesses’ needs intersect with the capabilities of the broader ecosystem. For this potential to translate into collective prosperity, innovations must also be protected, brought to market, and adopted in Québec.
This is precisely what Axelys works to achieve. In 2025–2026, one in three projects in our portfolio was related to responsible consumption and production, and 95% of our technology transfers were completed with Québec-based businesses.