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The overall turnover of VSEs and SMEs in Reunion Island fell by 0,4% in the third quarter of 2023, according to the estimate of the Council of the Order of Chartered Accountants and the Sagis Institute, as part of the Image PME survey. The slowdown was particularly confirmed in the services and commerce sectors., with a negative quarter for the first...

Frédéric Maillard, Chairman and CEO of EDF PEI (island electricity production), officially inaugurated the Port Est power plant on December 4, in its version converted to liquid biomass produced from rapeseed oil. The twelve engines of the power station were until now powered by fuel oil.. Their gradual conversion required six months of work, during which the unit....

This is the percentage of native plant species on the island threatened with extinction., selon un bilan dressé fin 2023 par l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature. Compared to a first assessment established in 2010, 95 of the 962 native species listed are seeing their situation worsen. In this context, the IUCN calls “to significantly strengthen conservation actions, to stop....

Loss of autonomy at home is more common in Reunion : according to an INSEE study, 11% of residents aged 60 or over living at home were in this situation in 2021, or 19,000 people, compared to 7% in France. Réunion is one of 16 French departments where the loss of autonomy at home is significantly....

Agnès Pannier-Runacher, then Minister of Ecological Transition, presented at the end of December an overseas addition to the action plan for the acceleration of geothermal energy, presented in February 2023 and which aims to quadruple the production of geothermal heat in France. It consists of five measures : creation of a strategic consultation body on geothermal energy..

The grand prize for the collective approach of the 2023-2024 Agroecology Trophies was awarded at the beginning of January 2024 to the GIEE (economic and environmental interest group) UHPR “Integrated Biological Protection” (Union of horticulturists and nurserymen of Reunion Island). The economic and environmental interest group is a system officially recognized by the State to encourage agroecology in France. Celui de l’UHPR se consacre...

The Albioma group announced at the end of December the acquisition of a wood pellet production plant in Tuan, located in the state of Queensland, in Australia. The factory's raw material is residue supplied under long-term agreements by the region's major sawmills., who transform wood from sustainably managed forests. Factory, opérationnelle...

L'Écocité de La Réunion a présenté en décembre les quatre projets lauréats de son appel à projets Kréolab, destiné à susciter la conception de programmes immobiliers innovants, préfigurant la « ville tropicale de demain », par des groupements pluridisciplinaires. À Saint-Paul, un projet imaginé par CBo Territoria a été retenu pour le site d’« entrée de ville », non loin de la médiathèque, on...

Continuing the transfer protocol signed in 2019 with SHLMR (Action Housing group), the latter is gradually acquiring the residential assets held by CBo Territoria in three residences delivered in 2015 and 2016 in Beauséjour (Sainte-Marie). These are the Anthurium residences (63 housing units and 107 parking spaces), Canopy 2 (45 logements et 90 places de...

La chambre des notaires de La Réunion et de Mayotte a lancé officiellement fin 2023 son centre de médiation. Ce service a pour objectif de faire gagner du temps et de l’argent à toutes les parties, dans les situations qui peuvent être solutionnées à l’amiable. Le centre de médiation est présidé par Me Sylvie Pons-Servel. Sa création marque une étape...