SME Pact

The aim is to assist in promoting the Small Business Act which is designed to help innovative small businesses in France in penetrating the large corporates market. Société Générale, which was the first bank to sign the Small Business Act in December 2007, is committed to supporting innovative small businesses which, combined with the expertise of its own teams, afford it an even greater competitive edge. The Small Business Act gives the Group - which already devotes close to one-third of its purchasing budget to products and services from small businesses - new avenues and partnerships to explore. The role of the Purchasing Department is to identify those innovative companies best placed to work with the Group teams in areas such as information technology, payment means, banking services, dematerialisation, property, HQE, etc.
Highlights in 2009 :
  • Fourth seminar on the theme of "Man and Innovative Machine Interfaces",
  • Société Générale also took part in the Small Business Act review organised by the French Ministry for the Economy Finance and Industry in December 2009,
  • En of 2009, 11 SMEs which took part in the meetings were awarded contracts for their technical proposals.