A few days before the closing of the GreenTech Innovation 2026 Call for Expressions of Interest, the State is putting forward one of its main levers for connecting entrepreneurial innovation and public ecological transition policies. More than a label, GreenTech Innovation functions as a tool for guiding and deploying environmental solutions across territories and sectors.
What GreenTech Innovation is
Supported by the Ministries of Ecological Transition, Regional Planning, Transport, Cities and Housing, and operated within theEcolab from the General Commission for Sustainable Development, GreenTech Innovation is a support and certification program intended for start-ups and SMEs developing solutions serving the ecological transition.
The program covers a wide range of themes: sustainable agriculture and food, buildings and cities, low-carbon industry, water and biodiversity, circular economy, renewable energies, mobility, responsible digital technology, sustainable finance and even environmental health. An assertive approach, which includes high tech as well as low tech or no tech innovations, as long as they present the potential for large-scale deployment.
Why this program matters
GreenTech Innovation is distinguished from traditional innovation systems by its purpose: to facilitate the integration of innovative solutions into public action. The label acts as a marker of institutional credibility, opening access to administrations, public operators and phases of experimentation in real conditions.
For the selected companies, the challenge is not only visibility, but the ability to test, adjust and deploy their solutions in complex regulatory and operational environments.
A deployment-oriented label
Being a GreenTech Innovation winner allows:
- to obtain official recognition from the State;
- to access public and parapublic networks to experiment and deploy;
- to benefit from targeted support, based on business expertise and field feedback;
- to gain visibility during structuring events such as MeetUp GreenTech, the ecosystem’s annual meeting.
What AMI 2026 expects from candidates
The 2026 Call for Expressions of Interest is aimed at already structured start-ups and SMEs, capable of demonstrating:
- a measurable environmental impact;
- a capacity for large-scale deployment;
- adequacy with the public policies supported by partner ministries.
It is neither a competition of ideas nor a short-term traction accelerator, but a system designed to place innovation in the long term of ecological transformation.
Key date
Applications are open until January 19, 2026.
