GREEN & SOCIAL INNOVATION

Our mission is to shift the innovation focus from the growth to wellbeing.

Our path is impact business where profitability is a tool and going good the purpose.

Our income comes from consulting services and we reinvest it into building
disruptive sustainable living, learning and working concepts.
 We provide
eco consulting services

holistic
innovation
retreats
We welcome and mentor We invest into
apprentices guest houses
and the client’s teams

home
 Consulting in what?

Eco-tech Eco-biz Eco-wisdom

Product development Sustainable Sourcing Lectures

Industrialization Business development Workshops
Project management Operational business control Retreats
 Consulting how?

Old school Cross company Holistic cross disciplinary

innovation retreats

We get a task from one client. We get a challenge. We invite apprentices, mentors and
We get it done We find a partner with same or linked clients employees into innovation
challenge and we solve it together retreats in a French medieval village
Consulting for who?
 Where?

La Licorne Le Gîte Le Figuier St-Francis

St Gengoux le National St Ythaire St Ythaire Linköping
Burgundy, France Burgundy, France Burgundy, France Sweden

We buy and renovate houses in order to welcome, accommodate and mentor university interns interested in green and social innovation.
We combine mental work (consulting), physical work (growing and cooking own sustainable food) with cultural immersion (music, art, etc).
We invite our clients employees for holistic innovation retreats and workshops together with our apprentices.
 Why holistic innovation retreats?
Because green and social innovation is as much matter of the mind as it is of the body and of the soul.
 Why Synge - consulting?

"It is not often you meet a consulting company who internalizes "Synge has an incredible "Probably the most simple, efficient
your values and objectives to such an extent that the line network and drive within sustainable and flexible way to develop your
between your company and the consultants disappears. Synge product development, research and sustainable business outside of
have become my sourcing team in Europe, and they function in more. Always thinking out of the box, your comfort zone."
a fully integrated way that makes them indistinguishable from generating collaboration synergies and
regular employees. Synge's drive for achieving tangible, new ways of financing sustainability.”
practical results with a sense of urgency differentiates them
from many other consultants I’ve worked with. Synge is a key Stéphane Bohbot
partner of mine, and are playing a large role building my future
supply chain”
Thomas Schori CEO Innov8 Group France
CEO of #Tide Top European IoT distributor
ocean plastic collector & recycler
John Jacobson
Chief Supply Chain Officer at LIME
the world’s largest shared electric
vehicle company
 Why Synge - holistic retreats?

“The retreat was a truly transformative experience. 2 days of immersion in a wide

“The retreat really took me out of my comfort zone: Combining humanistic, spiritual
variety of subjects from Ecology, Agronomy, Philosophy to Spirituality in the
and reflective moments with discussions and seminars on business and
company of fellow participants that themselves came from a wide variety of
sustainability challenges.
professional backgrounds.
There was opportunity to exchange experiences and challenges with the other
participants in a relaxed family atmosphere, creating open dialogs and meet
The first step in making any changes is shifting perspective and the retreat allowed
people from divergent backgrounds and professions.
everyone to express their differences and thrive on the exchange of diverse
What becomes exceeding clear after a weekend retreat is that there are significant
viewpoints. And all this in an iconic setting in the French countryside with excellent
challenges for business and society that will require extensive changes in the way
cuisine and fabulous Blues musicians.
business is conducted, politicians act and people behave.
The current energy crisis only reinforces how urgently we need a paradigm shift to
My hope for the best- expect the worst conclusion:
address ecologic and economic challenges heading our way and the retreat as
On one hand I am encouraged by meeting others with similar values and
such ties into one of the fundamental aspects of the Renaissance: bridging the gap
ambitions, my own and other companies efforts to change, and the increased
between expert knowledge to create a holistic understanding of the world and its
discourse on sustainability. In the other hand, is the insight that the radical
challenges.
changes required in economic systems and resultant radical change required in
lifestyles will be victims of the tragedy of the commons.”
A great Experience !”

Thomas Waldner Sedgwick Schieszler

Sony Design Director Circularity Director
 Why Synge - apprenticeship?

"My internship at Synge has been an incredible experience allowing me to

“I did both internship and master thesis at Synge. I
travel across Europe, meet the executives from Sony, Lime, Oatly, Ikea and
wanted to see how I, as a designer, could ” I joined Synge as I wanted to have a part time
discuss their views on sustainability together with philosophers, artists and
contribute to social business creation. The work during my studies. Not only did I get the job
even an organic farmer!
outcome was so much more than that. I learned but I also got to co-define the actual tasks based
Jan, Synge's CEO, is a great mentor and dedicated to transoforming business
about the importance of creative thinking in the on my interest and inclinations. I am currently
and education models to meet the current social and enviromental challenges.
area of business. I also learned how the cross- working on the battery 2nd life solutions for LIME
Thanks to Synge I got to visit international trade fairs, ride an electrical
disciplinary teamwork can shapes the company electric scooters. I got to visit the largest battery
surfboard on the sea between Denmark and Sweden, visit Frankfurt by night
development but also one's personality and fair and discuss the possible technical solutions
on a LIME scooter, do wine-tasting in Burgundy and visit historical monument
professionalism. That is why my internship was an with well-established companies and also
in every city I traveled to... I met many truly inspiring people that helped me
experience that I truly value both on personal and upcoming innovative start-ups. I have traveled
think and shape my career as a businesswoman differently. At the end of my
professional level.” across Europe, worked with my hands at Synge
internship Synge offered me a part time job until the completion of my
properties in France and joined an extraordinary
university studies.”
cross–disciplinary holistic retreat that ended up
with a monastery visit (Taizé). If you want a great
Kate learning experience on all levels then Synge is the
place! ”
Industrial design
Raphaëlle Lund University
International Management William
SKEMA Business School Paris
Industrial Engineering & Mgmt
Linköping University