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      • Customer experience
        Improving customer experience and developing new offers for our customers.
      • Environmental footprint
        Improving the identification, measurement and reduction of our environmental impact.
      • Industry 4.0
        Accelerating innovation to create the industry of the future.
      • New energies
        Favoring energies with low carbon emissions (gas, solar, wind, bioenergy, etc.).
      • New mobilities
        Rolling out innovative solutions that respond to current and future challenges of sustainable mobility.
      • Oil and gas
        Supplying affordable, available and clean energy over the long term, through ever-safer, more efficient and innovative solutions.
      • Safety
        Ensure the safety of our employees, stakeholders, facilities and products.
      • Supply chain
        Making our products and services accessible everywhere and at a low cost, while optimizing and securing all our operations.
      • Other topics
        Enabling our support functions (HR, finance, legal, IS, purchasing, etc.) to support employees and business lines in an increasingly innovative manner.

    • If the start-up's solution does not provide an answer to the current challenges, it is nevertheless possible to apply if the proposed solution is in line with one of Total's major innovation themes.

      If the start-up's solution does not provide an answer to the current challenges, it is nevertheless possible to apply if the proposed solution is in line with one of Total's major innovation themes.

    • Three types of partnership are possible: co-innovation and business development, full-scale testing, and financing.

      Three types of partnership are possible: co-innovation and business development, full-scale testing, and financing.

    • When working with start-ups, Total favours an agile relationship based on the following principles: support, transparency, systematic compensation, simplified procedures and visibility. Total is an international group present on every continent and in almost every country.

      When working with start-ups, Total favours an agile relationship based on the following principles: support, transparency, systematic compensation, simplified procedures and visibility. Total is an international group present on every continent and in almost every country.

    • For several years, Total has been working with numerous start-ups in both the commercial and financing fields. Start-up partners testify to their successful experience in a wide variety of areas of the Group's business. Find their testimonials here. 

      For several years, Total has been working with numerous start-ups in both the commercial and financing fields. Start-up partners testify to their successful experience in a wide variety of areas of the Group's business. Find their testimonials here. 

      1. Once you submit your application on the site, we guarantee a response within 15 days whether or not your application has been accepted.
      2. If you receive a positive response, your application will be forwarded to the relevant team, which will decide as quickly as possible whether or not a first meeting is worthwhile.
      3. After one (sometimes several) meeting(s), Total may agree to launch an experiment to test the solution and enable possible industrial deployment. Depending on the project, the experimentation can last from 3 to 6 months on average.
      4. The legal conditions of the experimentation are lightened (a standard contract of about ten pages will be signed before the beginning of the experimentation). In the case of co-development, intellectual property issues will be systematically dealt with, as early as possible and with respect for both parties.
      5. The experimentation will be remunerated.
      6. The industrialization of the solution is subject to the success of the experimentation, to the start-up's ability to deliver its solution in compliance with Total's quality and safety requirements and to the size of the solution's deployment perimeter.
      7. If the solution is industrialized, the legal aspects will be handled according to the standard procedures of the Total Group.
      1. Once you submit your application on the site, we guarantee a response within 15 days whether or not your application has been accepted.
      2. If you receive a positive response, your application will be forwarded to the relevant team, which will decide as quickly as possible whether or not a first meeting is worthwhile.
      3. After one (sometimes several) meeting(s), Total may agree to launch an experiment to test the solution and enable possible industrial deployment. Depending on the project, the experimentation can last from 3 to 6 months on average.
      4. The legal conditions of the experimentation are lightened (a standard contract of about ten pages will be signed before the beginning of the experimentation). In the case of co-development, intellectual property issues will be systematically dealt with, as early as possible and with respect for both parties.
      5. The experimentation will be remunerated.
      6. The industrialization of the solution is subject to the success of the experimentation, to the start-up's ability to deliver its solution in compliance with Total's quality and safety requirements and to the size of the solution's deployment perimeter.
      7. If the solution is industrialized, the legal aspects will be handled according to the standard procedures of the Total Group.

    • In the case of a response to a challenge, a form must be filled out and the documents requested must be attached.
      In the case of an "unsolicited application", it is recommended to submit a synthetic but complete presentation of the start-up and its solution (deck).
       

      In the case of a response to a challenge, a form must be filled out and the documents requested must be attached.
      In the case of an "unsolicited application", it is recommended to submit a synthetic but complete presentation of the start-up and its solution (deck).
       

    • In addition to the challenges published on the site, a start-up can send an application to Total either for a commercial partnership or to obtain financing: in the latter case, the application will be sent to the entities in charge of financing (Total Carbon Neutral Ventures for a fund-raising campaign or, in France, Total Développement Régional for a zero-interest loan).

      In addition to the challenges published on the site, a start-up can send an application to Total either for a commercial partnership or to obtain financing: in the latter case, the application will be sent to the entities in charge of financing (Total Carbon Neutral Ventures for a fund-raising campaign or, in France, Total Développement Régional for a zero-interest loan).

    • Initial contact is made by the Innovation Department, then quickly by the business experts concerned by the innovation theme.

      Initial contact is made by the Innovation Department, then quickly by the business experts concerned by the innovation theme.

    • Total will give an initial response within a maximum of 15 working days after submission of the application. 
      If the response is positive, this means that Total may be interested in the proposed solution and the business line concerned is examining the application and the possibility of a meeting.
      If the answer is negative, this means that Total is not interested in the solution as it stands, but of course does not preclude further contact.

      Total will give an initial response within a maximum of 15 working days after submission of the application. 
      If the response is positive, this means that Total may be interested in the proposed solution and the business line concerned is examining the application and the possibility of a meeting.
      If the answer is negative, this means that Total is not interested in the solution as it stands, but of course does not preclude further contact.

    • These criteria vary from project to project and must be discussed between Total and the start-up before the experiment is launched.

      These criteria vary from project to project and must be discussed between Total and the start-up before the experiment is launched.
      In any case, quality, performance and safety are essential requirements for Total.
      A successful experiment does not necessarily imply the industrialization of the solution proposed by the start-up.