OSER forêt vivante

What OSER forêt vivante does

OSER forêt vivante is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) headquartered in Rezé, operating since 1989 as a Structure d'Insertion par l'Activité Économique (SIAE) in the south of the Nantes metropolitan area. Its mission is the professional and social integration of people facing employment barriers, delivered through a salaried work-based model (CDDI/CDDU contracts) combined with socio-professional accompaniment. The organization manages an Association Intermédiare (Solidarité Services) and five Ateliers et Chantiers d'Insertion, which together employ roughly 52 insertion ETPs and 26 permanent staff, serving nearly 200 people in 2023.

The organization operates six service divisions: Solidarit\u00e9 Services (personnel placement), Forêt Vivante (waste collection and recycling, including desarchivage), Menuiserie (custom woodworking), Au Fil du Linge (laundry and sewing, 215 kg/day capacity), Jardin (certified-organic market gardening on 7,000 m²), and Méli-Mélo (vegetarian catering and takeaway). The technology base is operational and labor-intensive rather than software-driven. Commercial activities run on quote-based pricing for B2B and subscription or pay-as-you-go for B2C (e.g., €10/year Jardin membership, €14/person Méli-Mélo takeaway menus).

Revenue mechanics combine three channels: reserved public procurement contracts (marchés réservés IAE) with Nantes Métropole and other local authorities, direct B2B services to enterprises and associations, and direct-to-consumer sales (individual home services eligible for a 50% tax credit, organic basket subscriptions, event catering). The organization also operates the Territoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue Durée (TZCLD) initiative on the Château de Rezé territory, having spun off Entreprise à But d'Emploi L'Amarrez in January 2024 as a separate legal vehicle.

Name

OSER forêt vivante

Legal name

OSER forêt vivante

Website

https://oser-foret-vivante.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OSER forêt vivante is a Rezé-based French non-profit SIAE that employs insertion workers across six service divisions — staffing, recycling, woodworking, laundry, organic gardening, and vegetarian catering — serving municipalities, enterprises, and individuals in the Nantes metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rezé

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Personnel placement (Association Intermédiaire): The Association Intermédiaire places insertion workers with enterprises, associations, and local authorities for a fee. Clients are invoiced based on the worker's hourly rate multiplied by hours worked, including structure fees, social charges, and paid leave allowances.
2. Waste collection and recycling services: Forêt Vivante collects and sorts recyclable materials (paper, cardboard, plastics) from businesses and administrations in the south Loire area. Revenue is generated through service fees for collection and processing.
3. Woodworking products and services: The Menuiserie designs, manufactures, and installs wooden structures (garden sheds, pergolas, fencing, dry toilets, etc.) for professionals and individuals. Revenue is generated through direct sales of custom-built wooden products and installation services.
4. Laundry and sewing services: Au Fil du Linge provides laundry and sewing services to local authorities, businesses, associations, and individuals. Revenue is based on volumes of linen processed, with per-kilogram or per-item pricing.
5. Organic vegetable basket sales: Le Jardin cultivates certified organic vegetables and sells weekly baskets to individual members, CCAS de Rezé, and social grocery stores. Two seasonal contracts are offered per year (spring-summer and autumn-winter). Membership fee of €10/year applies.
6. Catering and event services: Méli Mélo provides vegetarian catering for events and offers takeaway menus at €14/person. Revenue is generated through event catering contracts and direct takeaway sales to individuals.
7. Public procurement contracts: OSER forêt vivante holds reserved public contracts (marchés réservés IAE) with Nantes Métropole, Ville de Rezé, Ville de Saint Sébastien sur Loire, Ville de Vertou, Ville de Saint Nazaire, and other local authorities for services including street cleaning, linen service, vegetable supply, and catering.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

OSER for\u00eat vivante is a non-profit social integration organization (Structure d'Insertion par l'Activit\u00e9 \u00c9conomique) operating an Association Interm\u00e9diaire and five specialized Ateliers et Chantiers d'Insertion (ACI). It delivers staffing/personnel placement, waste collection and recycling, custom woodworking, laundry and sewing, certified organic vegetable production, and vegetarian catering services to local authorities, enterprises, and individuals. The organization also implements the TZCLD (Territoires Z\u00e9ro Ch\u00f4meur de Longue Dur\u00e9e) experimentation through its subsidiary EBE L'Amarrez.

Product overview

OSER forêt vivante is a professional integration organization (Structure d'Insertion par l'Activité Économique) operating in the south of the Nantes metropolitan area. The organization offers a diversified portfolio of six integrated service divisions: Solidarité Services (staffing/labor pool), Forêt Vivante (waste collection/recycling), Le Jardin (organic vegetable production), Méli-Mélo (vegetarian catering), La Menuiserie (woodworking), and Au Fil du Linge (laundry/sewing). Each division operates as both a social integration workshop employing people in difficulty and a commercial service provider to individuals, businesses, and public authorities. The organization also manages an Enterprise with Territorial Employment objectives (EBE L'Amarrez) as part of the TZCLD (Territoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue Durée) initiative.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Solidarit\u00e9 Services (Association Interm\u00e9diaire) Staffing and labor pool service that places insertion workers with enterprises, associations, public authorities, and individuals for missions including cleaning, gardening, handling, maintenance, construction assistance, restaurant service, surveillance, administrative support, waste management, and distribution. Around 50-60 insertion employees are placed, equivalent to 8 ETPs, across 11 communes in South Loire, invoiced at the SMIC floor plus a coefficient covering structural costs and social charges.
• For\u00eat Vivante (Waste Collection & Recycling) Waste collection and recycling service that collects and sorts recyclable materials (paper, cardboard, plastics) from businesses and administrations in the south of the Nantes metropolitan area. Operates from a workshop at 4 boulevard Paul Henri Spaak in Rez\u00e9 (Monday-Wednesday 8h-12h and 13h-17h, Thursday-Friday 8h-12h).
• Le Jardin (Organic Vegetable Baskets) Organic vegetable production and direct sales service that grows certified organic vegetables on 7,000 m\u00b2 (including 2,000 m\u00b2 of tunnels) and distributes them through subscription baskets to individual members, CCAS de Rez\u00e9, and social grocery stores. Two seasonal contracts per year (spring-summer mid-May to end September; autumn-winter beginning October to end March) with an annual \u20ac10 membership fee.
• M\u00e9li-M\u00e9lo (Vegetarian Catering & Traiteur) Plant-based catering service that prepares vegetarian cuisine for events, buffets, takeaway menus, and ambulatory sales at festivals in the Nantes region (Les heures d'\u00e9t\u00e9, Rendez-vous de l'Erdre, La folie des plantes, La braderie des Ecossolies). Takeaway menus are offered at \u20ac14 per person (entry + main + dessert).
• La Menuiserie (Woodworking) Woodworking workshop that designs, manufactures, and installs wooden structures including garden sheds (cabanes), pergolas, fencing, picnic tables, dry toilets, and custom furniture for local authorities, enterprises, and individuals. Commissioned by Service Nature et Jardins de Nantes for municipal outdoor furniture.
• Au Fil du Linge (Laundry & Sewing) Professional laundry and sewing service that maintains textiles for local authorities, businesses, associations, and individuals, including collection, washing, ironing, folding, and delivery, with a capacity of 215 kg of dry laundry per day. Volume-based per kg or per item pricing.
• Entretien d'espaces publics (Public Space Maintenance) Public space maintenance service including manual and mechanical weeding, brush cutting (bin emptying), and cleaning for local authorities. Contracted under march\u00e9s r\u00e9serv\u00e9s IAE for municipal infrastructure.
• D\u00e9sarchivage (Archive Destruction) Archive destruction and document management service that collects, sorts, and recycles paper archives from businesses and individuals, providing recycling certificates as evidence of proper destruction.
• Restauration \u00e9v\u00e9nementielle (Event Catering) Event catering service providing vegetarian and plant-based dishes for festivals and public events including Heures d'\u00e9t\u00e9, RDV de l'Erdre, La Folie des Plantes, and corporate/D\u00e9partement de Loire Atlantique receptions.
• Menus \u00e0 emporter et \u00e9picerie (Takeaway Menus) Takeaway menu service offering vegetarian world cuisine menus composed of starter, main course, and dessert for \u20ac14 per person (partial options entr\u00e9e+plat or plat+dessert at \u20ac11), available for pickup 1-2 times per month at the M\u00e9li M\u00e9lo workshop (Thursday 11:30-17:30, Friday 8:30-12:30).
• Services aupr\u00e8s des particuliers (Individual Home Services) Home services for individuals including house cleaning, gardening, and laundry maintenance, with 50% tax credit eligibility (cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t) and immediate tax credit advance payment option (Service Avance Imm\u00e9diate du Cr\u00e9dit d'Imp\u00f4t).
• Mise \u00e0 disposition de personnel (Personnel Placement) Personnel staffing service that places workers with companies, associations, and local authorities for occasional or regular needs in various fields including cleaning, gardening, construction, handling, and catering. Invoiced at SMIC floor multiplied by a coefficient covering paid leave, social and fiscal contributions, and structure costs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 200 people welcomed, employed, and accompanied in 2023
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Le Point ClécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Le Point Clé provides French as a Foreign Language (FLE) training for OSER forêt vivante insertion workers of foreign origin. A training convention has been in place since 2016. Some workers have successfully obtained the DCL FP (Diplôme de Compétences en Langue Français Professionnel). Le Point Clé also prescribes candidates to PREPA training programs of the Pays de la Loire Region.
• Nantes MétropolecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNantes Métropole is a key public sector client and partner. OSER forêt vivante holds reserved procurement contracts (marchés réservés IAE) with the metropolitan authority for services including manual weeding and brushing on public spaces, and collection and sorting of paper and cardboard under public waste management contracts.
• Ville de RezécoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe City of Rezé is a major client and co-financier of the TZCLD (Territories Zero Long-Term Unemployment) initiative. Contracts include linen cleaning for schools, bin emptying, and supply of organic vegetable baskets for CCAS beneficiaries.
• Ville de VertoucoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe City of Vertou is a client for linen cleaning services provided by Au Fil du Linge workshop.
• Service Nature et Jardins de NantescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMunicipal service that commissions woodworking services from the OSER forêt vivante Menuiserie workshop.
• Ville de Saint Sébastien sur LoirecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe City of Saint Sébastien sur Loire uses Au Fil du Linge for linen cleaning and sewing services.
• GAIN pour l'Emploi (Groupement des Associations Intermédiaires de Nantes Métropole)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOSER forêt vivante is a member of GAIN pour l'Emploi, a grouping of intermediate associations in Nantes Métropole. GAIN serves as a single point of contact for clients needing significant staffing volumes and coordinates social insertion actions for public procurement contracts.
• ATD Quart MondecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerATD Quart Monde was the founding partner of the TZCLD initiative (alongside Secours Catholique, Emmaüs France, Le Pacte Civique, and Fédération des acteurs de la Solidarité). OSER forêt vivante is implementing the TZCLD approach in Rezé under this framework.
• Département de Loire AtlantiquecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe department is a catering client for standing buffet and cocktail reception services, sourced from the Méli Mélo workshop.
• Pôle EmploicoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPôle Emploi is a client for paper and cardboard collection and recycling services provided by Forêt Vivante. It is also a key institutional partner for prescribing job seekers to OSER forêt vivante.
• Les EcossoliesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSocial economy network in Nantes. OSER forêt vivante participates in Ecossolies events including La braderie des Ecossolies where Méli Mélo sells food. The Ecossolies is also a platform for sharing job offers.
• Mission LocalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMission Locale is an institutional partner for prescribing young people to OSER forêt vivante's insertion programs.
• PLIE de la métropole nantaisecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPLIE (Plan Local pour l'Insertion et l'Emploi) is an institutional partner for coordinating insertion and employment actions across the Nantes metropolitan area.
• Cap EmploicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCap Emploi is an institutional partner that refers people with disabilities to OSER forêt vivante's insertion programs.
• Insertion 44 / Coorace / Chantier Ecole / Fédération des Acteurs de la SolidaritécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSector networks for Insertion par l'Activité Economique that help distribute job offers and provide professional support to OSER forêt vivante.
• Ecossolies / CRESScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerESS (Social and Solidarity Economy) networks including CRESS (Chambre Régionale de l'ESS) that help disseminate job opportunities and support OSER forêt vivante's mission.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Groupe Ares: French work-integration social enterprise operating Ateliers et Chantiers d'Insertion across multiple regions; directly comparable to OSER forêt vivante in using economic activity as a vector for inserting people facing employment barriers.
• Vitamine T (Groupe Vitamine T): Work-integration enterprise with multi-sector activities (logistics, recycling, second-hand, catering) serving disadvantaged workers; closest French analogue to OSER forêt vivante's diversified SIAE structure.
• ENVIE: Federation of insertion organizations specialized in WEEE recycling and reuse, with regional affiliates operating EBE/ACI workshops; comparable to OSER forêt vivante's Forêt Vivante recycling atelier and its insertion-through-waste model.
• La Varappe: Multi-site French insertion enterprise operating ACI workshops in recycling, renovation, and services across regions; directly comparable in using SIAE ateliers to deliver both insertion outcomes and B2B/B2G services.
• Le Relais (Relais France): Network of insertion social enterprises focused on textile collection, sorting, and resale (and increasingly laundry/upcycling); comparable to OSER forêt vivante's Au Fil du Linge laundry/sewing activity and overall SIAE model.

Broad incumbents

• Emmaüs France: Largest national federation of insertion/second-hand organizations in France; a broader incumbent whose member associations overlap with OSER forêt vivante's mission in social inclusion, recycling, and second-life activities.
• Restos du Cœur: Large national French non-profit providing food aid and social integration activities; broader incumbent operating at scale in social services with food-related activities adjacent to OSER forêt vivante's Méli-Mélo catering and Jardin activities.

Others

• Fédération des Entreprises d'Insertion (FEI): National federation representing insertion enterprises (entreprises d'insertion, EBE, AI) in France; comparable as a peer organization because OSER forêt vivante is an SIAE member and addresses the same regulatory and procurement ecosystem.
• Coorace: Network federating associations intermédiaires and IAE operators across France; comparable as an ecosystem peer, since Coorace is listed as a sector partner for IAE distribution channels.

Emerging players

• L'Atelier Sans Tabac / La Sauge / Régie de quartier equivalents: Regional SIAE/ACI operators including urban agriculture and market gardening insertion projects; partially overlapping with OSER forêt vivante's Le Jardin (organic vegetable baskets) activity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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