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About

Inecko is a consultancy that combines strategy consulting and local economic development, to support and scale green and circular innovation. We are guided by short- and long-term value creation and by the necessary imbrication of projects within local contexts.

 

Inecko offers the combination of these two competencies to provide:

  • Commercial and economic assessment

  • Local uptake and execution

  • Impact measurement and advisory

  • Local/regional economic development

 

Working with all types of public or private organisations we:

  • Model costs, revenue and profitability for green and circular innovations, assess and size target markets, provide strategic advisory

  • Harness local ecosystems and secure local adoption, provide operational advisory, initiate and ensure execution stage, assess feasibility and local acceptability

  • Quantify and interpret local outcomes* securing local support and overcoming potential reluctance, maximise these gains in the short and long term

  • Deliver local/regional economic development strategies that are both practical and structural, based on existing capacities

 

Our realisations contribute to immediate job and revenue creation. They also aim at embedding durable value addition locally. We therefore spur structural local economic development drivers: innovation capacities, skills, cooperations and knowledge transfers.

 

We trigger collaborations based on concrete products, focusing on their quality and intensity, including unexpected connections, to develop unique and sought-after know-hows.

 

Lastly, we see green-digital transition value chains largely interdependent, forming techno-economic ‘megatrends’. Aligning with these unlocks economic and commercial gains while contributing to them.

 

In 9 years of activity Inecko has:

  • Delivered 34 distinct studies in support of 13 green innovation projects for public and private clients: local authorities, state agencies, corporates including state railways, developers, commercial port, private equity funds, consultancies

  • Ensured 17 assessment missions for the European Commission innovation programmes

  • Conducted 231 interviews (~15-20 per project) and 17 in-person or online surveys (2053 respondents)

  • Supported the establishment of 58 profitable green/circular value chains with on average EUR 1.7M turnover and 26.4% EBITDA margin

  • Contributed to the creation of 1 380 jobs, 32.8M€ net salaries, 37.8 M€ sales revenue, 13.6M€ local tax, and the rejuvenation of 21 500 industrial square metres with 16 SMEs, including in post-industrial regions

 

Based in London and Paris, Inecko operates in the UK, EU and globally. Our deliverables are clear and visually appealing without compromising on contents. We never start any project without a deep understanding of our client’s objectives while our approach is flexible, proactive and solutions-seeking.

 

 

*Proprietary model for quantifying socio-economic impacts (employment, wages, income, value added, tax revenues), measuring direct, indirect and induced effects, as well as activity created and displaced.

**We have proven expertise in engaging with company leaders (231 interviews conducted), which greatly facilitates the process. The extensive network built over 9 years of activity is a further advantage.

 

Who we are

 

Founder of Inecko, Aurélien Leblay has over 15 years of experience in local economic development, as project manager, analyst, then consultant. He has focused on EU project writing and management, African ecosystems and, of course, the green-digital transition. He founded Inecko in 2017 (formerly Leblay Consulting) to promote a local economic development built on the green and circular economy, and to highlight its impact on local economies.

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Since 2020 he has been an external expert for the European Commission, covering economic development, SMEs support and research and innovation programmes. He also worked in strategy consulting in London (Kaiser Associates, LEK), helping companies and their executives make relevant and informed decisions.

Deeply engaged in the technical and systemic dimension of the ecological transition, he engages on this topic and on green finance through published opinion papers (La Tribune, Euractiv). Familiar with civil society, he chaired a mobility and training organisation for four years (Hors Pistes), among other roles. Aurélien studied at Sciences Po Aix and the London School of Economics.

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