SME collective

Energy management: opportunities for your SME collective

It may be wise to decide on energy collectively as a business association or cooperative. A collective decision contributes to the following:

• Stable supply
  No uncertainty about the energy supply will become increasingly important in the future.
• Cost management
  As an entrepreneur, you want to know where you stand, preferably saving energy costs or, with increasing market prices, controlling that increase.
• Business sustainability
  Sustainable development is much more practical if you collaborate with multiple entrepreneurs at once. It provides additional benefits and subsidy opportunities.
• Practical handling
  Within the collective, one liaison can negotiate and arrange energy contracts.
• Collective clout
  As a collective, you can achieve much more than an individual company.

In summary, you can focus your energy on your own business as an individual entrepreneur. COMCAM will take care of your energy management through Energy Portfolio Management.

Key conclusions

From the needs survey among SME entrepreneurs

• The SME needs survey (2022) showed obvious needs among entrepreneurs regarding energy.
• Entrepreneurs need financial and personal support. They are looking for sparring partners in areas they do not master themselves.
• Unpredictable economic conditions, pandemics such as COVID-19 and governmental policies weigh heavily on entrepreneurs.
• Entrepreneurs struggle to uncover the information relevant to them from the vast array of available information.
• Entrepreneurs affiliated with trade organisations know better whom to turn to for information.

Forward-looking entrepreneurs are struggling

With major uncertainties such as COVID-19 and energy prices, some of the foundations of entrepreneurship have disappeared. Entrepreneurs need support. This is also the case for independent entrepreneurs who typically wish to take matters into their own hands.

Entrepreneurs need support. This is true even among entrepreneurs traditionally seen as being ‘strong’.

A collective of entrepreneurs can provide that support, including through networking events. An entrepreneurial collective can also reduce the deluge of information to appropriate and manageable proportions.

Your energy-related challenges

Each sector has its specific challenges and requirements regarding energy consumption. The same is true for a collective of entrepreneurs within SMEs. Do you recognise the following questions?

• Will my energy supply remain steady in the future?
• What will I save if rates are clicked smartly?
• Does it make sense to switch from gas to electricity?
• Does sustainability offer business opportunities?
• What are the legal obligations and available subsidies?

COMCAM geeft antwoord op deze vragen en gaat, als u dat wilt, aan de slag met het verbeteren van uw energiesituatie. Dat doen we via Energie Portfolio Management.