Eco-responsible compensation practices: Turning the corner together
On October 16, 2025, as part of their partnership, QNP took part in Beneva’s supplier recognition evening in Quebec City, under the theme “Ecoresponsible practices in compensation: Turning the corner together”.
The event, which brought together partners and suppliers from the housing and automotive sectors – most of them SMEs – highlighted the key role that companies in Beneva’s value chain can play in the transformation to more resource-efficient and climate-resilient practices.
Moderated by Anne-Josée Laquerre, General Manager and co-initiator of QNP, the opening panel featured experts from Recyc-Québec, Architecture sans frontières and Ingénext, who came to share concrete solutions for transforming home and auto insurance practices.
- Guillaume André, from Ingénext, stressed the importance of repairing rather than replacing to save resources. As vehicles are no longer designed for repairability, he relies on innovation: his team, for example, manages to improve the range of an electric vehicle by replacing its battery with a repaired, higher-performance one.
- Élène Levasseur, from Architecture sans frontières, illustrated how a disaster can become an opportunity for sustainable improvement. When a basement floods, it’s time to rethink drainage, redo a heated concrete slab and opt for an epoxy finish. Learning to live with water, she says, is now an essential skill in making our buildings and communities more resilient.
- Nicolas Bellerose, from Recyc-Québec, revealed that in 2023, construction materials became the most landfilled material in Quebec, ahead of organic matter. We urgently need to reduce these materials at source and increase their value: every tonne diverted from landfill represents savings, reduced emissions and a business opportunity for our companies.
Discussions explored very concrete issues at the heart of compensation practices – in both the housing and automotive sectors: selection of more resilient materials, repairability, cohabitation with water, innovation and simplicity of post-loss intervention.
Whether it’s rethinking housing design or extending the life of an electric vehicle, every disaster can become an opportunity to learn, innovate and reduce losses, while improving the performance of buildings and equipment and reducing their environmental footprint.
A common conviction emerged from these discussions: adaptation to climate change is no longer an option, it’s a necessity.
In a context where resources are becoming increasingly scarce and climatic events are multiplying, all players – insurers, suppliers, appraisers, contractors and citizens – have a role to play.
By focusing on material productivity and circular, sober and resilient practices, we strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs, protect communities and collectively prepare for a more robust and sustainable economy.
In conclusion, Anne-Josée Laquerre praised Beneva’s leadership in mobilizing its business ecosystem:
“What Beneva is doing today is exemplary: bringing its partners together, recognizing their efforts and opening a constructive dialogue on climate change and ecoresponsible practices in compensation, in a spirit of shared leadership where every partner counts. This approach proves that transformation starts with the strength of the collective – win-win leadership, both human and necessary, to build more resilient companies and communities, ready to take on the climate challenges.”
We’re looking forward to the second Beneva Recognition Evening on October 21 in Longueuil, where we’ll be hosting a second panel on the same theme.
