Esther Dormagen

The technology and expertise platform that is empowering the new circular economy and its B2B member organizations. We are a Canadian B-Corporation and partner with large B2B networks to help redirect surpluses and fight waste effectively and safely. In doing so, we join the disruption to tackle systemic issues such as food insecurity, climate change, or resource depletion. In 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemics, we launched in partnership with the network of Foodbanks Quebec, an innovative online platform that helped speed up the dispatch of 11 000 tons (14.3 million pounds) of food and sanitary goods through a logistics network of 30+ regional hubs and 1,300 front-line agencies. Toucan was named one of 20 social innovations of the year in 2020 by the NOVAE. Our B2B technology solution provides lighting-fast onboarding and an intuitive interface for friction-less interactions throughout the value chain. It is bilingual French-English and adapted for all categories of goods (perishable and durable) and services. We have partnerships in the food, construction, entertainment, industrial goods sectors and are ready to help empower networks to reach their mission more effectively. Yes (together) we can, Toucan ! TOUCAN s’adresse à toutes les entreprises agroalimentaires de production, transformation et distribution pour les aider à valoriser les millions de $ de pertes et surplus qui constituent actuellement le gaspillage alimentaire. Notre objectif est d’amener ces produits et matières en priorité vers l’alimentation humaine, puis animale, enfin végétale, en évitant tout enfouissement. Pour cela, TOUCAN vise à offrir des solutions numériques B2B accessibles à tous les acteurs, indépendamment de leurs taille, leur permettant de mesurer leur situation, mobiliser leurs équipes et mettre en place les filières les plus porteuses, qu’elles soient commerciales (sous-transformation), philanthropiques ou en R&D (recherche de nouveaux débouchés).