Industry 5.0

European industry is a crucial engine in the economic and societal transitions that we are currently witnessing today. To remain a driving force for prosperity, industry must take digital and green transitions forward.
Industry 5.0 encourages the promotion of industrial activity beyond technical or economic objectives such as productivity and efficiency. It also targets other objectives equally essential to the sector’s future, such as employee wellbeing, sustainability, and resilience.

Industry 5.0 places the wellbeing of the employee at the heart of the production process and utilises new technologies to ensure prosperity beyond jobs and growth while also respecting the production limits of the planet.

It therefore completes the existing "Industry 4.0" approach by specifically placing research and innovation as tools to serve a transition towards a European industry that is sustainable, centred around the individual, and resilient.

Industry 5.0 brings advantages to industry, employees, and society. It empowers workers and responds to the evolution of skills and the training requirements of employees. It increases the competitiveness of industry and contributes towards attracting the best talent available.

At GreenWin, we subscribe 100% to this approach. Digitalisation and automation must serve humans, notably by reducing the arduousness of tasks and optimising efficiency, while at the same time guaranteeing wellbeing in the workplace. They should not become a justification for job exclusion, but rather a means of developing training in respect of their utilisation and maintenance, and of generating new types of jobs and new opportunities.

To date, GreenWin is involved in two major sectors digitalisation supports:

> One is dedicated to Chemistry sectror: ChiMérique, a project for the digitalisation of the chemical sector, that the cluster is managing in partnership with Plastiwin, essenscia Wallonie, Sirris, Certech, CETIC and INFOPOLE, with the support of AdN.

> The other one is dedicated to the Construction & Building Sector

GreenWin is a partner in two major initiatives aimed at facilitating the digitalisation of construction companies: EDIH Connect and Construction du Futur. In this context, the cluster can support you in developing your digital deployment strategy within your organisation.

With this in mind, what are your needs? We invite you to share them with us by completing this online form—it takes no more than three minutes!

GreenWin serves as a thematic and targeted networking hub, offering various event formats, including one specifically designed to connect experts with companies to address their real needs. The cluster ensures that all genuinely challenging aspects of digital strategy deployment are clarified, enabling it to provide the best possible advice and support tailored to each company’s specific requirements.

GreenWin then identifies trends and common themes among the companies it supports, pooling resources and expertise, and engaging actors from Wallonia’s innovation landscape whose complementary skills enable the effective and accelerated implementation of strategies developed with its Members.
"Many thanks for sending us the summary of the conference held on 31 January. The document is clear and a good reflection of the ideas shared on the use of data and the digital transition in public projects." L. MURO SIA Architecture.

To date, an initial theme has been identified during our events, leading to the ongoing production of a white paper on data structuring—a prerequisite for any digitalisation strategy.

The white paper aims to highlight the challenges related to “data” in the construction sector, considering the diversity of uses and the value of this data at every stage of a construction project, whether it involves a building or infrastructure.

Valuable support in securing funding and in international development and prospecting.

Through our international network, we give you access to sources of inspiration, best practices, and examples of successful digitalisation in construction companies, including those driven by public authorities.

We also organise international missions, taking our Members to events or on structured prospecting trips to maximise the results of your visits and meetings. One unmissable event for the digitalisation of construction companies is London’s “Digital Construction Week”, which we encourage you to attend, as it is unique worldwide.

For funding opportunities, we can advise you through the EDIH Connect project.

Would you like to innovate by digitalising your company but are unsure who to partner with?

GreenWin is dedicated to building partnerships between companies, entrepreneurs, and research actors: digitalisation is, of course, no exception to the cluster’s role as a catalyst and facilitator.

GreenWin has developed a ‘speed matching’ format to organise meetings between researchers and entrepreneurs: W!nGO, whose first edition takes place on 27 May 2025. 

Would you like to understand how digitalising your company could make your business more efficient and less arduous?

GreenWin has co-produced two seasons of Les Nouveaux Bâtisseurs, one of which focused in particular on the benefits of digital tools, with 10 dedicated episodes on this topic [in French].

Would you like to talk to us or ask a specific question?

Don’t hesitate to contact:
Audrey BAL and Julie BRUGHMANS, for your digital deployment strategy;

Stéphanie ROOSA, for questions about funding.