a. Their purpose is to provi​de, through their activity, support to people in vulnerable situations, either because of their economic or social situation, or because of their personal situation and particularly their state of health or their needs for social or medico-social support. These people can be employees, customers, members, adherents or beneficiaries of the company;
b. They aim to contribute to the preservation and development of social ties, to the fight against exclusion and health, social, cultural and economic inequalities, to gender parity, to the maintenance and st​rengthening of territorial cohesion, the protection of the environment, the development of cultural or creative activities and the development of initial or continuing training activities.

* Law of 2016 on social economy : social company purpose