Our 2022 carbon footprint

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What exactly is a carbon footprint? 

Bilan Carbone® is a carbon accounting method created in France in 2004 by ADEME and now supported by the Association Bilan Carbone (ABC).

The aim of a Bilan Carbone® is to measure all the emissions physically necessary for a company's activity (we can speak of its physical dependence on carbon), including its upstream activities (procurement, freight, etc.), production and downstream activities (distribution, use of products sold, etc.)....

Emissions are calculated by multiplying activity data (physical or financial) by an Emission Factor taken from a reference database (carbon base, ADEME impact base, etc.):

What are scopes?

The Scopes designate the perimeter of the Bilan Carbone's GHG emissions. They are divided into 3 categories:

Scope 1: direct GHG emissions, mainly due to the combustion of fossil fuels for heating or company vehicles.

Scope 2: indirect emissions associated with the production of electricity and heat.

Scope 3: all other indirect emissions from your value chain (travel, purchasing, waste, etc.). This Scope generally concentrates most emissions.

The Scopes are then broken down into 22 emissions items.

Is it a lot?

It all depends! Comparing a company's total emissions is difficult, because they're all different. What can be compared are carbon intensities and the evolution of this carbon footprint in relation to targets or other companies.

Benchmark

Economic intensity

Economic intensity is the ratio of your CO2e emissions to your sales over the reference year.

It allows you to compare your overall carbon performance with that of other companies in your sector, by cancelling out the sales effect. The breakdown by item allows you to identify where this position comes from.

Comparative data is drawn from Sami's customer database and the Carbon Disclosure Project(CDP) for the specified sector.

This intensity is calculated on all stations.

Evolution summary

Employee intensity is the ratio of emissions linked to your employees to the average workforce over the year. The average headcount is measured in full-time equivalents (FTE).

It enables you to compare your carbon performance in terms of employees with that of other companies, by cancelling out the effect of the difference in headcount. The breakdown by position allows you to identify where this position comes from.

Comparative data are taken from Sami's customer base across all sectors.

Act, yes! But how?

Our company's footprint isn't much compared to Renault, Amazon or Facebook, that's for sure.

But that doesn't mean you should minimize your room for maneuver: in the face of the climate challenge, businesses, governments and citizens must each do their part.

What is the Net Zero Initiative?

To limit temperature rises to +1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, climate science dictates that we must achieve a balance between global CO2 emissions and absorptions by 2050 at the latest. This balance is called planetary carbon neutrality, or "net zero emissions".

To achieve net zero, the two levers that need to be activated on a global and national scale are reducing emissions and increasing carbon sinks.

Written by

Audrey Pogu

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