A variety of projects implemented by AFEP large member companies to reduce their carbon footprint
Through their action and driving power, large companies represent a major lever for providing concrete solutions that contribute to the challenge of climate neutrality.
The Ambition 4 Climate initiative illustrates, through concrete projects, the mobilisation of AFEP’s large member companies to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions throughout their value chains. These projects are presented with factual data and figures and show the variety of recent investment decisions with a strong potential for reproducibility. Given their characteristics, they mobilise many players and encourage the diffusion of the climate ambition among their suppliers, customers, and partners.
Press release – october 2022 : 156 low carbon project implemented by 69 companies
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Construction of an energy-positive leather goods factory
Hermes is building the first positive energy leather goods factory in Louviers (Normandy). To offset the energy consumption of the new leather goods factories from the point of view of the electricity…
Creation of the first SIM card made from recycled plastic
Thales and Veolia have joined forces to create the first eco-designed SIM card made from recycled plastic. The polymer, a plastic found in high concentrations in household
Installation of a biomass power plant in Belvedere’s vodka distillery
To decarbonize the energy used by the Polish distillery and reduce its GHG emissions, the Maison Belvedere has installed a biomass power plant to replace its gas needs..
Installation of a photovoltaic power plant on the ground in Bourgogne Franche Comté
Financing the construction of a ground-mounted photovoltaic power plant located near the municipality of Picarreau in Bourgogne-Franche-Compté, with a capacity of 26.9MWp, owned by Corsica Sole.
Strive towards Net-Zero emissions with recovery of all waste heat on Montpellier R&D site
Sanofi has implemented waste heat recovery facilities at its R&D site in Montpellier, France in partnership with Dalkia, which has reduced the site’s gas…
Green Days: eco-habit initiative to save energy
Safran Electronics & Defense implemented on its Montluçon site a Green Days initiative that was broken down into several actions that aimed to save energy and improve energy efficiency..
Designing a new solution to reduce the environmental impact linked to hair-washing
The partnership between L’Oréal and the environmental start-up Gjosa has enabled us to design an innovative low flow shower head coupled with an easy-to-rinse shampoo, which…
Increase the steel recycling
The project aims to increase the part of used steel (scrap) in the production process of the Fos-sur Mer steel mill. This involves adapting the scrap processing capabilities as well as installing an electric furnace
Installation of photovoltaic panels on the Mondego site, Portugal
This project aims at the production and self-consumption of solar energy on the Verallia site in Mondego, Portugal, through the installation of photovoltaic panels..
L1ve in our CAN0P-2030 ambition: an example of restructuring towards accelerated decarbonisation of our operating buildings
As part of a low-carbon trajectory contributing to collective carbon neutrality, Gecina has been integrating biogas into the gas supply of its buildings since 2019 …
BYSprong: massify the energy renovation of housing
Bouygues Construction is developing an innovative approach aimed at industrializing the energy renovation of housing. The first pilot project was launched in Longueau, with 12 housing…
Sogeprom Project Odessa Ex-site RTE Lyon Part Dieu
Renovation and extension of an office complex in the Lyon Part Dieu district in order to offer the city a mixed program of offices, housing, services and shops.
Installation of a solar farm at the Rionegro production site in Colombia
This project covers the installation of photovoltaic panels at a Groupe SEB production site in Colombia. They provide part of the electricity consumed by the site.
Seawing Project : Traction wing for commercial vessels
AIRBUS currently develops, through its subsidiary Airseas the Seawing technology, which consists of installing an auxiliary traction system (captive flying wing) on ships used for sea freight…
De-mixing of white cullet
Verallia is developing a de-mixing capacity for white cullet at the Everglass Rozet Saint Albin site, which will increase cullet rates in the white glass furnaces. This project will reduce energy consumption (natural gas) of the white glass furnaces …
Intencity – Ultra low energy office building
Intencity, the building housing the Schneider Electric research and development campus, is one of the most efficient office buildings in the world …
Installation of a photovoltaic shade at the Legrand Group headquarters in Limoges
Installation of solar panels on the carpark of Legrand headquarters in Limoges …
Oleo100 biofuel to replace diesel in freight locomotives
The aim of the project is to test the substitution of non-road diesel (NRD) by Agrofuel Oleo100, a fuel derived from French rapeseed residues on Europorte freight locomotives. This would reduce greenhouse gas…
Modifying the energy mix of operations by integrating biomass waste as a source of energy
Imerys invest s in new facilities to decarbonize it Andersonville site’s energy mix by integrating biomass waste as a source of energy. The project…
Launch of the AXA Impact 3 “Climate & Biodiversity” Fund to fight against climate change
AXA has launched the Impact 3 “Climate & Biodiversity” Fund, through which the company invests in projects to fight against climate change…
REHASKEEN®, an innovative industrialization product for the massification of energy renovation
Simple, economical, fast and durable, REHASKEEN® makes it possible to industrialise and accelerate the renovation of energy-intensive buildings…
Exegy: a range of low-carbon concrete solutions
VINCI Construction is stepping up the pace of sustainable construction by promoting types of concrete with lower carbon emissions. With the launch of its new Exegy
The GREENFLOOR ventilated concrete slab: a new-generation HVAC system
The Greenfloor solution deployed by Vinci Energies’ subsidiary I.C. Entreprise reduces the amount of energy used to regulate the temperature of buildings.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from production sites
STMicroelectronics is installing abatement systems in its production sites to reduce perfluorinated compounds emissions…
Free-cooling for Data Centers
Worldline implements a free cooling process for its Vendôme (France) datacenter to reduce its electricity consumption and therefore its CO2 emissions. The project consists of replacing standard air…
Ballast project: transporting Perrier brand products by rail
The rehabilitation of railway infrastructures and the construction of a multimodal platform at the Perrier plant in Vergèze allows the Perrier brand to achieve a modal shift from road to rail for the transport…
Hypérion Tower, The tallest wood-frame residential tower in France
The Eiffage group is building the Hypérion tower in Bordeaux (Gironde). The tower has a carbon footprint of 870 kg CO2 eq. / m² floor area, which is 45% less than a conventional building…
Biocarbon to replace fossil carbon in manganese alloys production
Eramet will demonstrate the use of biocarbon for state-of-the-art manganese ferro-alloy furnaces, as a main lever to reduce its CO2 footprint, potentially providing additional competitiveness.
Calama Radar Station – An entirely solar-powered Air Traffic Control Radar Station
Thales is to deploy the world’s first entirely solar-powered Air Traffic Control radar station in Calama, Chile…
Green electricity for our French sites
IPSEN’s carbon footprint is mainly carried by its manufacturing sites and R&D centers. Since April 2021, IPSEN has therefore signed various PPAs that guarantee the supply of 100% green electricity for…
Raise customer awareness of the environmental impact of e-commerce by allowing an informed choice of delivery
From home delivery to in-store pickup to relay point delivery, not all delivery services have the same environmental impact. It depends on the fleets used by the service providers and their transport plans,
Ecostop Project: the “Start n Stop” railway
The “EcoStop” Start n Stop system designed by Colas Rail, a subsidiary of the Bouygues Group, stops the main diesel engine when the trains are parked or waiting, while maintaining comfort in the…
Towards efficient, low carbon buildings and transport
In order to decrease the greenhouse gas emissions from its direct operations, Kingfisher works to improve the energy efficiency of its buildings and lower the impact of its transports.
ABC (Autonomous Building for Citizens) : 1st concept of autonomous residence in France
Designed by Bouygues Construction’s R&D teams with the architectural office Valode & Pistre, ABC (Autonomous Building for Citizens) is the first autonomous building concept in France…
Clean by design : reduce the environmental footprint of textile manufacturers
Kering Group has joined forces with the Clean By Design project of the Natural Resources Defense Council to encourage its suppliers to reduce their CO2 emissions…
Sustainable IT application at Mercedes-Benz AG
Capgemini modernized a Mercedes-Benz AG widely used backend service for vehicle master data and buildability services. Several deployments were consolidated into a central…
Installation of light columns to limit energy consumption
Because plastic injection is the most electricity-intensive phase of production, Plastic Omnium has implemented visual management systems (light columns) to optimize its electricity consumption.
BIOPHALT, a high-performance plant-based asphalt Developed by Eiffage Route and Tested by APRR on the A40 motorway
Eiffage has developed a plant-based asphalt composed of a bio-sourced binde, derived from…
Power Road : the positive energy road
The Power Road® system deployed by Eurovia captures and recovers up to 25% of the sun’s heat energy which is then used to heat buildings and equipment located near the roadway.
Using GaN technology to reduce the power losses of power converters by half and divide their volume by three
STMicroelectronics is deploying GaN-on-Silicon technology to address the need for more energyefficient power electronics…
Steam Production from Biomass
To produce steam consumed by the Saint Fons site, Solvay substitutes natural gas with a biomass heating plant that uses wood waste as fuel. The main objective of the project is to decarbonise the heating…
Use of BioKlair®, a natural and permeable road-surfacing mix, on the ViaRhôna
The project involved the application of BioKlair®, an eco-friendly and permeable road-surfacing mix, on a 2 km stretch of the ViaRhôna …
Energy decarbonisation
The project aims to reduce the share of fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) in the energy mix of the company or its stakeholders.
Energy efficiency improvement
The project aims to improve the energy performance of its activities or those of its stakeholders, i.e. to reduce energy consumption for the same service provided.
Improvement of non-energy resource efficiency
The project reduces the consumption of "material or living" resources (but whose carbon intensity is significant given their need to be transformed by energy-consuming processes) of the company or its stakeholders for an identical service.
Sobriety in energy and non-energy resources
The project aims to reduce the consumption of energy or non-energy resources (but whose carbon intensity is significant) of the company or its stakeholders by changing uses or behaviour. In the end, the "service provided" is not identical; it is adjusted to a lower need.
Emission absorption
The project increases carbon sinks that sequester carbon originally stored in the atmosphere. The project can also use the carbon dioxide in an industrial process. These “negative emissions” represent an absolute and actual flow of carbon removed from the atmosphere.
Financing of low-carbon issuers or disinvestment from carbon assets
The project reduces the carbon footprint of the company's investment portfolio by financing issuers with low-carbon activities and projects or, conversely, by disinvesting carbon assets.
Reduction of other greenhouse gases
The project aims to reduce, avoid or capture the emission of one or more greenhouse gases, other than carbon dioxide (CH4, N2O, HFC, PFC, SF6).
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Installation of a lighting management system for the facades and windows of 10 stores
In order to reduce the GHG emissions of 10 of its Asian stores, Louis Vuitton has set up a system for controlling electricity consumption…
Masshylia project: decarbonize hydrogen from renewable
The Masshylia project aims to produce green hydrogen from solar photovoltaic energy to initially supply the TotalEnergies biorefinery in La Mède. This is the first large-scale…
Biomethane switch : biomethane supply from several production sites
In order to decarbonise the heat needed for the processes operated by Solvay, the company has decided to substitute natural gas and supply
LDAR program: Quantification and reduction of fugitive methane emissions
The LDAR (Leak Detection and Repair) program is used to detect and repair methane leaks from equipment on petrochemical industrial sites. This reliable and …
Oleo100 biofuel to replace diesel in freight locomotives
The aim of the project is to test the substitution of non-road diesel (NRD) by Agrofuel Oleo100, a fuel derived from French rapeseed residues on Europorte freight locomotives. This would reduce greenhouse gas…
Development of a carbon sink through an afforestation project in Pays de la Loire
This project involves the afforestation of land that has been abandoned by agriculture. The afforestation, carried out between autumn 2021 and spring 2022, is a mixture of six deciduous and resinous varieties.
Creation of the first SIM card made from recycled plastic
Thales and Veolia have joined forces to create the first eco-designed SIM card made from recycled plastic. The polymer, a plastic found in high concentrations in household..
PureFlyt: A flight management system that optimises aircraft CO2 emissions
The PureFlyt Flight Management System solution to be deployed by Thales will make it possible to optimise an aircraft’s flight path to reduce…
Seagreen project : the biggest wind farm off-shore in Scotland
The Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm project aims at generating green electricity from wind energy. Seagreen will be Scotland’s largest …
Development of a carbon sink through an afforestation project in Centre-Val de Loire
This project involves the afforestation of land that has been abandoned by agriculture. The afforestation, carried out between autumn 2021 and spring 2022, is a mixture of 9 deciduous and resinous varieties.
On-site implementation of renewable-energy solutions
In order to decarbonize some of the energy used on its Milmort site, Safran implemented three types of renewable-energy installation: solar panels, a wind turbine and cogeneration plants fueled by locally…
Steam & electricity production from a boiler station powered by Solid Recovered Fuels
The Dombasle Energie project, resulting from the partnership between Solvay and Véolia, aims to design, to build, finance and operate a boiler…
An ultra-reactive low CO2 binder for mortar
To help reduce the carbon footprint of the cement and concrete industry, Imerys offers a low CO2 ultra- reactive mortar binder technology solution.Carbon emissions of the cement and concrete..
Calama Radar Station – An entirely solar-powered Air Traffic Control Radar Station
Thales is to deploy the world’s first entirely solar-powered Air Traffic Control radar station in Calama, Chile…
L1ve in our CAN0P-2030 ambition: an example of restructuring towards accelerated decarbonisation of our operating buildings
As part of a low-carbon trajectory contributing to collective carbon neutrality, Gecina has been integrating biogas into the gas supply of its buildings since 2019 …
Decarbonize polyethylene: produce a sustainable plastic
Lanzatech, TotalEnergies and L’Oréal have developed an innovative solution to reduce the carbon footprint of Polyethylene (PE). They have achieved a world first in..
LGV High Speed II
The Balfour Beatty VINCI joint-venture is responsible for the design and construction of part of Europe’s most ambitious rail project: HS2…
Improvement of the energy performance of industrial railway sites
Contacte Afep Improvement of the energy performance of industrial railway sites The energy performance of industrial rail
Clean by design : reduce the environmental footprint of textile manufacturers
Kering Group has joined forces with the Clean By Design project of the Natural Resources Defense Council to encourage its suppliers to reduce their CO2 emissions…
Reduction of IT environmental footprint in France
Capgemini has engaged a sustainable IT transformation to drastically reduce the environmental impact of its digital activities and services. Capgemini started its sustainable digital transformation involving all French based…
Launch of the AXA Impact 3 “Climate & Biodiversity” Fund to fight against climate change
AXA has launched the Impact 3 “Climate & Biodiversity” Fund, through which the company invests in projects to fight against climate change…
BYSprong: massify the energy renovation of housing
Bouygues Construction is developing an innovative approach aimed at industrializing the energy renovation of housing. The first pilot project was launched in Longueau, with 12 housing…
New high school in the Clermont urban area
Eiffage is building a new high school in the Clermont urban area, under a design and build contract…
Recovery of biogas from its waste landfills Biomethane injected into the natural gas distribution network
With WAGABOX® technology, Veolia recovers the methane produced by the degradation of organic waste at landfill sites and injects it directly into the…
Hydrogen mobility development: 1,600 hydrogen storage systems deployed for manufacturer Hyundai trucks
Faurecia is deploying 1,600 hydrogen storage systems for heavy weight duty to accelerate the development of the zero – emission freight transport sector
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from production sites
STMicroelectronics is installing abatement systems in its production sites to reduce perfluorinated compounds emissions…
PUR Project : an Agroforestry Project
Sucden is developing a community-based agroforestry project in Côte d’Ivoire with a cooperative of cocoa farmers. The goal of the project is to plant 40,000 trees over two years with 400 farmers. The main objective of the project…
REVE – Recharge Ecologique des Véhicules Electriques
Deployment of an integrated charging solution for electric vehicles powered by renewable energy.
Ecostop Project: the “Start n Stop” railway
The “EcoStop” Start n Stop system designed by Colas Rail, a subsidiary of the Bouygues Group, stops the main diesel engine when the trains are parked or waiting, while maintaining comfort in the…
Seawing Project : Traction wing for commercial vessels
AIRBUS currently develops, through its subsidiary Airseas the Seawing technology, which consists of installing an auxiliary traction system (captive flying wing) on ships used for sea freight…
Intencity – Ultra low energy office building
Intencity, the building housing the Schneider Electric research and development campus, is one of the most efficient office buildings in the world …
Raise customer awareness of the environmental impact of e-commerce by allowing an informed choice of delivery
From home delivery to in-store pickup to relay point delivery, not all delivery services have the same environmental impact. It depends on the fleets used by the service providers and their transport plans,
Setting up a carbon zero project to reduce a factory’s direct and indirect emissions
The carbon zero project established at the Settimo factory aims to achieve carbon neutrality by working on an innovative energy mix – the factory is heated in winter
Rehabilitation of the Hôtel des Postes – Strasbourg
The project consists of the massive rehabilitation of the Hôtel des Postes in Strasbourg to significantly reduce the building’s carbon footprint. Reducing the carbon footprint of the construction of a former…
Towards more sustainable homes
In order to decrease the greenhouse gas emissions from the use of its products, Kingfisher works to improve the performance of its ranges.
Optimising the carbon footprint of Groupama’s forestry activities
Groupama is implementing tools to manage and monitor the forestry areas of the Société Forestière Groupama, in order to optimise its CO2 capture potential.
Northern Lights : a huge project to store geologically CO2
In collaboration with Equinor and Shell, TotalEnergies is developing a project in Norway to transport and store CO2 in underground geological formations located off the Norwegian coast.
Development of a light bio-sourced material NAFILean-R, reaching automotive specifications
Faurecia has developed NAFILean-R, a light composite material, recycled and recyclable, its usage allows…
VEGECOL : Road pavement with a plant-based binder for light traffic lanes
The long-term goal of the present project is to replace petroleum-based bitumen (the binder used in asphalt mixes for roadways) with a plant-based binder.
Power Road : the positive energy road
The Power Road® system deployed by Eurovia captures and recovers up to 25% of the sun’s heat energy which is then used to heat buildings and equipment located near the roadway.
Using GaN technology to reduce the power losses of power converters by half and divide their volume by three
STMicroelectronics is deploying GaN-on-Silicon technology to address the need for more energyefficient power electronics…
Towards efficient, low carbon buildings and transport
In order to decrease the greenhouse gas emissions from its direct operations, Kingfisher works to improve the energy efficiency of its buildings and lower the impact of its transports.
Energy decarbonisation
The project aims to reduce the share of fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) in the energy mix of the company or its stakeholders.
Energy efficiency improvement
The project aims to improve the energy performance of its activities or those of its stakeholders, i.e. to reduce energy consumption for the same service provided.
Improvement of non-energy resource efficiency
The project reduces the consumption of "material or living" resources (but whose carbon intensity is significant given their need to be transformed by energy-consuming processes) of the company or its stakeholders for an identical service.
Sobriety in energy and non-energy resources
The project aims to reduce the consumption of energy or non-energy resources (but whose carbon intensity is significant) of the company or its stakeholders by changing uses or behaviour. In the end, the "service provided" is not identical; it is adjusted to a lower need.
Emission absorption
The project increases carbon sinks that sequester carbon originally stored in the atmosphere. The project can also use the carbon dioxide in an industrial process. These “negative emissions” represent an absolute and actual flow of carbon removed from the atmosphere.
Financing of low-carbon issuers or disinvestment from carbon assets
The project reduces the carbon footprint of the company's investment portfolio by financing issuers with low-carbon activities and projects or, conversely, by disinvesting carbon assets.
Reduction of other greenhouse gases
The project aims to reduce, avoid or capture the emission of one or more greenhouse gases, other than carbon dioxide (CH4, N2O, HFC, PFC, SF6).
