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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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KEnI Project Digitalization for decarbonization

One of the key priorities of Roquette’s Sustainable Development approach is the reduction of energy consumption and CO₂ emissions. Deployed globally, this project aims to improve…

BaCaSi project : carbon sinks in Congo

A large-scale afforestation operation has been kicked off by TotalEnergies on the Batéké Plateau in partnership with the Republic …

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.

T2 Energy Transition Fund

The T2 Energy Transition development capital fund offers financial products aimed at financing SMEs offering solutions to improve energy efficiency, promote the development of renewable energy…

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

Reducing energy consumption in industrial laundries thanks to process optimization

To reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions in its laundries, Elis has developed a program to optimize the washing process…

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…

Creation of 3 solar farms In Jordan by the Orange Group

As part of its commitment to be Net Zero in 2040, the Orange Group has deployed three solar farms in Jordan, with the objective of supplying around 70% of the electricity needs of its subsidiary in…

Purchase of environmentally verified biogas

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 …

100% of 27 French sites with LED lighting by 2022

Valeo is replacing its industrial and office lighting at all its French sites with LED lighting, enabling it to reduce these sites’ electricity consumption and…

Energ’Iss, heating the city of Issoire with our casting furnaces

This project, conducted with Dalkia and the city of Issoire, will make it possible to use the waste heat from the foundry furnaces of our industrial site located …

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…

Installation of a photovoltaic shade at the Legrand Group headquarters in Limoges

Installation of solar panels on the carpark of Legrand headquarters in Limoges …

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…

ACC project : gigafactories for battery cells of electric vehicules

The project consists in building three gigafactories for the production of battery cells and modules for electric vehicles (EV).

Cysoing nursing home in the south of Lille, France’s first passive low carbon nursing home

This project aims to build France’s 1st passive low-carbon EPHAD nursing home (Etablissement d’Hébergement pour Personnes Agées..

Financing a “low carbon” aluminium supply

Natixis, a Groupe BPCE subsidiary, is developing a USD500 million financing platform enabling it to grant one of its clients – a major commodities trading company – preferential financing…

Improving the energy efficiency of bioMérieux’s international distribution center, as part of the expansion of the facilities

Contact Afep Improving the energy efficiency of bioMérieux’s international distribution center, as part of the expansion of

Eco-design of payment terminals

The design of a payment terminal is the key stage where the levers are the most important to define it environmental profile. This is why, as early as the…

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..

A new recycling center to foster circular economy

Construction of a new aluminum recycling center at our Neuf-Brisach site. It will enable us to produce aluminum sheets and coils for the automotive and packaging markets with more recycled aluminum

Implementation of an Internal Carbon Price to finance sustainable project

This mechanism places a monetary value on greenhouse gases and is a way to responsibly influence emissions from business operations, including travel, aimed at ensuring..

“Mon programme pour agir”

ENGIE is setting up a customer engagement program to encourage its customers to adopt more energy-efficient consumption habits…

Installation of a wind turbine, In Herentals, Belgium

In line with its goal of achieving carbon neutrality in its operating activities (scopes 1 and 2) by 2025, Plastic Omnium has decided to install a wind turbine …

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..

WasteWatch Programme Reducing food waste by 50% through connected scales

To reduce food waste by 50% on operated food sites, Sodexo has put in place the WasteWatch programme.Thanks to connected scales, the data collection of food waste…

BlackCycle Project : recycling end-of-life tyres into new tyres

The BlackCycle project, coordinated by Michelin, the world’s leading tyre manufacturer, aims to establish a comprehensive and massive …

Support milk producers to reduce their milk carbon footprint

Through its program called « Les 2 Pieds sur Terre », Danone is supporting French milk producers to reduce their milk carbon footprint, to restore soil health and to have positive…

Green landfill : A zero-impact waste disposal facility

Veolia offers a new approach to waste management on landfills in which all resources are used to create positive-impact sites: no methane emissions from the waste, positive energy balance, no leachate released into the natural…

Use of advanced biofuels for engine tests

In order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and support the emerging sustainable aviation fuel sector, Safran decided to incorporate advanced biofuels into the kerosene used on aircraft and

Launch of 4Change Climate funds

Rothschild & Co has launched the 4Change Climate range fund that offers low-carbon investment solutions and that monitors carbon reduction trajectory as a core and contractually binding…

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…

REVE – Recharge Ecologique des Véhicules Electriques

Deployment of an integrated charging solution for electric vehicles powered by renewable energy.

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…

Financing a “low carbon” aluminium supply

Natixis, a Groupe BPCE subsidiary, is developing a USD500 million financing platform enabling it to grant one of its clients – a major commodities trading company – preferential financing…

Installation of new generation cooling systems

STMicroelectronics is implementing new generation chillers and free cooling systems to improve the energy performance of its sites and reduce their consumption of natural gas.

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…

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…

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.

TIP-4-BEST: Thermal insulation performance audit program to boost energy efficiency and reduce heat losses in plants

To reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions in its plants, the Saint-Gobain Group acts upstream by…

Rehabilitation of the Hôtel des Postes – Strasbourg

Contacter l’Afep ARKENERGY: an integrated approach to improving energy efficiency In order to reduce its energy consumption

48V technology: the affordable electromobility

Valéo is launching a new generation of 48V electric motors, a key solution for the affordable electrification of urban mobility. This new technology aims to support the…

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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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.

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100% of 27 French sites with LED lighting by 2022

Valeo is replacing its industrial and office lighting at all its French sites with LED lighting, enabling it to reduce these sites’ electricity consumption and…

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Centralized and intelligent management of energy consumption at LEGRAND sites in France

Consolidated energy consumption management platform (Nemogreen) implementation on all Legrand sites in France …

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Financing a “low carbon” aluminium supply

Natixis, a Groupe BPCE subsidiary, is developing a USD500 million financing platform enabling it to grant one of its clients – a major commodities trading company – preferential financing…

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The refurbishment of furniture – Emblematic Passenger Shelters*

JCDecaux, leader in outdoor advertising, is giving concrete expression to its ambitions to reduce carbon emissions through its approach to refurbishing furniture …

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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

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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…

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Cysoing nursing home in the south of Lille, France’s first passive low carbon nursing home

This project aims to build France’s 1st passive low-carbon EPHAD nursing home (Etablissement d’Hébergement pour Personnes Agées..

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Al Kharsaah: a solar plant of 800 MW peak in Qatar

Al Kharsaah is the first utility-scale solar power plant in Qatar and will help reduce Qatar’s CO₂ emissions while meeting its increasing electricity demand …

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Installation of a photovoltaic shade

To reduce the carbon footprint of its La Balme site and decarbonize the energy used, bioMérieux has installed a photovoltaic shade on the parking lots. This will enable it to produce 20% of its own energy.

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A 100% hybrid/electric fleet

Piloting the initiative, the Sonepar Group’s French unit has launched an ambitious project to convert its entire corporate fleet by 2022 and to equip its network of more than 500 locations with charging stations to accelerate the energy transition…

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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from production sites

STMicroelectronics is installing abatement systems in its production sites to reduce perfluorinated compounds emissions…

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BlackCycle Project : recycling end-of-life tyres into new tyres

The BlackCycle project, coordinated by Michelin, the world’s leading tyre manufacturer, aims to establish a comprehensive and massive …

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Implementation of an Internal Carbon Price to finance sustainable project

This mechanism places a monetary value on greenhouse gases and is a way to responsibly influence emissions from business operations, including travel, aimed at ensuring..

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Wood’Art-La Canopée

A showcase for Icade’s low-carbon expertise and a precursor to the RE2020, Wood’Art-La Canopée is a true demonstrator of wood construction. Mixed-use, …

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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…

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Green electricity for our French sites

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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

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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,

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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.

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Sensations project: construction of the first 100% wood structure program

With a level of wood construction never seen before in France, Bouygues Immobilier’s SENSATIONS construction program stands out for its ability to meet…

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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

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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…

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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…

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Rehabilitation of the Hôtel des Postes – Strasbourg

Contacter l’Afep ARKENERGY: an integrated approach to improving energy efficiency In order to reduce its energy consumption

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Reducing GHG emissions caused by food waste

The Accor Group is taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by food waste, in line with its carbon strategy based on the SBT (Sciences Based Targets) initiative. The Accor Group

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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…

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BaCaSi project : carbon sinks in Congo

A large-scale afforestation operation has been kicked off by TotalEnergies on the Batéké Plateau in partnership with the Republic …

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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

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Installation of a boiler unit at Kamenski Sugar plant

Sucden optimizes industrial processes – installation of a boiler unit – in a sugar plant in Russia to reduce gas consumption and environmental footprint. The success of this..

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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 …

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Curve 24,000 m2 of office space in wood structure

With a surface area of 24,000 m2, Curve is one of the largest wooden buildings ever made in France. Delivered in September 2020 and occupied by the ARS (Regional Health Agency), this particularly exemplary…

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“Mon programme pour agir”

ENGIE is setting up a customer engagement program to encourage its customers to adopt more energy-efficient consumption habits…

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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 …

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Encouraging and supporting companies in their transition process with G Fund Global Green Bonds

Launched in 2019, Groupama’s G Fund Global Green Bonds fund finances environmentally significant projects that encourage and support issuers…

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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 …

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Approvisionnement durable

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Eco-conception

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Ecologie industrielle et territoriale

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Economie de la fonctionnalité

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Consommation responsable

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Allongement de la durée d’usage

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Recyclage

Le projet vise à réduire, éviter ou capter l’émission d’un ou plusieurs gaz à effet de serre, autre(s) que le dioxyde de carbone (CH4, N2O, HFC, PFC, SF6).

A variety of projects implemented by AFEP large member companies to reduce their carbon footprint

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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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Approvisionnement durable

Qui cum venisset ob haec festinatis itineribus Antiochiam, praestrictis palatii ianuis, contempto Caesare, quem videri decuerat, ad praetorium cum pompa sollemni perrexit

Eco-conception

Qui cum venisset ob haec festinatis itineribus Antiochiam, praestrictis palatii ianuis, contempto Caesare, quem videri decuerat, ad praetorium cum pompa sollemni perrexit

Ecologie industrielle et territoriale

Qui cum venisset ob haec festinatis itineribus Antiochiam, praestrictis palatii ianuis, contempto Caesare, quem videri decuerat, ad praetorium cum pompa sollemni perrexit

Economie de la fonctionnalité

Qui cum venisset ob haec festinatis itineribus Antiochiam, praestrictis palatii ianuis, contempto Caesare, quem videri decuerat, ad praetorium cum pompa sollemni perrexit

Consommation responsable

Qui cum venisset ob haec festinatis itineribus Antiochiam, praestrictis palatii ianuis, contempto Caesare, quem videri decuerat, ad praetorium cum pompa sollemni perrexit

Allongement de la durée d’usage

Qui cum venisset ob haec festinatis itineribus Antiochiam, praestrictis palatii ianuis, contempto Caesare, quem videri decuerat, ad praetorium cum pompa sollemni perrexit

Recyclage

Le projet vise à réduire, éviter ou capter l’émission d’un ou plusieurs gaz à effet de serre, autre(s) que le dioxyde de carbone (CH4, N2O, HFC, PFC, SF6).

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A variety of projects implemented by
AFEP large member companies to reduce their carbon footprint

Financing of low-carbon
issuers or disinvestment from carbon assets