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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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 …
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
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
Delivering L’Oréal products by electric bicycle
To improve air quality and reduce its carbon footprint in urban areas, L’Oréal has launched the Green Last Mile (GLAM) project, proposing delivery solutions for its products using an active and sustainable means of transport.
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,
Developing low-carbon construction with the Reuse Booster
By launching the “Reuse Booster” initiative, Groupama Immobilier is joining forces with 30 or so project owners to make the reuse of materials standard practice in property…
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.
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…
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 …
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
ZEROe (Zero Emission Aircraft)
Airbus unveiled three ZEROe commercial aircraft concepts which aims to enter the market at the latest in 2035. Each of these concepts represents a different approach to achieving “Zero emission”…
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..
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 …
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…
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..
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.
New generation of sustainable car park solutions: installation of photovoltaic solar canopies
The Thales Group has installed photovoltaic solar canopies over the car park at its Toulouse site to limit the consumption of electricity…
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…
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…
Sanofi Lyon Polyclonal – Heat recovery project on the cooling units
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…
Definition of a low-carbon roadmap: Focus on energy in buildings
In order to reduce the carbon footprint of its real estate portfolio, which alone represents 38% of its GHG emissions, Korian has designed a low-carbon…
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 …
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…
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
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from production sites
STMicroelectronics is installing abatement systems in its production sites to reduce perfluorinated compounds emissions…
Origine, Technip Energies’ new headquarters: a firm commitment to the energy transition
Origine, Technip Energies’ new headquarters, is an environmental benchmark. Its demanding environmental approach and interior layout will provide…
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…
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.
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…
Installation of a photovoltaic shade at the Legrand Group headquarters in Limoges
Installation of solar panels on the carpark of Legrand headquarters in Limoges …
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…
The first datacenter in France with an high environmental performance
The latest Scaleway datacenter, a subsidiary of the iliad Group, incorporates an adiabatic infrastructure cooling process that eliminates the need for energy-intensive…
Creating a fund to regenerate nature
By creating the L’Oréal Fund for Nature Regeneration, L’Oréal aims to go beyond reducing impacts within its value chain to contribute to the restoration of degraded natural ecosystems, on land and below water.
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…
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…
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
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…
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 …
Digital energy at the heart of the Factory of the Future
As part of its “Factory of the Future 4.0” program, Schneider Electric deploys energy monitoring systems on its industrial and logistics sites that optimize energy consumption and reduce…
Grandpuits: transformation into a biorefinery
TotalEnergies is launching a project to transform its Grandpuits refinery into a biorefinery, by installing a production…
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).
Sustainable Buildings approach: Improving the energy and environmental efficiency
Vivendi has implemented a “Sustainable buildings” program aimed at improving the energy and…
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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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…
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..
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 …
Digital energy at the heart of the Factory of the Future
As part of its “Factory of the Future 4.0” program, Schneider Electric deploys energy monitoring systems on its industrial and logistics sites that optimize energy consumption and reduce…
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…
ZEROe (Zero Emission Aircraft)
Airbus unveiled three ZEROe commercial aircraft concepts which aims to enter the market at the latest in 2035. Each of these concepts represents a different approach to achieving “Zero emission”…
Launch of two LCL Carbon offsetting funds within the ‘Climate Impact’ range
Crédit Agricole Group subsidiary LCL launched two investment vehicles, namely LCL Carbon Offsetting World Shares and LCL Carbon Offsetting Multi-strategy in…
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…
“Mon programme pour agir”
ENGIE is setting up a customer engagement program to encourage its customers to adopt more energy-efficient consumption habits…
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 …
New generation of sustainable car park solutions: installation of photovoltaic solar canopies
The Thales Group has installed photovoltaic solar canopies over the car park at its Toulouse site to limit the consumption of electricity…
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
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 …
Developing multimodal transport to reduce our transport- related carbon footprint
Hermès is developing new modes of transport to reduce its CO2 emissions …
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…
Creating a fund to regenerate nature
By creating the L’Oréal Fund for Nature Regeneration, L’Oréal aims to go beyond reducing impacts within its value chain to contribute to the restoration of degraded natural ecosystems, on land and below water.
Definition of a low-carbon roadmap: Focus on energy in buildings
In order to reduce the carbon footprint of its real estate portfolio, which alone represents 38% of its GHG emissions, Korian has designed a low-carbon…
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..
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
Mondo in our CAN0P-2030 ambition: an example of restructuring towards accelerated decarbonisation of our operating buildings
The 33,000 m² building located on rue de Courcelles in Paris is undergoing a major renovation and elevation operation. The project is committed to an ambitious …
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 …
Non Melting energy project
In 2018, Verallia initiated a process to identify and activate levers for reducing the energy consumption of the industrial processes implemented at its sites (excluding melting). Identify and activate levers for reducing…
Sustainable Buildings approach: Improving the energy and environmental efficiency
Vivendi has implemented a “Sustainable buildings” program aimed at improving the energy and…
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 …
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..
REVE – Recharge Ecologique des Véhicules Electriques
Deployment of an integrated charging solution for electric vehicles powered by renewable energy.
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…
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…
Grandpuits: transformation into a biorefinery
TotalEnergies is launching a project to transform its Grandpuits refinery into a biorefinery, by installing a production…
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.
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…
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
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
Installation of a photovoltaic shade at the Legrand Group headquarters in Limoges
Installation of solar panels on the carpark of Legrand headquarters in Limoges …
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
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
Transformation of sewage sludge into biogas
Contact Afep Transformation of sewage sludge into biogas In partnership with the Var Estérel Méditerranée agglomeration community
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…
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
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…
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…
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
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).
