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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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…
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
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…
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…
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..
ARKENERGY: an integrated approach to improving energy efficiency
In order to reduce its energy consumption and carbon footprint, Arkema is developing the ARKENERGY program at all of its industrial sites in favour of a true culture of energy sobriety
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..
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…
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…
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.
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
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
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…
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…
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 …
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..
Supporting the transition to sustainable transports
Edenred develops solutions to encourage employees to opt for a clever mobility with a lower impact on the environment. With its specific mobility solutions, Edenred optimizes employees commutes …
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 …
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..
Contributing to the transition of the railway industry by developing low-carbon rolling stock
In order to accelerate the decarbonisation of the railway sector, Alstom is developing new solutions to replace diesel-powered trains with trains…
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…
A new solar power plant to decarbonize the energy mix of Fnac Darty
Fnac Darty and renewable energy producer Valeco signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement for the production of a future solar photovoltaic park in the Centre-Val de Loire region.
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..
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,
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.
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…
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 …
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from production sites
STMicroelectronics is installing abatement systems in its production sites to reduce perfluorinated compounds emissions…
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.
CHARGESCAN by BV Reliability to electric vehicle charging solutions (EVCS) networks
Bureau Veritas launched ChargeScan by BV, an end-to-end solution to ensure electric vehicle charging solutions (EVCS) network reliability thanks…
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…
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…
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…
Supply of wind power with the signing of a PPA
In order to reduce the carbon footprint linked to its electricity consumption, in 2019 Fnac Darty signed a renewable electricity purchase contract or PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) with Valeco…
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…
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.
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…
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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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…
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
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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
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…
Grandpuits: transformation into a biorefinery
TotalEnergies is launching a project to transform its Grandpuits refinery into a biorefinery, by installing a production…
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
Reforestation and ecological restoration of areas impacted by gold mining
In French Guiana, Kering is 100% revegetating alluvial gold mine sites. Through this project, the Kering Group wishes to go beyond French regulations which impose only 30% reforestation..
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…
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…
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…
Installation of a geo-energy demonstrator with a systemic approach
Celsius Energy, a subsidiary of the Schlumberger Group, is developing a geo-energy solution for heating and cooling buildings that can reduce by…
A new solar power plant to decarbonize the energy mix of Fnac Darty
Fnac Darty and renewable energy producer Valeco signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement for the production of a future solar photovoltaic park in the Centre-Val de Loire region.
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.
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, …
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…
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…
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…
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).
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…
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.
Launch of BNP Paribas Energy Transition fund
Launched in 2019, the BNP Paribas Energy Transition Fund invests in energy transition opportunities arising from increased energy demand, changing energy mix and the need…
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
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…
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
Developing multimodal transport to reduce our transport- related carbon footprint
Hermès is developing new modes of transport to reduce its CO2 emissions …
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.
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…
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…
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…
Supply of wind power with the signing of a PPA
In order to reduce the carbon footprint linked to its electricity consumption, in 2019 Fnac Darty signed a renewable electricity purchase contract or PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) with Valeco…
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…
Supporting the transition to sustainable transports
Edenred develops solutions to encourage employees to opt for a clever mobility with a lower impact on the environment. With its specific mobility solutions, Edenred optimizes employees commutes …
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…
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
Contributing to the transition of the railway industry by developing low-carbon rolling stock
In order to accelerate the decarbonisation of the railway sector, Alstom is developing new solutions to replace diesel-powered trains with trains…
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…
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…
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.
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).
