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.
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
Groupama is implementing tools to manage and monitor the forestry areas of the Société Forestière Groupama, in order to optimise its CO2 capture potential.
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
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…
The Thales Group has installed photovoltaic solar canopies over the car park at its Toulouse site to limit the consumption of electricity…
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.
The latest Scaleway datacenter, a subsidiary of the iliad Group, incorporates an adiabatic infrastructure cooling process that eliminates the need for energy-intensive…
Origine, Technip Energies’ new headquarters, is an environmental benchmark. Its demanding environmental approach and interior layout will provide…
In 2020, Nexans joined ADEME’s FRET21 program in order to reduce CO2 emissions related to inter-plant freight from France and Belgium…
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.
Crédit Agricole Group subsidiary LCL launched two investment vehicles, namely LCL Carbon Offsetting World Shares and LCL Carbon Offsetting Multi-strategy in…
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.
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…
Contact Afep Improving the energy efficiency of bioMérieux’s international distribution center, as part of the expansion of
Plastic Omnium launches a pilot project to reduce the carbon footprint of its Arevalo plant in Spain by installing photovoltaic panels on its roofs. To contribute to Plastic Omnium’s goal of reducing…
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.
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.
This project involves the reafforestation of land that has been abandoned by agriculture. The reafforestation, carried out between autumn 2021 and spring 2022, is a mixture of 8 deciduous and resinous varieties.
In order to accelerate the decarbonisation of the railway sector, Alstom is developing new solutions to replace diesel-powered trains with trains…
In order to decrease the greenhouse gas emissions from the use of its products, Kingfisher works to improve the performance of its ranges.
To reduce the carbon footprint of its Libramont factory’s activities, L’Oréal has funded the installation of a biomethanisation unit next to the factory, enabling it to become energy self-sufficient
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
Bureau Veritas launched ChargeScan by BV, an end-to-end solution to ensure electric vehicle charging solutions (EVCS) network reliability thanks…
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…
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.
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..
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.
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…
Installation of solar panels on the carpark of Legrand headquarters in Limoges …
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…
The Dombasle Energie project, resulting from the partnership between Solvay and Véolia, aims to design, to build, finance and operate a boiler…
STMicroelectronics is installing abatement systems in its production sites to reduce perfluorinated compounds emissions…
To reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions in its plants, the Saint-Gobain Group acts upstream by…
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…
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 …
The project consists in building three gigafactories for the production of battery cells and modules for electric vehicles (EV).
Faurecia has developed NAFILean-R, a light composite material, recycled and recyclable, its usage allows…
Consolidated energy consumption management platform (Nemogreen) implementation on all Legrand sites in France …
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.
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.
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…
ENGIE will design the integrated district cooling system (30,000 tons of refrigeration, 105 MW) that will serve both the Jurong Town Corporation…
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..
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
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
ENGIE is setting up a customer engagement program to encourage its customers to adopt more energy-efficient consumption habits…
As part of the HyAMMED project – Hydrogen in Aix-Marseille for Ecological and Sustainable Mobility – Air Liquide will build the first high-pressure..
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…
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.
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…
Thales is to deploy the world’s first entirely solar-powered Air Traffic Control radar station in Calama, Chile…
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.
In response to global warming, GE’s Grid Solutions developed g3 insulating and switching gas as an alternative to SF6, which has a very high global warming potential and…
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.
Groupama is implementing tools to manage and monitor the forestry areas of the Société Forestière Groupama, in order to optimise its CO2 capture potential.
In 2020, Nexans joined ADEME’s FRET21 program in order to reduce CO2 emissions related to inter-plant freight from France and Belgium…
Grand Reims and ENGIE Solutions are working with the support of Ademe to integrate recovered wood (“bois B”) into the energy mix of the Reims urban network…
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…
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…
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.
To reduce the carbon footprint of its Libramont factory’s activities, L’Oréal has funded the installation of a biomethanisation unit next to the factory, enabling it to become energy self-sufficient
Consolidated energy consumption management platform (Nemogreen) implementation on all Legrand sites in France …
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
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…
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..
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…
Origine, Technip Energies’ new headquarters, is an environmental benchmark. Its demanding environmental approach and interior layout will provide…
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…
Vivendi has implemented a “Sustainable buildings” program aimed at improving the energy and…
Faurecia is deploying 1,600 hydrogen storage systems for heavy weight duty to accelerate the development of the zero – emission freight transport sector
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 …
JCDecaux, leader in outdoor advertising, is giving concrete expression to its ambitions to reduce carbon emissions through its approach to refurbishing furniture …
The PureFlyt Flight Management System solution to be deployed by Thales will make it possible to optimise an aircraft’s flight path to reduce…
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
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…
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.
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.
To reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions in its plants, the Saint-Gobain Group acts upstream by…
The project involved the application of BioKlair®, an eco-friendly and permeable road-surfacing mix, on a 2 km stretch of the ViaRhôna …
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.
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
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…
AFEP (Association of French large companies) is an association representing 111 of the largest companies operating in France. It participates in the public debate with the ambition to provide pragmatic answers in favour of the development of a competitive and sustainable French and European economy, conducive to the growth of all companies.