Climate Change Data

Infopro Digital

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced electricity consumption by 9% and water consumption by 51% at French headquarters between 2018 and 2020.
  • Increased recycled volumes at HQ from 21 tons in 2018 to 56 tons in 2019.
  • Reduced GHG emissions for new business cars by 21% (2018-2020).
  • French headquarters certified ISO 14001 for Environmental Management System.

Social Achievements

  • Women and men equality index in France: 90/100.
  • Women in management positions increased to 42% in 2020.
  • Turnover rate of 12.4%.
  • 18,961 training hours in 2020.
  • 296 employees promoted in 2020.
  • 6% of recruitments were internal mobility.

Governance Achievements

  • Implemented a whistleblowing procedure.
  • Implemented risk management systems and security processes.
  • Implemented third-party assessment and payment procedures (PtoP process implemented in 2021).

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Structure the approach by building tools and assessing the carbon footprint of trade shows and events by 2024.
  • Introduce an ESG evaluation grid to assess and monitor partners’ performance by 2024.
  • Maintain the ratio of junior and senior employees by 2024.
  • Accelerate diversity and inclusion hiring programs in all countries by 2024.
  • Increase by 50% the number of employees with disabilities by 2024.
  • Reach 300 interns and apprentices in the workforce by 2024.
  • Maintain the turnover rate by 2024.
  • Increase internal mobilities to reach 10% of recruitments by 2024.
  • Increase the number of training hours per employee by 50% by 2024.
  • Define and track a women/men equality index for the Group by 2024.
  • 50% women in management by 2024.
  • 40% women in top management by 2024.
  • 40% women in the executive committee by 2024.
  • Encourage and extend the adoption of health and wellness initiatives across countries by 2024.
  • Extend the charter for the right to disconnect to the whole Group by 2024.
  • Implement an international e-learning program on compliance for all Group entities by 2024.
  • Monitor suppliers’ responsible conduct through advanced procurement process by 2024.
  • Expand regular phishing tests, GDPR and cybersecurity webinars to the wider group by 2024.
  • Standardize data collection processes throughout the Group by 2024.
  • Generalize GDPR and security compliance audit of our suppliers by 2024.
  • Continue regular updates of the risk management map and monitor preventative and remediation actions by 2024.
Short-term Goals:
  • Introduce ISO14001 approach to all sites over 1,000m2 by 2024.
  • Enhance sustainable purchasing strategy by monitoring top suppliers’ ESG performance by 2024.

Environmental Challenges

  • Growing risk of data storage due to expanding data-driven activities and sharp rise in data volumes and usage.
  • Negative carbon footprint of emails.
  • Significant environmental footprint of events.
  • Cyber risks (critical data loss, service breakdown, business discontinuity).
Mitigation Strategies
  • Migrating infrastructure to the cloud.
  • Collaborating with green-certified hosting providers.
  • Ecodesign in product creation.
  • Optimizing email distribution and raising employee awareness.
  • Implementing sustainable development principles to lower events’ ecological footprint (e.g., less impactful materials, LED lighting, no carpeting, reusable booths).
  • Deployment of a Group Information System Security Policy conforming with ISO27001 good practices.
  • Annual IT Risk Analysis campaign.
  • Regular staff training on cybersecurity.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Requiring key suppliers to comply with ethical principles.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB Materiality Map®

Certifications: ISO 14001

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Red-On-Line (EHS compliance and risk management platform).

Awards & Recognition

  • Best Recruiter Label (France)
  • Ranked 6th French software publisher by EY.
  • Ranked 10th in top 500 technology companies in France.

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:39,540 tCO2eq/year
Scope 1 Emissions:3,553 tCO2eq/year
Scope 2 Emissions:1,008 tCO2eq/year
Scope 3 Emissions:34,979 tCO2eq/year
Total Energy Consumption:4005.5 MWh/year
Water Consumption:2,800 m3/year (Antony site)
Waste Generated:Increased by 26% in 2022 due to resumption of activities (Antony site). 100% recycled.

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate change
  • Talent management
  • Cyber security
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Community impact
  • Responsible procurement
  • Data protection
  • Business ethics and anti-corruption

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced print-related CO2 emissions by 30% through changes in paper usage.
  • Implemented waste sorting obligation for cardboard, metal, glass, wood, plastic and non-hazardous waste at trade shows.
  • Achieved a 22% decrease in electricity consumption at the Antony site compared with 2019.
  • Eliminated carpets in the aisles at two main trade shows to reduce waste.

Social Achievements

  • Launched the ‘Work with me’ referral programme, resulting in 21 appointments in France in 2022.
  • Implemented a food surplus initiative at the Patrimonia trade show, donating 300kg of food.
  • Launched another wave of its successful partnership with Nos quartiers ont du talent (NQT) mentoring program.
  • Maintained a strong commitment to promoting a discrimination-free workplace with no reported incidents of discrimination except for one isolated incident in the UK which was investigated and found to have no evidence of discrimination.

Governance Achievements

  • Formed an ESG Board in 2022.
  • Established an ESG team.
  • Published its Code of Conduct in 2022.
  • Updated its Whistleblowing policy in 2022 to comply with changes in EU regulations.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Define a reduction target in absolute value for Scopes 1 and 2 emissions, and a reduction target of carbon intensity for Scope 3 emissions.
Short-term Goals:
  • Increase hiring of people with disabilities by 50% by the end of 2024.
  • Reach 50% women in management by the end of 2024.
  • Reach 40% women in top management and 40% women in excom by the end of 2024.
  • Have 300 interns and apprentices by the end of 2024.

Environmental Challenges

  • Climate change
  • Talent development and retention
  • Inclusiveness, gender parity and diversity
  • Health, safety and wellbeing of employees
  • Community impact and regional involvement
  • Compliance – business ethics and anti-corruption, competition rules
  • Cyber risks – protection of networks and data
  • Responsible purchasing policy
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developing carbon emissions reduction targets for Scopes 1, 2, and 3.
  • Implementing a Sustainable Site Management System (SSMS).
  • Generalising programmes in people development, training and retention.
  • Reinforcing culture of inclusiveness, gender parity and diversity.
  • Prioritising health and wellbeing of employees.
  • Accelerating social and inclusiveness charitable action.
  • Updating risk management map and monitoring prevention & remediation actions.
  • Consistently deploying responsible purchasing policy.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Screening of largest suppliers for bribery, corruption and sanctions risks via request-for-information questionnaires.

Responsible Procurement
  • Responsible supplier charter and screenings
  • Inclusion of ESG and compliance criteria in bids for significant purchases.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards

Certifications: ISO 14001 (Antony site), ISO 50001 (German subsidiaries), ISO 27001 (Red-on-line), ISO 9001 (HaynesPro BV)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 3
  • SDG 5
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 12
  • SDG 13

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Smart Filter OE
  • Global PRE platform

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:2753.7 tCO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:1969.17 tCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:784.53 tCO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:34979 tCO2e (2022 data)
Total Energy Consumption:3657 MWh
Water Consumption:2868 m3 (Antony site)
Waste Generated:Reduced by 25.6% at Antony site (tons/year not specified)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Reducing environmental footprint
  • Promoting equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion
  • Conducting activities with integrity and compliance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced print-related CO2 emissions by 30% through changes in paper usage
  • Migrated over 80 products to cloud solutions to optimize operations and adopt more sustainable practices
  • Implemented an energy-saving plan for French sites resulting in a 18% decrease in energy consumption at the Antony site and 36% decrease in private consumption compared to 2021

Social Achievements

  • Organized the first Diversity Day in March 2024 focusing on unconscious bias
  • Implemented hybrid work schedule with 2 days of remote work per week
  • Launched a female empowerment network in 2024 to support women in their professional development

Governance Achievements

  • Published a code of conduct in 2022 establishing fundamental principles and key values regarding compliance and ethics
  • Adopted a new whistleblowing policy in 2022 to encourage reporting of ethical breaches
  • Implemented responsible procurement charter signed by all new suppliers

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Set up carbon reduction plan
  • Expand Sustainable Site Management System
  • Enhance Sustainable Purchasing Strategy
Short-term Goals:
  • Increase internal recruitments up to 10%
  • Implement more training programs (7.5h/emp.)
  • Expand initiatives on the group level for health, wellness & safety

Environmental Challenges

  • Talent management in a continuously evolving business environment
  • Measuring and reducing environmental footprint
  • Regulatory non-compliance and cyber threats
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implemented talent development, training, and retention programs
  • Implemented actions to reduce direct and indirect environmental impacts, including energy-saving plans and cloud migration
  • Established risk management systems, security processes, and a whistleblowing policy

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 100% of new suppliers sign responsible procurement charter

Responsible Procurement
  • Responsible procurement charter
  • Inclusion of environmental and social commitment criteria in tenders

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI

Certifications: ISO 14001 (France), ISO 27001 (Red-on-line), ISO 9001 (HaynesPro BV)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 3
  • SDG 5
  • SDG 13
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 12

Through identifying and mitigating risks to people and the environment, as well as through offering new services that support sustainable development

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Smart Filter OE
  • Atelio platform for automotive parts reuse
  • Red-on-line software solutions for HSE management