Climate Change Data

CARBIOS

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024-01 to 2024-06)

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:2,647 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:32 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:119 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:2,496 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:170,808 MWh/year
Water Consumption:1,097 m3/year
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Governance and Ethics
  • Environment
  • Social and Societal

Environmental Achievements

  • Commissioning of an industrial demonstration plant in Clermont-Ferrand, France in September 2021.
  • Production of the world’s first samples of food-grade PET plastic bottles produced entirely from enzymatically recycled plastic.
  • Longlaville plant project should process 50,000 metric tons of PET waste per year, saving 45,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent.

Social Achievements

  • Created an Environment and Sustainable Development Committee (CESD) to raise employee awareness.
  • Implemented a sustainable mobility bonus for employees using eco-friendly transportation.
  • Consolidated activities on a single site to reduce employee travel.

Governance Achievements

  • Adopted an Ethics Charter.
  • Implemented actions to protect against corruption risks.
  • Established a system for collecting and processing secure alerts (whistleblowing).

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve 40% female members within the Executive Committee by end 2024.
  • Achieve 60% independent members of the Board of Directors by end 2024.
Short-term Goals:
  • Use LCA to maximize circularity and aim for lowest carbon impact by 2023.
  • Depolymerize 60 metric tons of PET at Cataroux site by 2023.
  • Maximize use of low-carbon transport for business trips under 1000km by 2023.
  • Promote employee well-being and safety by developing training and managing PSRs by 2023.
  • Achieve 40% female members on the Board of Directors by end 2023.
  • Incorporate sustainability targets into executive compensation from the 2023 fiscal year.

Environmental Challenges

  • Limiting impact on sensitive resources and preserving biodiversity.
  • Limiting risks related to climate change.
  • Reducing and recovering waste.
  • Designing more responsible products.
  • Ensuring responsible sourcing of raw materials.
  • Developing a safe working environment.
  • Promoting employee development and well-being.
  • Fighting discrimination and promoting diversity.
  • Supporting and improving employee skills.
  • Connecting with local communities.
  • Ensuring product quality.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implementing PET enzymatic recycling technology.
  • Optimizing industrial processes to limit water consumption.
  • Raising employee awareness of environmental values.
  • Promoting sustainable mobility and adapting the workplace.
  • Developing an environmental policy to reduce GHG emissions.
  • Contributing to climate change mitigation through enzymatic recycling.
  • Providing a solution to the current limits of PET recycling.
  • Bringing technology to industrial scale.
  • Ensuring the protection of intellectual property.
  • Working towards responsible and sustainable sourcing of raw materials.
  • Offering innovative and sustainable biological processes.
  • Implementing an HSS management system.
  • Providing an optimized working environment.
  • Ensuring quality of work for each employee.
  • Training employees in safety issues.
  • Supporting the company’s strong growth.
  • Establishing a long-term relationship with each employee.
  • Defining a compensation policy and benefits.
  • Ensuring a working environment and internal dialog.
  • Encouraging the development of good managerial practices.
  • Promoting daily social dialog.
  • Fostering diversity.
  • Providing individualized support to all employees.
  • Preventing all forms of exclusion or discrimination.
  • Integrating regional dynamics to strengthen research and development.
  • Supporting a sponsorship policy.
  • Offering labeled and certified products.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Discussions with eco-organizations and industrial players to secure PET waste supply.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Statements of Non-Financial Performance (NFRD)

Certifications: ISO 9001 (CARBIOLICE)

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Enzymatically recycled PET bottles
  • Biodegradable PLA plastics

Awards & Recognition

  • Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label (2019)
  • World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer (2021)
  • World Materials Forum Scale Up Challenge Grand Prix (2021)
  • Ok Home Compost certification (CARBIOLICE)
  • Greentech Innovation label (CARBIOLICE)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:4,862 tCO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:68 tCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:37 tCO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:4,757 tCO2e
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:222 MWh
Water Consumption:2,357 m3
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Circularity of plastics and textiles
  • Environmental impact reduction
  • Responsible employment
  • Strengthened partnerships

Environmental Achievements

  • 51% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to virgin PET production (LCA)
  • Depolymerized 20 batches of PET waste, confirming technology robustness
  • Reduced water requirement of process by more than 30%

Social Achievements

  • 55% employee training rate (25% increase from 2021)
  • Implementation of a well-being at work barometer
  • Profit-sharing agreement signed, linking bonuses to CSR objectives

Governance Achievements

  • Strengthened governance with a CSR Committee chaired by an independent director
  • 36% women on the Board of Directors (16% increase from 2021)
  • Incorporation of sustainability targets into executive compensation

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Become a leading player in the circularity of plastics
  • Obtain an ESG certification in 2025
Medium-term Goals:
  • Deploy a certified Environmental Management System by 2024
  • Deploy a Health & Safety Management System by 2024
  • Achieve 40% women on the Executive Committee by end 2024
  • Achieve 60% independent members of the Board of Directors by end 2024
Short-term Goals:
  • Depolymerize 60 tonnes of PET in 2023
  • Achieve 40% sustainable mobility by end 2023
  • Achieve 40% female members on the Board of Directors by end 2023

Environmental Challenges

  • Improving plastic and textile waste recovery
  • Designing more responsible products
  • Identifying and managing environmental impacts
  • Managing climate change impact
  • Developing a safe working environment
  • Supporting employee skill development
  • Promoting employee well-being
  • Fighting discrimination and promoting diversity
  • Strengthening collaborations
  • Meeting customer expectations
  • Connecting with local communities
  • Supporting supplier involvement
Mitigation Strategies
  • Construction of the world's first PET biorecycling plant
  • Participation in the European WhiteCycle Consortium
  • Extension of biorecycling technology to other polymers
  • Implementation of a QHSE policy
  • Annual carbon assessment and reduction actions
  • Life Cycle Analyses (LCA) of solutions
  • Integration of energy performance assessment into industrial projects
  • Increased share of renewable energy
  • Implementation of a Health & Safety Management System
  • Individualized employee support and training
  • Formalization of a human resources management policy
  • Proactive diversity and equal opportunities policy
  • Strengthening collaborations through consortia
  • Formalization of a responsible purchasing policy
  • Strengthening the local economic fabric

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Formalization of a responsible purchasing policy (initiated in 2023)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products and processes

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Biorecycled PET, biodegradable PLA

Awards & Recognition

  • Biocat Award (Alain Marty)
  • Two “Efficient Solution” labels from Solar Impulse Foundation
  • OK compost HOME certification
  • Greentech Innovation label

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:6,392 tCO₂e
Scope 1 Emissions:100 tCO₂e
Scope 2 Emissions:168 tCO₂e
Scope 3 Emissions:6,123 tCO₂e
Total Energy Consumption:896.4 MWh (electricity) + 619.6 MWh (gas)
Water Consumption:1,932 m³
Waste Generated:2,505 tons (non-hazardous) + 23 tons (hazardous)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate change mitigation
  • Circular economy
  • Responsible employer
  • Stakeholder relations

Environmental Achievements

  • Validation of PET depolymerisation technology for textile waste
  • 90% decline in CO2 emissions during the production of recycled PET compared to virgin plastic
  • 5 times more circular than traditional recycling according to the MCI

Social Achievements

  • 87% of employees involved in Climate Fresk 2023, leading to 53 proposals for CSR action plan
  • Great Place to Work® certification with 72% overall score
  • Formalization of a responsible procurement policy

Governance Achievements

  • Creation of governance bodies: CSR committee within the Board of Directors and an Operational Steering Committee
  • Annual review of the company’s environmental and societal performance conducted by the Board of Directors

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Become a key player in plastic and textile circularity
  • 8 to 12% CARBIOS market share target by 2035 (recycled PET segment)
Medium-term Goals:
  • 1 million tonnes of waste processed in 2030
  • Commercialization of CARBIOS Active on the US market by 2025
Short-term Goals:
  • Roll out a certified Environmental Management System (EMS) by 2024

Environmental Challenges

  • Increasing plastic and textile waste with low recyclability rates
  • Need to expand the commercialization of technologies internationally
  • Managing the environmental impact of activities
  • Attracting and retaining talent in a competitive market
  • Securing raw material supply for Longlaville plant
Mitigation Strategies
  • Development of biological technology at industrial scale to recycle all types of PET waste
  • Restructuring of Business Development division and international prospecting efforts
  • Continuous improvement approach focused on reducing environmental impact
  • Implementation of employee well-being initiatives and skill development programs
  • Agreements with Citeo, Landbell Group, and Hündgen Entsorgung to secure raw material supply

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Formalization of a Procurement Policy
  • CSR survey sent to critical suppliers

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products and processes

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • CARBIOS Active (PLA enzymatic solution)
  • PET biorecycling technology

Awards & Recognition

  • Pioneer Award from the Solar Impulse Foundation

Reporting Period: 2024-01 to 2024-06

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:50,000 tons/year (PET waste processed by Longlaville plant)
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Construction of the world’s first commercial-scale PET biorecycling factory in Longlaville, France with a processing capacity of 50,000 tons per annum. Planned startup in 2026.

Social Achievements

  • Increased recruitment to support the Group’s industrial and commercial development, including R&D and sales and marketing.
  • Partnerships with various companies to advance sustainable solutions (Zhink Group, SASA, FCC Environment UK, Selenis, Sleever®).

Governance Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Reach full capacity of Longlaville plant by 2027.

Environmental Challenges

  • Not disclosed
Mitigation Strategies
  • Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: BPI Certified (PLA biodegradation technology)

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Biorecycled PET, self-biodegradable PLA

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed