ADF Croissance
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:4022 tCO2e (Scope 1) + 112 tCO2e (Scope 2)
Scope 1 Emissions:4022 tCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:112 tCO2e
Total Energy Consumption:6,018,881 kWh
Carbon Intensity:0.79kgCO2e/h
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental
- Social
- Governance
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced the environmental impact of the report by 30% compared to previous years.
- Invested €1.5 million in supporting start-ups focused on hydrogen, bio-methane, and terrestrial observation for natural resource control.
- Lowering energy consumption, reducing raw material consumption, improving waste sorting, buying carbon-free energy, optimizing transport policy.
Social Achievements
- Modernized ethics and compliance programs in 2017 under the Sapin II Act and implemented a code of conduct for all employees.
- Implemented a “One Life” HSE program.
- Working towards a “Great Place to Work” label.
Governance Achievements
- Implemented a code of conduct (“Smart Behaviour for Smart Solutions”) for all employees.
- Established an independent and autonomous reporting system (Speak up).
Climate Goals & Targets
Short-term Goals:
- Energy savings: -20% consumption per hour worked by 2025
- Greenhouse gases: -30% CO2 emissions (kg) per hour worked by 2025
- Improving the environmental footprint of infrastructures and activities: +30% sustainable purchasing by 2025
- Recycling and recovery of waste: 70% of waste produced by 2025
- Car-pooling: 100% of employees informed and made aware by 2025
- Percentage of energy-efficient vehicles in the ADF fleet: 25% of fleet renewed by 2025
- ISO 14001 certification of European production sites: 100% by 2025
- Responses to consultations and calls for tender: 100% include eco-responsible solutions by 2025
- “Low carbon” maintenance contracts offered to 100% of clients by 2025
- Revenue generated with a positive impact on the environment: 40% of business activities by 2025
- QSE audits and visits: +20% by 2025
- Health and safety and ergonomics initiatives: one new initiative per year by 2025
- LTIR: 1.9 by 2025
- Theme-based training and awareness campaigns: +20% by 2025
- Conduct an internal social survey every two years and improve our QWL index: +20% by 2025
- Transforming professions and skills: +20% in professional training by 2025
- Work-study employees: +15% by 2025
- Professional interviews and career plans for employees requesting them: 100% completed by 2025
- Professionalise our integration paths: 100% of new hires involved in an integration path by 2025
- Improving our Professional Equality Index: 80/100 by 2025
- Response rate to discrepancies arising from the alert reporting system: 100% by 2025
Environmental Challenges
- Meeting the challenges of the restructuring industrial world.
- Maintaining competitiveness in constrained markets.
Mitigation Strategies
- Investing in R&D projects (a dozen in total), providing after-market support (up to 10 years).
- Focusing on eco-responsibility, digital technology, and tailored client services.
- Restructuring and acquisitions (Amrikart in Canada and Novexa).
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: 14% of strategic suppliers committed to CSR; 46% committed to the Group’s CSR policy
Responsible Procurement
- Incorporating the ten principles of the UN Global Compact into relations with partners.
- Requesting strategic partners to sign a charter stipulating mutual commitments and a shared CSR approach.
- Providing buyer training on responsible purchasing.
- Monitoring suppliers’ CSR commitment.
- Integrating environmental criteria into service provider selection.
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB
Certifications: ISO 14001 (37.5% of French production sites)
Third-party Assurance: KPMG (limited assurance)