Climate Change Data

Europcar Mobility Group

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:2,479,921 tCO2e/year (excluding US)
Scope 1 Emissions:61,446 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:4,809 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:2,413,666 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:74.77% of total energy use
Total Energy Consumption:30,068 MWh/year (excluding US)
Water Consumption:294,514 m3/year (excluding US)
Waste Generated:1618.81 tons/year (excluding US)
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Accessible Mobility
  • Responsible Employer
  • Environment
  • Business Ethics

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 23% compared to 2019 baseline (excluding US)
  • Achieved an 'A' rating from CDP for climate change performance
  • Reached top 1% of companies rated by EcoVadis with a score of 76
  • Achieved AAA rating from MSCI ESG
  • SBTi approved target to reduce Scopes 1 & 2 CO2 emissions by 46% and Scope 3 emissions by 27.5%, both by 2030 (vs. 2019 baseline).

Social Achievements

  • Provided vehicles for free to local associations and NGOs involved in humanitarian actions in Ukraine
  • Launched the first global Team Opinion Survey: Speak Up! with 82% participation rate
  • Extended e-learning modules dedicated to diversity and inclusion
  • Developed 22 e-learning projects by employees during the first EuroLearning contest
  • Maintained low workplace-accident frequency rate (11.19)

Governance Achievements

  • Updated Group’s Code of Ethics & Commitments
  • Launched dedicated e-learning program for new employees on financial sanctions, ethics, corruption, and data protection
  • Effective implementation of the CSR module within the Third Party Assessment tool

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 46.2% by 2030
  • Reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 27.5% by 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce average emissions of cars to 93 g CO2/km and vans to 144 g CO2/km by end of 2024
  • Reach 20% green vehicles by end of 2024

Environmental Challenges

  • Contribution to climate change (impact on air quality and potential greenwashing accusations)
  • Harm to local/protected areas and biodiversity (risk of environmental impact due to accidents or activities)
  • Ineffective water and waste management (overconsumption of water and pollution from recycling processes)
  • Breach to Group Code of Ethics (non-compliance by employees or business partners)
  • Personal Data Protection (failure to comply with GDPR)
  • Right to alert (failure to protect whistleblowers)
  • Violation of social regulations (hidden labor force or non-compliance with labor rights in the value chain)
  • Discrimination (potential liability due to employee discrimination)
  • Violation of trade union rights (lack of social dialogue)
  • Psychosocial risks (excessive pressure at work, poor working conditions)
  • Breach to duty of safety (damage to employees' or clients' physical health and safety)
  • Harassment (risk of harassment among employees)
  • Franchisees (potential risk of failure in duty of care by franchisees)
Mitigation Strategies
  • Roll out a carbon reduction plan
  • Change Management
  • Managing our resources in a responsible manner
  • Exercise a duty of care
  • Share our Business Ethics
  • Develop a social policy fostering dialog
  • Be a Responsible Employer
  • Implement a dynamic human resources management
  • Make diversity a driver of the Group’s performance
  • Attract talents, develop them and support employees’ career paths
  • Measure and develop employee engagement
  • A related policy will be defined in 2023, along with a key performance indicator to monitor it

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 1% of critical suppliers evaluated on CSR performance in 2022

Responsible Procurement
  • EcoVadis platform for supplier assessment
  • Inclusion of CSR criteria in business decisions and calls for tender
  • Support for suppliers in managing CSR performance

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Electrification of fleet

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, UN Global Compact

Certifications: ISO 14001 (5 subsidiaries), ISO 50001 (Germany)

Third-party Assurance: Mazars

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 4
  • SDG 5
  • SDG 6
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 10
  • SDG 11
  • SDG 13
  • SDG 17

Commit Together program aligns with these SDGs through initiatives related to education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, decent work and economic growth, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities and communities, climate action, and partnerships for the goals.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles

Awards & Recognition

  • CDP ‘A’ list
  • EcoVadis Platinum medal
  • MSCI ESG AAA rating
  • Sustainalytics 12.0 rating