Climate Change Data

Subsea 7 S.A.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:410,446 tCO2e (Scope 1)
Scope 1 Emissions:410,446 tCO2e

ESG Focus Areas

  • Health and Safety
  • Labour Practices and Human Rights
  • Energy Transition
  • Ecological Impacts
  • Operational Eco-Efficiency
  • Business Ethics
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Investing in our People

Environmental Achievements

  • Recycled 76% of onshore waste and segregated 61% of non-hazardous offshore waste for recycling.
  • Scope 1 CO2 emissions totalled 410,446 tonnes (2019: 432,733 tonnes), a reduction of 22,287 tonnes.
  • 3,322 Clean Operations resulting in a reduction of carbon emissions by 29,264 tonnes.

Social Achievements

  • 5,153 employees completed compliance and ethics e-learning including anti-corruption training (100% of target population).
  • 6,660 suppliers had contracts including human rights clauses or underwent human rights screening.
  • Developed a global wellbeing framework and provided employees access to online learning resources.

Governance Achievements

  • Implemented a new platform to enhance the risk assessment and due diligence screening of third parties.
  • Increased the number of employees who completed e-learning on ethics, compliance and integrity.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Covid-19 impact on operations and employee wellbeing.
  • Reducing operational greenhouse gas emissions.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Evolved business continuity plans in response to Covid-19.
  • Commissioned a study on converting part of the fleet to hybrid power.
  • Developed a Carbon Estimator tool to measure the environmental impact of products and solutions.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 6,660 suppliers with contracts including human rights clauses or underwent human rights screening

Responsible Procurement
  • Code of Conduct for Suppliers

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact

Certifications: ISO 14001

Third-party Assurance: DNV GL

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:543,041 tCO2e (Scope 1 & 2)
Scope 1 Emissions:535,642 tCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:2,168 tCO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:29,469 tCO2e
Renewable Energy Share:66% (onshore electricity)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Health, safety and wellbeing
  • Energy transition
  • Labour practices and human rights
  • Business ethics
  • Operational eco-efficiency
  • Ecological impacts

Environmental Achievements

  • 74,288 tonnes reduction in CO2 emissions from Clean Operations
  • 66% of total electricity consumption was generated from renewable energy tariffs

Social Achievements

  • Launched a Company-wide wellbeing framework
  • Increased internal advertising of senior roles to ensure equal opportunities
  • Introduced the new “Career Development Conversation” to support employee career planning

Governance Achievements

  • Established a dedicated workgroup to address the recommendations of the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures
  • Engaged GoodCorporation™ to perform independent assessments of the anti-bribery/anti-corruption programme

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Net zero GHG emissions by 2050
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduction in Scope 1 & 2 emissions 50% by 2035
  • Cumulative power capacity of renewables projects supported 10GW by 2025
  • Cumulative power capacity of renewables projects supported 25GW by 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • Lost-time injury frequency rate 0.05 by 2022
  • Serious injury frequency rate 0.10 by 2022
  • Medium and high-risk suppliers assessed for anti-corruption risk 90% by 2022
  • Proportion of the business covered by an independent anti-corruption compliance programme assessment 85% by 2022
  • Relevant employees trained on human rights 50% by 2022
  • High-risk suppliers undergoing enhanced human rights risk assessments 25% by 2022
  • Waste recycled onshore 90% by 2025
  • Waste segregated offshore for recycling 70% by 2025
  • BORAboxTM sensors deployed for science 15 by 2025

Environmental Challenges

  • Increased lost-time injury rate due to disrupted travel, extended quarantine, and unfamiliar crew mates
  • Increased overall fuel usage and emissions due to increased active vessel days and transit days
Mitigation Strategies
  • Focused campaign to reduce dropped objects
  • Enhanced self-verification process for safety practices
  • Company-wide wellbeing framework
  • Digital optimisation of fleet power management, lower-carbon fuels, and use of electric battery hybrid power

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Code of Conduct for Suppliers
  • Sustainability issues included in supplier approval process
  • Risk methodology for supplier assessment based on country risk and type of materials/services

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities
  • Growth in renewables business
  • Development of decarbonisation solutions

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact, TCFD

Certifications: ISO 14001:2015

Third-party Assurance: DNV GL

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:617,309 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:617,309 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:1,794 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:47,886 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:73%
Waste Generated:4,265 tons/year (Offshore Non-hazardous)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Health, safety and wellbeing
  • Energy transition
  • Labour practices and human rights
  • Business ethics
  • Operational eco-efficiency
  • Ecological impacts

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced CO2 emissions from energy efficiency initiatives by 98,744 tonnes
  • 73% of onshore electricity consumption from renewable energy tariffs
  • Successfully completed first clean fuel trial on Seven Oceanic
  • 85% of total onshore waste recycled

Social Achievements

  • LTIF of 0.01
  • 83% of relevant employees trained on human rights
  • Launched a mental wellness platform in the Gulf of Mexico region
  • Launched a Company-wide Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) framework

Governance Achievements

  • 86% of the business covered by an independent anti-corruption compliance programme assessment
  • 91% of medium and high-risk suppliers assessed for corruption risk

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Net Zero by 2050
Medium-term Goals:
  • Support 30GW of cumulative power capacity installed by 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% by 2035 (compared to a 2018 baseline)
  • Support 18GW of cumulative power capacity installed by 2025

Environmental Challenges

  • Scope 1 emissions increased in 2022 due to increased operational activity and the addition of six heavy transportation vessels.
  • Supply chain represents an estimated 70% of overall greenhouse gas emissions.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Investing in fleet to reduce emissions (hybridisation of Seven Arctic, clean fuel trials)
  • Engaging with key suppliers to reduce scope 3 emissions and develop common ambitions.
  • Developing a Carbon Management System to measure and report full carbon footprint.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 91% of medium and high-risk suppliers assessed for corruption risk in 2022

Responsible Procurement
  • Code of Conduct for Suppliers
  • Enhanced human rights risk assessment and due diligence questionnaires for medium- and high-risk suppliers

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather, floods
Transition Risks
  • Emerging regulation, changes in greenhouse gas emissions legislation, regulation and supervision of climate-related risk in the financial sector, technology risk
Opportunities
  • Growth in offshore wind (fixed and floating), growth in emerging energies (CCUS, hydrogen), development of new products/services for lower-carbon solutions

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact, EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive, EU Taxonomy, TCFD

Certifications: ISO 37001 (Subsea 7 (UK Service Company) Limited)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • UN SDG Target 3.8
  • UN SDG Target 8.8
  • UN SDG Target 7.3
  • UN SDG Target 9.1
  • UN SDG Target 13.1
  • UN SDG Target 8.7
  • UN SDG Target 12.6
  • UN SDG Target 16.3
  • UN SDG Target 9.4
  • UN SDG Target 13.3
  • UN SDG Target 12.5
  • UN SDG Target 14.3
  • UN SDG Target 14.A

The report maps its sustainability priorities against the most relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Hybridisation of Seven Arctic
  • BORAbox® sensors

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:656,624 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:656,624 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:2,317 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:49,552 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:69% of total energy use (onshore)
Waste Generated:761 tonnes/year (onshore hazardous and non-hazardous waste directed to disposal)
Carbon Intensity:110 tCO2e/million USD revenue

ESG Focus Areas

  • Health, safety and wellbeing
  • Energy transition
  • Labour practices and human rights
  • Business ethics
  • Operational eco-efficiency
  • Ecological impacts
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Human capital development
  • Responsible supply chain management
  • Community impact and relationships

Environmental Achievements

  • Recycled 91% of total onshore waste generated and segregated 71% of total offshore waste generated for recycling
  • Zero significant (>10m3) hydrocarbon spills recorded
  • CO2 emissions reduced from energy efficiency initiatives: 113,934 tonnes
  • Fuel saved from energy efficiency initiatives: 43,499 m³

Social Achievements

  • Launched onshore Women in Business Programme and held three Offshore- Women’s Forums
  • 244 new graduates hires, 41% of whom were female
  • 98% relevant employees trained on human rights

Governance Achievements

  • 100% proportion of the business covered by an independent anti-corruption compliance programme assessment
  • New Board appointments strengthen oversight of key topics
  • Completed a double materiality assessment

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Achieve Net Zero Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 2050
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve 35GW renewable energy projects supported by 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2035

Environmental Challenges

  • Reduction of emissions is a key and challenging target. The largest emissions reduction impact will come from alternative clean fuel, that today is not available at scale and cost to be widely used.
  • Market volatility in offshore wind impacted by economic and policy conditions.
  • Project economics remain a key barrier to the pace of development in floating wind.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implementing changes and solutions available today focused around hybridisation and shore power, alternative fuels and energy sources, and digital efficiency.
  • Steering towards a more sustainable risk/reward balance between client and contractor in fixed wind.
  • Maturing technologies and solutions to support lower-cost offshore floating wind developments through several studies.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 98% medium- & high-risk suppliers assessed for corruption risks

Responsible Procurement
  • Code of Conduct for Suppliers
  • Compliance risk assessments and due diligence using Exiger

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact, TCFD, EU Taxonomy, EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

Certifications: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 37001 (Anti-Bribery Management System Standard)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 7 (Affordable and clean energy)
  • Goal 8 (Decent work and economic growth)
  • Goal 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure)
  • Goal 13 (Climate action)
  • Goal 14 (Life below water)

Mapping of sustainability priorities against UN SDGs

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Electrically Heat-Traced Flowline (EHTF®)
  • Power buoys
  • Riser monitoring

Awards & Recognition

  • Gender Equality Award from the City of Suresnes (France)
  • Recognised as one of the safest contractors by North Oil Company (Qatar)