
Certain that we are facing a climate emergency and fully aware of the importance of the role that we play, our Group has given itself the ambition of contributing to a transition to a carbon-neutral world by considering the control of its greenhouse gas emissions as a major challenge. Since 2015, we have been firmly committed to aligning ourselves with the Paris Agreement*. We are drastically reducing emissions related to our industrial activities, and we have recently obtained SBT* certification for our new objectives for 2030, a key step toward the Group’s carbon neutrality. Finally, in a formulation adopted by the General Shareholders’ Meeting in 2020, the Group’s purpose reconciles economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet.
For the past 15 years or so, our Group's actions have been part of the fight against climate change. This commitment was given new impetus in 2015 with the implementation of an action plan, supplemented by international objectives and commitments and subject to detailed reporting. Since then, we have substantially reduced our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We have done this by making radical strategic changes, focusing on our low-carbon activities and helping our customers consume less energy, greener energy and achieve greater comfort. The model covers the three areas of sustainable value creation: People, Planet, Profit.
As a result, we reduced our CO2 equivalent emissions by 56% between 2012 and 2018 and in 2019, 93% of our activities were low-carbon.
"Climate change is a major challenge for the Group. This has become a business issue that feeds its service offerings and future value creation. Supported by the growing involvement of its consumers and stakeholders, as well as by the recommendations of financial players and the TCFD, the Group is now well on its way to reconciling financial performance and CSR."
Anne Chassagnette Group Director of CSR and CEO of the Rassembleurs d’Énergies impact investment fund
With the target of commissioning 9 GW of renewable energies from 2019 to 2021 now fully secured, along with the rapid phasing-out of our coal activities, our business model is changing quickly, in line with our purpose.
To reduce our impact through the creation of sustainable value, we have extended our CSR performance indicators RSE with a new list of 19 objectives for 2030.
See our CRS goals and performance
Among these objectives, 2 key objectives relating to climate change will be integrated in a recurring reporting given the large role they play in moving ENGIE forward:
The definition of our purpose statement marks a new phase in the history of the company and will now make it possible to rally all of our employees and our stakeholders around a shared aim: reconciling economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet.
The world leader in the low-carbon transition, ENGIE publishes an annual scorecard of indicators on energy transition, and more particularly on the climate.
(*) Climate glossary