Since 2013, the BPCE Group’s Sustainable Development division has been reinforcing its tool that tracks the Caisse d’Epargne’s industry-specific carbon footprint. This tool is used to assess greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, using a method compatible with that of ADEME, the ISO 14064 standard, and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. The tool is used to estimate the GHG emissions from the bank’s branch operations each year. Direct emissions caused by bank products and services are, however, excluded from the analysis. After five years spent collecting carbon data using a stable benchmark shared by all savings banks, the tool is then able to provide:
-an estimate of each company’s greenhouse gas emissions;
-a map of GHG emissions (by source: energy, procurement of goods and services, business travel, property, plant and equipment and other) and by scope.
Each year, this tool is used to track the level of these emissions and how it has changed. It also provides valuable information allowing to create a local plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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