Our environmental commitment
SOCOTEC is well aware of the challenges of the energy transition and the green transition, particularly through the services it offers its customers: we implement solutions to meet environmental challenges, particularly those of decarbonization or the energy performance of buildings, making it possible to reduce greenhouse gases and promote a positive impact on the environment and biodiversity
Reducing our environmental impact
Our experts develop and carry out GREEN TRUST missions that improve the technical, energy, green and reuse performance, as well as the sustainability, of the equipment and buildings that surround us. As a trusted third party, SOCOTEC is on the side of the solution, and all these solutions are offered under the Green Trust banner.
What's more, reducing our own environmental impact, as an organization, is naturally at the heart of our action plan.
Our roadmap:
In order to contribute to the environmental transition, we wish to reinforce our actions:
- Accompany customers in reducing their environmental impact via GREEN TRUST services and measure progress;
- Adopt responsible behavior and reduce our own carbon footprint;
- Integrate electric vehicles into our corporate fleet;
- Optimize the energy performance of buildings;
- Develop responsible purchasing within the company.
Green Trust services and assignments in 2024:
represent 35,85% (versus 33.45% in 2023, 30% in 2022 and 26% in 2021) of SOCOTEC Group sales.
Target: 50% of Group sales in 2028
Carbon footprint 2024:
- Scopes 1 and 2*: 33,391 tCO2eq emitted (compared to 33,602 tCO2eq), which translates to 23.34 tons of CO2 equivalent emitted per million euros in revenue (down from 26.74 tCO2eq/M€ in 2023).
- Scopes 1, 2, and 3*: 60,120 tCO2eq emitted (compared to 46,895 tCO2eq in 2023), which translates to 42.03 tons of CO2 equivalent emitted per million euros in revenue (up from 37.31 tCO2eq/M€ in 2023).
*Scope of reporting: France, UK, USA, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, and Belux
Objectives 2028:
- - 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is targeted between 2023 and 2028. This goal is set according to the SBTi methodology (committed status, not yet validated) to limit global warming to 1.5 °C, as outlined in the Paris Agreement.
- 100% of SOCOTEC's vehicle fleet in France will be electrified, along with 80% of non-van vehicles in the UK and Italy.
- Reduction of 25% in energy consumption related to buildings.
100% of our obsolete WEEE equipment is processed within the circular economy
thanks to our partners ECODAIR and EMMAUS CONNECT in France since 2021 and since 2024 in the United Kingdom, Spain and Belux.
Discover our business lines GREEN TRUST
OUR EXPERTS SUPPORT YOU
The GREEN TRUST services have all been compared with the European Taxonomy resulting from the European Green Deal in order to analyse their potential eligibility:
Sustainable property services with partners and builders of housing, offices, eco-neighbourhoods, etc.
These include sustainable property services with partners and builders of homes, offices and eco-neighbourhoods, environmental impact assessments (water, air, soil), remediation of brownfield sites and redevelopment projects, assessment of the resilience of buildings to wear and tear and climate change, biodiversity impact assessments, BREEAM and LEED certification, energy management certification, technical advice or inspections aimed at improving energy performance through measures to reduce resource consumption, support for the energy transition, RE2020, support for the Decree on the Tertiary Sector, etc.
These are just a few examples of the SOCOTEC Group's contribution to assessing its clients' environmental impact and supporting them in their sustainable development programmes.
The GREEN TRUST services have all been compared with the European Taxonomy resulting from the European Green Deal in order to analyse their potential eligibility:
Sustainable property services with partners and builders of housing, offices, eco-neighbourhoods, etc.
These include sustainable property services with partners and builders of homes, offices and eco-neighbourhoods, environmental impact assessments (water, air, soil), remediation of brownfield sites and redevelopment projects, assessment of the resilience of buildings to wear and tear and climate change, biodiversity impact assessments, BREEAM and LEED certification, energy management certification, technical advice or inspections aimed at improving energy performance through measures to reduce resource consumption, support for the energy transition, RE2020, support for the Decree on the Tertiary Sector, etc.
These are just a few examples of the SOCOTEC Group's contribution to assessing its clients' environmental impact and supporting them in their sustainable development programmes.
The actions we are taking within the company
How does SOCOTEC reduce its environmental impact ?
In line with its core business, SOCOTEC is also implementing a dedicated action plan to reduce the environmental impact of the operational management of its activities.
Based on its annual Carbon Footprint, and the identification of its most significant emission sources, SOCOTEC has been implementing a dedicated reduction plan since 2020, backed by a target to reduce its carbon emissions by 15% between 2020 and 2024.
In line with its core business, SOCOTEC is also implementing a dedicated action plan to reduce the environmental impact of the operational management of its activities.
Based on its annual Carbon Footprint, and the identification of its most significant emission sources, SOCOTEC has been implementing a dedicated reduction plan since 2020, backed by a target to reduce its carbon emissions by 15% between 2020 and 2024.
