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The 2021 Finance Law extends the obligation to carry out a BEGES (Greenhouse Gas Emission Balance) to companies with more than 50 employees receiving funds from the European Recovery Plan. These new footprint calculation obligations come at a price: to raise awareness of the benefits they bring, a number of grants are available to companies to finance them.
The European Green Pact, which aims to reduce the EU's GHG emissions by 55% by 2030, will increase the price of carbon. Companies that want to remain competitive and ensure their sustainability must therefore adopt a strategy to reduce their emissions without delay.
In view of the recent consequences of global warming in France and in the world, it is now unthinkable to deny the reasons: we must ACT!
Since July 1, 2022, the government's "transition plan" is stricter. Companies are obliged to calculate their Bilan Carbone® and establish a low-carbon pathway by considering the *global* volume of their GHG emissions. Companies must also demonstrate the consistency of their long-term low-carbon pathway.
Since the Paris Agreement, countries and companies have agreed on the importance of acting against global warming, i.e. acting on their carbon footprint by limiting their GHG emissions. Solutions have been developed to help companies commit and accelerate their ecological transition. In order to facilitate the implementation of these reduction solutions, the realization of a GHG assessment is the ideal solution.
The new decree of July 1, 2022, which imposes scope 3 and a reduction action plan, and the 2022 Finance Act, which requires most companies with more than 50 employees to also carry out a GHG assessment, albeit initially in a simplified form, confirm the growing regulatory pressure.
Since the beginning of July 2022, new regulatory constraints on reporting, defining and demonstrating the low-carbon pathway of companies have been imposed by a new decree with immediate application. These new obligations considerably expand the scope of emissions to be taken into account.
Scope 3 covers all indirect greenhouse gas emissions associated with an organization's activity. It therefore represents many more GHG emissions than Scopes 1 and 2, which only account for direct and indirect energy-related emissions.
Doing a carbon inventory gives an account of the carbon footprint of an organization. It allows for the quantification of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions directly or indirectly generated by an organization.
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