From design to end-of-life, the Group acts at every stage to limit the environmental footprint of its products and help combat global warming. 

Since 2017, it has been measuring its greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint across its entire value chain. In 2016, it joined the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) and in 2018 defined its own short and medium term SBT targets. Aware of the importance of biodiversity, the Group joined the Act4Nature International Alliance in December 2021 and has set itself ambitious, quantified and sequenced short and medium term targets based on 4 priorities.

GROUP GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE SHEET

Groupe SEB measures its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions throughout its value chain using the international GHG protocol, developed by the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (see methodology in the Universal Registration Document). This assessment distinguishes between Scope 1 and 2 emissions, which relate to greenhouse gas emissions directly linked to the Group's production activities, and Scope 3 emissions, known as indirect emissions. 

The breakdown of emissions by category is relatively stable from one year to the next, as shown in the diagram below. The most significant emission items are raw materials and components purchased, and the use of products sold. 

Each year, Groupe SEB publishes a detailed assessment of its emissions on the 3 scopes, as well as the associated methodology, in the Universal Registration Document which can be downloaded from the Financial Information and Presentations page of this site.
 

CONTRIBUTING TO CARBON NEUTRALITY IN 2025: SCIENCE BASED TARGET

To step up its contribution to the fight against global warming, in 2016 Groupe SEB joined the Science Based Targets (SBT) initiative launched by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) alongside the UN Global Compact, the WRI (World Resources Institute) and the CDP(Carbon Disclosure Project).

It encourages major global companies to align their greenhouse gas emission reduction targets with the IPCC's recommendation to contain the rise in global average temperature to below 2°C by the end of the century. 

LOW-CARBON STRATEGY

The Group has set up a specific governance structure to achieve these objectives and specify the path to be followed:

• the low-carbon "product manufacturing" strategy (scopes 1 & 2) towards carbon neutrality for industrial sites is broken down into three areas:

Reducing the energy consumption of sites through an optimisation approach: energy audits, setting up an energy indicator (kWh/unit produced) at the industrial management level, adjusting processes, choosing the least carbon-intensive energy sources, etc;
Increasing the proportion of renewable energy: on-site energy production using photovoltaic panels, purchase of green energy via Power Purchase Agreements (long-term contracts for the purchase of green energy) or renewable energy certificates;
as a last resort: sequestering residual greenhouse gas emissions by supporting projects to restore ecosystems, mainly forests, with a biodiversity preservation label.

• The "product use" low-carbon strategy (scope 3) is steered through the eco-design roadmap. Generally speaking, actions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to the use of products relate to :

Product reparability,
The use of recycled materials,
Raising consumer awareness of the correct conditions for using products,
Reducing the energy consumption of products (eco-design and new technologies).