Our objective
Reduce our relative greenhouse gas emissions by 4% per year through to 2050.
per year
This pathway supports the direction set by the National Low-Carbon Strategy and international climate objectives. It provides the framework for our transition approach and supports the evolution of our industrial practices.
MATISSART’s climate strategy follows a long-term pathway aimed at achieving net zeroNet zeroA target that requires reducing greenhouse gas emissions as far as possible across the relevant scope and neutralising only hard-to-abate residual emissions through durable carbon removals. by 2050 across Scopes 1, 2 and 3. This ambition is based first and foremost on delivering actual emissions reductions within the company and throughout its value chainValue chainAll activities, stakeholders and flows upstream, within and downstream of a company, from raw-material purchasing through product use and end of life..
It does not constitute a claim of current carbon neutralityCarbon neutralityA situation in which greenhouse gas emissions within a defined scope are balanced by equivalent removals or absorptions; when used at company level, the term should be applied cautiously and with a clearly defined scope. and does not rely on offsetting avoidable emissions. Any residual emissions remaining in 2050 will need to be kept to an absolute minimum and neutralised in accordance with the international standards applicable at that time.
This pathway is consistent with the direction set by France’s National Low-Carbon Strategy and international climate changeClimate changeA long-term change in climate patterns, now primarily driven by the rise in human-induced greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. mitigation objectives. It provides the framework for our transition approach and supports the evolution of our industrial practices.
Our areas for action
| Theme | Main Actions under Considerations |
|---|---|
| MANAGEMENT | • Raise employee awareness and implement a resource conservation policy. • Develop mould repair activities as part of a circular economyCircular economyA model aimed at keeping the value of products, equipment, materials and resources in use for as long as possible through durability, maintenance, repair, reuse and recycling. approach. |
| ENERGY | • Install photovoltaic panels. • Replace existing lighting with LEDs. • Carry out an electrical audit. |
| PROCUREMENT | • Use fewer components / less material in moulds. • Assess replacing steel with anodised aluminium or plastic. • Establish a sustainable procurement policy and systematically include environmental criteria in purchasing decisions. • Compare the use of more efficient new machinery with the use of second-hand machinery. |
| TRAVEL | • Encourage car sharing among Matissart employees. • Contact other businesses in the industrial estate to set up joint car-sharing initiatives. • Install electric vehicle charging points. |
| FREIGHT | • Reduce the return rate due to non-conformities and mould fine-tuning. • Obtain transport CO₂ data from customers who arrange their own transport. • Raise hauliers’ awareness of carbon issues, particularly through the Fret21/EVE programme. |
| LEADING BY EXAMPLE | • Transfer part of MATISSART’s land to the local authority to enable the creation of a cycle path. |
Main levers identified
- Optimising the energy performanceEnergy performanceA measurable result relating to the use and consumption of energy by a building, piece of equipment, process or organisation. of buildings;
- Improving process efficiency;
- Reducing procurement-related impacts;
- Optimising transport;
- Developing supplier partnerships with stronger environmental performance.
Climate considerations are therefore becoming an additional industrial performance criterion: measuring our impacts, seeking less resource-intensive solutions, and progressively factoring carbon into our technical and economic decisions.
