Glossary

A 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.

International agreement adopted in 2015 to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C.

The network of operators and processes used to collect, prepare, sort, treat and route a material or end-of-life product toward an appropriate recovery or recycling pathway.

The ability of a product or its constituent materials to be recovered, separated and treated so that they can be reintroduced into a new production cycle; recyclability does not guarantee that actual recycling will occur.

Material obtained from the treatment of waste or end-of-life products and reintroduced as a raw material into a new production cycle.

An operation aimed at restoring, improving or adapting existing equipment in order to extend its useful life and, where relevant, avoid premature replacement.

Emissions expressed per unit of activity or against a reference indicator, allowing carbon intensity to be tracked independently of changes in activity volume.

The ability of a product or piece of equipment to be repaired so that it recovers all or part of its function and its useful life can be extended.

An approach aimed at reducing the consumption of resources, materials or energy by questioning needs and uses before seeking technical efficiency gains. It complements energy efficiency and process optimisation.

A management approach integrating transparency, ethics, monitoring of commitments, measurement of results and consideration of stakeholder expectations.

A purchasing approach that incorporates environmental, social, ethical and governance criteria, in addition to cost, quality and lead-time considerations, into supplier selection, assessment and engagement.

Using a product or piece of equipment again for the same purpose or a compatible purpose, without it having become waste and without major material transformation.

The category covering direct greenhouse gas emissions from sources owned or controlled by the company.

The category covering indirect emissions associated with the generation of purchased energy consumed by the company, particularly electricity, heat or steam.

The category covering other indirect emissions across the value chain, such as purchased goods and services, transport, business travel, subcontracting, capital goods or product end of life.

Metal recovered through collection, sorting and treatment and then used as a secondary raw material, partly or fully substituting primary metal.

France’s national roadmap for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and setting the pathway towards carbon neutrality by 2050.

People or organisations that can affect the company’s activities or be affected by them, including employees, customers, suppliers, partners, local authorities, institutions and other relevant parties.

An organisation’s ability to operate over the long term while balancing economic performance, environmental protection, social considerations and sound governance. Sustainability describes the long-term outcome sought; CSR refers to the management approach through which a company organises its contribution to that outcome.

The 17 goals adopted by the United Nations to guide global action to 2030 on economic, social and environmental issues.

Tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent, the unit used to express and aggregate emissions of different greenhouse gases according to their global warming potential.

An estimate of the level of uncertainty associated with a calculated result, linked in particular to the quality of activity data and the emission factors used.

All activities, stakeholders and flows upstream, within and downstream of a company, from raw-material purchasing through product use and end of life.