Climate Strategy: Séché Environnement Aims to Reduce Emissions by One-Quarter by 2030
03 Février 2022 - 2:42PM
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On 3 February, Séché Environnement (Paris:SCHP), a leading
player in the circular economy, announced an ambitious
decarbonisation strategy in line with the Paris Agreement on the
fight against climate disruption. Under the strategy, the Group is
targeting a 25% reduction in its emissions by 2030 and aims to
shrink the carbon footprint of its customers through a 40% increase
in avoided emissions by 2025.
Since it was founded in 1985, Séché Environnement has rolled out
initiatives to reduce its environmental impact and that of its
customers. In 2022 the Group is stepping up its resolute commitment
to an ambitious decarbonisation trajectory. To align with the Paris
Agreement, aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5°C, the Group,
with the support of the Carbone 4 design office, has built a
decarbonisation strategy with the two following objectives:
Objective 1: reduce Group emissions by 25% by 2030
To reduce the carbon footprint directly linked to its activity,
Séché Environnement is committed to reducing its direct CO2
equivalent emissions by 10% by 2025 and a full 25% by 2030. To
that end, Séché Environnement has identified some 60 actions in the
following main areas: the decarbonisation of transport,
optimised waste incineration and increased biogas
capture. Séché Environnement aims to make its industrial sites
a model in carbon impact reduction.
Objective 2: support the decarbonisation of its customers
with an over 40% increase in avoided emissions by 2025
To shrink the carbon footprint of its customers, the Séché
Environnement Group plans to increase its high value-added
recycling activities and to increase the volume of low-carbon
energy produced and recovered at its waste recovery facilities.
By doing so, it expects to increase avoided emissions by over 40%
for its customers by 2025.
Creation of a high value-added circular economy loop
By recovering used raw materials in products directly reusable
by manufacturers, the Group is leading a circular economy approach
and proposes adapted solutions to help its customers reduce their
carbon footprint. For example, the Group is able to supply high
value-added recycled material such as bromine. Séché
Environnement is the sole recycler of bromine worldwide and intends
to further boost production of the element. The carbon impact of a
tonne of recycled bromine is over 20 times lower than that of the
extraction process in the natural environment. The Group is also
active in the supply of solvents recycled at its distillation
facilities, the production capacity of which will be
strengthened. The carbon impact of a recycled solvent is 80%
lower than that of a new solvent.
Energy recovery from waste
Electricity, heat and biogas generated through waste recovery
are low-carbon energies that enable Séché Environnement customers –
business and local authorities alike – to reduce their use of
fossil fuels. For example, at Salaise-sur-Sanne, Trédi, a Séché
Environnement subsidiary specialised in hazardous waste management,
is able to supply some 600,000 tonnes of steam to manufacturers at
the Roussillon chemicals platform, equal to half of their energy
needs. This energy will be used to limit the use of fossil fuels
and greenhouse gas emissions to the tune of 180,000 tonnes of CO2 a
year, equivalent to the emissions of a city of 23,000
inhabitants.
Maxime Séché, CEO of Séché Environnement “Right from its
creation in 1985, Séché Environnement stood apart through its
innovative and ambitious environmental strategies. The Group
contributes directly to the protection of the environment and
health by treating pollutants and greenhouse gases. The
implementation of a decarbonisation strategy is entirely consistent
with our previous commitments. Taking account of the specific
characteristics of each of our industrial sites, the aim with the
new plan is not simply to reduce our own emissions but to devise
solutions to avoid the production of additional emissions by
helping our customers to decarbonise, the common goal being to
protect the most precious resource: our environment.”
About Séché Environnement
Séché Environnement is the leader in the treatment and recovery
of all types of waste, including the most complex and hazardous, as
well as decontamination operations to serve the environment and
health. A French family-run industrial group, Séché Environnement
has worked for over 35 years to the benefit of industrial and
territorial ecology by using innovative technologies developed by
its R&D resources. The Group implements its unique know-how
locally and regionally through over 100 sites worldwide, of which
40 industrial sites in France. With over 6,000 employees, 2,000 of
whom in France, Séché Environnement reported turnover of nearly
€675 million in 2020, 25% of which internationally. This
performance was driven by internal and external growth momentum
underpinned by numerous acquisitions. Thanks to its expertise in
the creation of circular economy loops, the treatment of pollutants
and greenhouse gases, and the control of hazardousness, the Group
contributes directly to the protection of life and biodiversity, to
which it has been strongly committed since its creation.
Séché Environnement has been listed on Euronext’s Eurolist
(compartment B) since 27 November 1997. The stock is eligible for
equity savings funds dedicated to investing in SMEs and is listed
in the CAC Mid&Small, EnterNext Tech 40 and EnterNext PEA-PME
150 indexes. ISIN: FR 0000039139 – Bloomberg: SCHP.FP – Reuters:
CCHE.PA
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