Businesses: How to reach "Net Zero"?

The ACT (Accelerate Climate Transition) method is an initiative led by ADEME, CDP and WBA, whose mission is to help companies decarbonize their activities and contribute to global carbon neutrality. It offers programs such as ACT Step-by-Step to help structure decarbonization plans, and ACT Assessment to measure progress in this area. ACT has become a global benchmark in corporate decarbonization, and now uses new methodologies to guide companies towards a more global environmental transition. In this article, we'll look at how these different methodologies work, and how they enable companies to begin their transition to a sustainable business model.

What isembodied energy ? This concept, created in the 60s and intrinsically linked to research into product life-cycle analysis, is designed to measure the overall environmental footprint of products, from the extraction of raw materials to their end-of-life. Particularly used in certain sectors, starting with construction, this methodology nevertheless suffers from certain limitations.

The luxury goods sector, renowned for its excellence, faces major environmental challenges, not least because of the considerable CO2 emissions generated by its activities worldwide. Under growing pressure from its stakeholders, including a younger clientele attentive to environmental impact, major players in the sector such as LVMH, Kering and Hermès are adopting innovative approaches aimed at decarbonizing their activities.