Green Mission: innovating sustainably
The Green Mission Pierre Fabre Department steers the Group’s naturalness and CSR / sustainable development approach. Created in 2019 to accelerate our ecological transition, it is now creating a virtuous dynamic at all levels of the company.
The Group pursues an ambitious climate strategy. What were our main achievements in 2022?
Florence Guillaume : We reduced our carbon footprint by 11% between 2017 and 2021 across all scopes, and are on track to meet our target of –33% by 2030. Many concurrent projects have made significant progress thanks to the involvement of all our business lines (energy, water, waste, ecosocial product design, innovation in the circular economy, etc.). We have obtained AFNOR certification for our corporate social responsibility at the “exemplary” level, in further recognition of our efforts. We are the first major industrial group to obtain this rigorous certification. Finally, over 1,500 employees contributed to environmental and social actions in 2022 as part of our Green Mission Days, a testament to our strong collective commitment!
How does the Group measure its carbon footprint?
Laëtitia Favier : We have two main objectives: to monitor the evolution of our emissions in relation to our reduction commitment, and to identify our main sources of emissions. To this end, we determined our Group carbon footprint in 2022 for the years 2019 and 2021 with our partner Carbon 4 and the Sweep tool, which allows semiautomated data collection and processing. This same exercise was also carried out for the first time in 20 of our subsidiaries. Our total emissions are thus estimated at 390 kt of CO2 for 2021 across our entire value chain. Purchasing is the main source of emissions, accounting for over two-thirds of the total, with logistics, energy and travel accounting for the remaining share. In liaison with the finance department, we are currently testing an internal carbon pricing approach to incorporate it into our investment project selection process from 2023 onwards.
The Pierre Fabre Laboratories launched its Green Impact Index methodology in 2021 with the aim of opening it up to other companies. Where do you stand?
Séverine Roullet-Furnemont : We are currently finalizing the AFNOR specification, which will describe the methodology for rating the environmental and societal impacts of health and well-being products in order to ensure greater transparency for consumers. Designed initially as an internal tool, the Green Impact Index incorporates 20 criteria (14 environmental and 6 societal) to analyze both product formula and packaging. No project is accepted by Pierre Fabre unless it is eco-socially designed (A or B). The consortium now counts 25 players in the cosmetics industry, and is in the process of redefining the criteria for the new common methodology for 2023.