The Origins of Decarbo’Solution®
In response to growing demand from organizations that are placing increasing importance on their environmental impact, the Global Climate Initiatives (Decarbo’Solution®) platform was created. This greentech platform is an international initiative bringing together economic and scientific stakeholders as well as carbon footprint experts. It was established to provide local governments and businesses of all sizes and across all sectors with a comprehensive online platform to calculate, reduce, and optimize their carbon footprint in full compliance with current standards and guidelines.
Building on its long-standing expertise in calculating transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through TK’Blue Agency, Decarbo’Solution® has now expanded access to its GHG emissions calculation software to a wide range of companies, offering a competitive solution with tangible benefits that ensure compliance.
The Founder: Philippe Mangeard
The Influence of TK’Blue Agency
The Vision and Mission of Decarbo’Solution®
2. Decarbo’Solution®’s Notable Achievements
Decarbo’Solution® Clients: Impact on Businesses and Local Governments
Strategic Partnerships: Key Collaborations for Climate Change Action
3. The Evolution of the Decarbo’Solution® Offering: Décarbon’Achats
The Origin
🙋♂️ The Founder: Philippe Mangeard
Philippe Mangeard is a leader who embodies the spirit of innovation and sustainability in the business world. He has dedicated his professional life to promoting innovative solutions that aim to balance economic growth with the protection of the planet.
An entrepreneur at heart, he began his career in business as an agricultural engineer. However, he did not limit himself to technical fields; he quickly realized that the future of businesses is tied to their environmental impact. This conviction led him to play a pioneering role in the development of sustainable solutions.
One of his most iconic achievements is the founding of TK’Blue Agency, a rating and certification agency for freight transport. Thanks to his leadership, TK’Blue Agency has become a global leader in the calculation of GHG emissions and negative externalities, helping numerous companies quantify and reduce their environmental impact.
Philippe Mangeard’s commitment has not been limited to the transportation sector. By founding Decarbo’Solution®, he is helping to shape more effective environmental policies and encouraging companies to adopt more responsible practices
Philippe Mangeard is known for his entrepreneurial spirit. He has consistently sought out new opportunities to bring innovative ideas to life. His positive influence on the business sector and environmental protection continues to serve as an inspiring example for current and future generations.
🖥️ The Influence of TK’Blue Agency
Decarbo’Solution® is the climate division of TK’Blue,a freight transportation certification and rating agency founded in 2012 to enable shippers and carriers to fully meet their new obligations under numerous national and European legislative and regulatory requirements: CO2 reporting under the Grenelle II Act and CSR, and monitoring of service providers’ social and tax compliance.
A 100% SaaS collaborative platform that is now internationally recognized, it enables all stakeholders (shippers, carriers, freight forwarders) to collaborate with the goal of ensuring transparency in carbon emissions calculations—in compliance with regulations and recognized standards—and reducing quality issues.
The agency thus aims to create a virtuous cycle by encouraging clients to use more eco-efficient—and therefore environmentally friendly—transportation solutions. In this way, it seeks to promote the use of sustainable modes of transportation and reduce their environmental and social impact.
Its European governing body, composed of more than seventy representatives, prominent figures, and experts from all sectors, enables it to ensure its legitimacy, credibility, growth, adaptability, and independence over the long term.
TK’Blue, recognizing the growing market demand in light of the climate emergency—which is finally being recognized by the general public—has drawn on its 8 years of carbon expertise to develop, from 2019 to 2020, its new complementary offering, Decarbo’Solution®: a 100% SaaS platform offering GHG emissions calculators and carbon footprint assessments, along with reduction action plans, for all sectors (agriculture, manufacturing, services, events, construction, higher education, etc.) and all types of organizations—private, public, or local governments—of all sizes, from microbusinesses to large corporations, fully compliant with current regulations.
🎯 The Vision and Mission of Decarbo’Solution®
Decarbo’Solution® meets a growing demand frombusinesses of all sizes, from small artisans to large corporations. This demand stems from a growing awareness of the impact on the climate and the need to act responsibly.
These businesses are increasingly concerned about their overall carbon footprint, recognizing the environmental impact of their activities. They want to accurately measure their carbon footprint, understand its sources, and implement targeted actions to reduce it. They understand that measurement is the first essential step toward sustainably managing their climate impact.
The platform addresses these goals by offering solutions for measuring and reducing emissions, as well as for participating in GHG emission reduction projects. The company supports these economic actors in their commitment to combating climate change, helping them move from awareness to concrete action toward a more sustainable future for all.
Its goal is to provide organizations with:
✅ A single, comprehensive service provider: For a company, it is important to be able to manage the entire process—calculate, reduce, engage suppliers, and contribute—all through a single point of contact.
✅ Transparency and rigor: The Decarbo’Solution® calculator complies with the GHG Protocol, ISO 14064-1, and French regulatory standards, and fully adheres to the Bilan Carbone methodology. It uses emission factors from numerous reference databases (ADEME’s Base Carbone and IMPACTS, BEIS (formerly UK DEFRA), and, optionally, EcoInvent and Inies).
✅ A collection of optimization tips and online tools: to promote best practices aimed at reducing GHG emissions.
✅ Tailored and customized solutions: Solutions tailored to each company’s budget, consulting needs, and specific adoption and integration goals.
Decarbo’Solution®’s Notable Achievements
⭐ Decarbo’Solution® Customers: Impact on Businesses and Local Governments
The agency has assisted numerous organizations with environmental studies, carbon assessments, and the implementation of reduction action plans. Here are a few examples:
THE INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE FEDERATION (FIA)
Decarbo’Solution® has been working with the FIA for more than two years to help it implement the platform, with the goal of calculating the carbon footprints of Grand Prix events and logistics, involving more than 40 teams and service providers
ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) FOR THE TOUR DE FRANCE
ASO and several Tour de France sponsors (LCL, Leclerc, etc.) have chosen Decarbo’Solution® to conduct theircarbon footprint assessments for the 2021 and 2022 Tour de France,as wellas other major events (the Paris Marathon, the Deauville Golf Cup, the Dakar Rally, etc.)
CARBON ASSESSMENTS AND SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPING THE BRGM ACTION PLAN.
The BRGM is the leading public institution in the application of Earth sciences tothe management of soil and subsurface resources and risks with a view to sustainable development.
The objectives of the contract awarded to Decarbo’Solution® in 2021 through a national competitive bidding process were:
- The preparation and presentation of the Carbon Footprint Assessment for the entire organization, covering all of BRGM’s regional offices.
- The development and presentation of a joint action plan to reduce emissions
- The BRGM will have the autonomy, starting in 2023, to conduct its carbon assessments and pursue its low-carbon trajectory through the platform.
CREDIT AGRICOLE DES SAVOIE
Crédit Agricole des Savoie has commissioned Decarbo’Solution® toconduct carbon assessmentsfortwo of its service providers:
- ADN Propreté, which provides cleaning services for the CRCA des Savoie offices—a company with 500 employees, equivalent to 300 full-time equivalents—
- Trivallées, a company specializing in mail handling, recycling, and storage, with approximately 200 employees; a social integration enterprise
This commitment demonstrates the platform’s model for progress, which enables suppliers to play an active role in their clients’ carbon reduction efforts.
THE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (LFP)
The LFP has decided to entrust the Decarbo’Solution® platform with conducting its owncarbon footprint assessment and those of the 40 professional soccer clubs in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.
These carbon assessments will be conducted independently by the LFP and the clubs, after just 4 hours of training, using a general data-entry template jointly developed by the LFP and Decarbo’Solution®, enabling French professional soccer clubs to align with a concrete GHG emissions reduction strategy based on the Paris Agreement.
SCHMIDT GROUP
The Schmidt Group, with 650 million euros in revenue and 800 retail locations,has entrusted Decarbo’Solution® to support them in implementing their decarbonization strategy.
Through the platform, the Schmidt Group will be ableto ask its suppliers in 2023 to calculate their emission factors online in accordance with ISO 14067, verify and monitor their commitments, and thus obtain an accurate measurement of the carbon footprint of their products and services—thereby improving its carbon competitiveness by gradually differentiating the carbon performance of its various service providers.
💪 Strategic Partnerships: Key Collaborations for Climate Change
Strong partnerships have been established, such as with LCL:
LCL has includedDecarbo’Solution® in its Smartbusiness offeringsince2020 and encourages its SME, mid-market, and large-account clients to conduct their carbon assessments on the platform. In this way, it helps them commit to reducing their carbon emissions through action plans.
LCL, which has been using the solution since 2019, has fully embraced the tool and has begun implementing an initiative to engage its key suppliers in its low-carbon transition.
Global Climate Initiatives is a member of various associations and think tanks, such as:
- The Observatory on Responsible Procurement (ObsAr)
- The National Procurement Council (CNA)
- the Association of Climate, Energy, and Environment Consulting Professionals (APCC).
- the Bilan Carbone® Association, which grants a license to use the Bilan Carbone® methodologies and tools and the Carbon Management System.
- The UGAP Multi-Publisher
- Open Carbon Practice, bringing together leading experts in carbon
The Evolution of the Offering: Décarbon’Achats
Decarbo’Solution®, in addition to its services for calculating and reducing GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions and preparing Bilans Carbone® reports, offers a collaborative platform for communication between customers and suppliers, enabling companies to successfully decarbonize their procurement.
Decarbonizing procurement has become imperative following Decree No. 2022-982 of July 1, 2022, which expanded GHG emissions reporting and reduction requirements to include Scope 3 emissions.
Décarbon’Achat meets three criteria:
- Reducing the Carbon Footprint: The Carbon Competitiveness® Challenge in Procurement
- Implement “Positive Carbon Discrimination®” for suppliers based on the PCF of their products and services, as a measure of their “Carbon Competitiveness®”
- Involve your suppliers with the highest carbon emissions in your low-carbon strategy
This approach, conducted with full transparency, enables the company to collaborate effectively with its suppliers in identifying ways to reduce carbon emissions, thereby improving its own Carbon Competitiveness®.
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Decarbo’Solution® embodies the commitment and determination needed to combat climate change. Its history, achievements, and aspirations for the future demonstrate the power of collective action in the face of one of the most critical challenges of our time.
What about you—are you ready to take the “right” step?