Why decarbonization support changes everything
You've launched your first carbon audit, but since then... nothing? Wondering how to go from a few figures to a real roadmap? You're not alone! In 2025, structuring your low-carbon trajectory has become a vital issue if you want to stay in the race: regulations are intensifying, investors are more demanding, customers are looking for transparency... Companies that don't move quickly risk stalling.
In France, all organizations - SMEs, ETIs, major groups, players in industry and the service sector - are being urged to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in order to remain competitive, benefit from financing and reinforce their responsible image. SMEs alone account for 30% of the national environmental footprint. In France, industry remains one of the biggest GHG emitters, with a high energy dependency that makes it a priority lever for achieving climate objectives. Every project undertaken in this direction, whether supported by a major industry or a small business, represents a concrete opportunity to combine energy performance with measurable results in terms of emissions. At European level, the objective is to reduce GHG emissions by at least 55% by 2030 (Fit for 55 program).
But there is still a gap between the will to act and an effective strategy. Structuring your transition plan requires expert decarbonization support and the right tools to ensure that your strategy is sustainable. Far from being a constraint, this structured approach changes everything: it enables us to act methodically, mobilize our internal resources, involve the entire value chain, and transform our commitments into concrete results.
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From intention to method: managing decarbonization
Why a carbon footprint is the first step in an effective climate strategy
Too many companies act in isolation, without prioritizing their actions and lacking a clear framework. The result: ineffective efforts that are difficult to capitalize on.
A rigorous diagnosis - such as a GHG emissions report that complies with the relevant standards (ISO 14064, Bilan Carbone®, etc.) - is essential. It provides a clear vision of the areas that emit emissions, gives tangible benchmarks, and enables us to organize our actions around objectified priorities.
Dès cette première étape, la plateforme Decarbo’Solution® (Decarbo’Solution®) facilite la mesure des émissions grâce à un questionnaire sectoriel simple et un parcours certifié ISO 14064 et ISO 14083, avec ou sans appui d’un expert, selon le besoin. Ce cadre initial facilite la compréhension des enjeux et engage l’organisation sur des bases solides.
From measurement to action: building the right plan
Once the emissions have been measured, we need to know how to act. This is a key stage in defining a clear climate trajectory, without getting bogged down in a diagnostic phase. We need to transform this diagnosis into a roadmap adapted to our sector, in line with regulatory requirements, available resources and defined priorities.
Expert support helps you make the right choices. It also helps to reinforce the company's overall dynamic, by identifying both climatic and organizational levers that can be planned according to its internal dynamics.
C’est par exemple le cas du Groupe Schmidt, accompagné par Decarbo’Solution® pour :
- improve the accuracy of its Scope 3, representing 99.4% of its emissions,
- motivate the Purchasing team to collect reliable data,
- involve suppliers, often SMEs unfamiliar with carbon issues,
- make strategic choices based on the results obtained.
This example illustrates the extent to which structured support, combining human expertise and appropriate tools, is a decisive lever in transforming ambitions into sustainable action.
How to sustain and strengthen your business through a successful low-carbon trajectory.
Adapting strategy to your sector and value chain
An essential sector-based approach
Each sector has its own particularities, its own room for maneuver, and its own obstacles. In industry, decarbonization levers include heat recovery, process electrification and raw material substitution. In the service sector, the focus is on reducing the energy footprint of buildings and optimizing digital usage. As for SMEs, they can start with targeted actions on logistics, purchasing or energy. But the real challenge lies elsewhere: where to start? How can we identify relevant, mobilizing levers? How can we avoid getting lost in a sea of possibilities?
That's precisely why a well-thought-out transition plan makes all the difference. And to get there, you need method, projection... and accessible tools. Decarbonization coaching helps you gain clarity and efficiency, while keeping you grounded in the realities of your sector.
Prenons l’exemple du Groupe Schmidt. Avec l’aide de la plateforme Decarbo’Solution®, ils ont pu croiser leurs données internes avec les résultats carbone pour obtenir une vue claire : fournisseurs, produits, matières… tout est devenu lisible. Cette clarté a permis de construire un plan d’action concret, visuel, facile à partager, avec à la clé un gain de compétitivité mesurable et une meilleure performance environnementale.
For example, they found that the polypropylene in some garbage cans weighed 93 tons of CO₂ per year, a figure they were able to link to their emissions reduction targets. One exchange with the supplier later, they switched to recycled. Then generalize the approach to other references. Result: 242 tonnes of CO₂ saved on the future 2024-2026 range.
Thanks to this approach, Schmidt has succeeded in bringing its suppliers on board, a key issue in industry where value chains are often complex. It has also enabled them to make more sustainable choices, and anchor eco-design in their thinking. Not because a plan was imposed on them, but because they were able to build it in line with their own challenges, at their own pace.
C’est exactement ce que propose Decarbo’Target® sur la plateforme Decarbo’Solution® : projeter son futur BEGES à partir de l’existant, tester des scénarios de réduction, embarquer les équipes… et avancer pas à pas dans une logique durable. Et même si votre BEGES a été fait ailleurs, il peut être facilement importé sur la plateforme.
Manage, train and promote your low-carbon transition
Mobilize your teams and promote your commitment to the climate
A climate strategy doesn't just live in a report: it has to be lived, embodied on a daily basis, supported by teams, monitored over time, and promoted to customers, partners and financiers. This is where it all comes down: in the ability to get people on board, to give meaning, to transform figures into actions and shared stories.
What often makes the difference between a strategy that remains on paper and a well-established dynamic is the mobilization of teams, particularly through awareness-raising. Organizing a Climate Frescosession, as we did at TAIKI Europe, is much more than a workshop: it's a trigger. It's a concrete way of opening up dialogue, creating a common base of understanding, and getting teams moving.
C’est ce que Decarbo’Solution® propose dans ses accompagnements : associer des outils pédagogiques et humains pour nourrir la culture climat en interne. Grâce à la Decarbo’Solution® Academy, chaque entreprise peut former ses collaborateurs à leur rythme, leur faire découvrir les bases du carbone, les enjeux du Scope 3, ou les leviers sectoriels d’atténuation. Et quand c’est nécessaire, des experts peuvent intervenir pour aller plus loin, en activant au bon moment les ressources techniques ou humaines qui font la différence, et en alignant les efforts avec les objectifs stratégiques de l’entreprise.
On the management side, the company retains control thanks to clear dashboards, reporting aligned with stakeholder expectations, and indicators that it can easily leverage in its CSR, banking or commercial approaches.
Avec Decarbo’Solution®, les entreprises disposent d’outils de pilotage (tableaux de bord, reporting) et de supports valorisables pour les appels d’offres, les dossiers RSE ou bancaires. Le tout avec un soutien humain et pédagogique pour maintenir la dynamique dans la durée.
Transition doesn't happen in silos. It is built over time, at the heart of the corporate culture.
What all these examples show is that a climate approach cannot be decreed. It is built, step by step, with methods, tools and support, within a sustainable vision that engages all players. And, above all, it must be implemented at every level of the company - from COMEX to purchasing, from employees to suppliers. Whether in industry or the service sector, each player can set in motion a transformation dynamic tailored to his or her specific challenges.
La Decarbo’Solution® proposée par Decarbo’Solution® réunit justement tout ce qu’il faut pour avancer concrètement dans sa stratégie de décarbonation :
- Decarbo'Target® to develop a clear and credible transition plan,
- Decarbo'Supply® to easily involve your suppliers,
- Decarbo'Tender® to integrate carbon criteria into calls for tender and manage purchasing.
With this comprehensive, scalable framework, companies can :
- Diagnose them,
- Prioritize their actions,
- Track their results,
- Promote their efforts to funders, partners and customers.
There's nothing abstract about the low-carbon transition. It is a concrete, accessible and profoundly strategic dynamic. By combining decarbonization support, sectoral action plans, accurate carbon assessments, greenhouse gas emission reductions and collaborative carbon management, companies now have the key levers they need to move forward.
The tools exist. The expertise is there. And it all starts with a simple question: when do we start, together?
