Overview
- Location
France
- Sector
Chemicals
- Organisation type
- Business
Company Information
Arkema is a publicly listed company and working in the global chemical industry, headquartered in Colombes, France. The company is dedicated to Specialty Materials - Adhesive Solutions, Advanced Materials, and Coating Solutions. In 2021, the group reported a total of 20,200 employees operating in 55 countries and a sales revenue of 9.5 billion Euro.*
Our progress towards decarbonization
GHG Emissions
Our actions – the Pathway
- ARKEMA has a target to reduce absolute scopes 1 and 2 CO2e emissions 37% by 2030 from a base year of 2015. This is a year-on-year reduction rate of 2.5% over the next 9 years
Pledge: Have a short-medium term GHG emissions reduction target (scope 1+2) with a 2.1% year-on-year reduction at a minimum
- Have an internal price on carbon
- Have an initiative in place to drive GHG emissions reduction through energy efficiency in production processes
- Have scope 1+2+3 GHG emissions verified through a third party verification or assurance process
MRV: Pact MRV in place
Status date: Submitted (01/08/2022)
Data source: CDP Climate Change 2022
Energy
Our actions – the Pathway
- Have a target to improve energy efficiency
MRV: Pact MRV in place
Status date: Submitted (01/08/2022)
Data source: CDP Climate Change 2022
Water
Our actions – the Pathway
- Have an internal price on water
- ARKEMA have a target to reduce total water withdrawals by 2030 from a base year of 2012 starting in 2016
- Engage our suppliers to report on their water use, risks and/or management information
- Publicly disclose data on water-related impact to investors through a public platform
- Have board-level oversight of water issues
- Provide C-suite incentives for the management of water related issues
- Regularly monitor and measure key water security metrics at least for 75% of the company's facilities
MRV: Pact MRV in place
Status date: Submitted (01/08/2022)
Data source: CDP Water 2022
Governance & Strategy
Our actions – the Pathway
- Publicly disclose climate and environmental data to investors and customers through a public platform
- Have board-level oversight of climate-related issues
- Have a process for identifying, assessing, and responding to climate-related risks and opportunities
- Have an employee engagement strategy to support and contribute to achieving the company's climate and environmental goals
MRV: Pact MRV in place
Status date: Submitted (01/08/2022)
Data source: CDP Climate Change 2022
Value chain engagement
North Star
- ARKEMA has a supplier engagement target to get 76.0% of its suppliers by procurement spend to set a science-based emission reduction target
Pledge: Have a supplier engagement target in order to reduce scope 3 GHG emissions, to get a share of our suppliers by procurement spend set science-based GHG emissions reduction targets in line with the SBTi Criteria and Recommendations
MRV: Pact MRV in place
Status date: Submitted (01/08/2022)
Data source: CDP Climate Change 2022
How we want to achieve this – our roadmap
- Have an ongoing and transparent dialogue with our value chain around climate-related issues
- Have a supplier/customer engagement strategy to drive best practices in tackling environmental and climate-related issues
MRV: Pact MRV in place
Status date: Submitted (01/08/2022)
Data source: CDP Climate Change 2022