À l'avant-garde de la décarbonisation depuis 2006, South Pole développe des stratégies globales qui transforment l'action climatique en opportunités commerciales à long terme pour les entreprises, les gouvernements et les organisations du monde entier. South Pole est également leader dans le développement de projets, et a développé à date près de 1000 projets destinés aux énergies renouvelables, à la filière bois, à l'agriculture, à l'industrie, aux ménages et aux institutions publiques dans plus de 50 pays. Grâce au financement climatique, South Pole a permis de réduire les émissions de CO2 de plus d'une gigatonne, d'offrir des avantages sociaux aux communautés les moins privilégiées et particulièrement vulnérables au changement climatique, et de créer près de 100000 emplois dans les pays en développement.
Our greenhouse gas reduction strategy
Title:To date, and from the 2019 baseline, we have already reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 12% and Scope 3 emissions by 26%. We continue to invest substantially in our manufacturing, distribution, processes and policies to accelerate our greenhouse reductions and operate in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement.
A complete climate strategy presents all methodologies, including reduction, removal and offsetting.
In fact, in addition to our ambitious reduction plans and the climate projects with South Pole, we also recently signed a 5-year agreement with Climeworks, to actively remove CO2 directly from the atmosphere.
The truth is that every climate solution out there (when certified and additional) is valid. It is important to take all the measures and solutions available, and not just one. This is why, with South Pole, we chose 3 key projects to diversify our impacts into the areas of biodiversity protection, biogas capture and hydropower.
Huóshuĭ Small Hydropower
Title:Clean energy for China’s remote mountain communities
Subtitle:Similarly, the powerful rivers of China's mountainous areas can be harnessed to generate electricity for its remote communities and the wider region, but hydroelectric power plants require substantial investment to set up. Prior to the project, local communities experienced poor living conditions. At a time when 80 percent of Chinas energy demands were met by coal-fired power stations, these communities had unreliable access to electricity and there was little regional investment.
Huóshuĭ Small Hydropower consists of 95 small hydropower plants. The small-scale plants range in capacity from 0.1 to 14 MW, and together supply enough renewable energy to power over half a million average Chinese homes each year. Their run-of-river design allows them to do so with minimal environmental impact.
- Project standards: SocialCarbon, VCS Verified Carbon Standard
Impacts:
- 369,000 tons of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalents) mitigated each year (SDG13)
- 740,000MWh of renewable energy generated annually (SDG7)
- Contributions to United Nations SDGs 4, 8 and 5.
Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve
Title:Preserving Borneo's tropical peat swamp forests and improving local lives
Subtitle:The Rimba Raya peat swamp forests are located in Central Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. Before the project was established, these immensely biodiverse tropical peatlands were scheduled for conversion into four palm oil estates by the provincial government.
The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve protects 91,215 hectares of rich, tropical peat swamp forests which are monitored by local rangers as well as by satellite and aerial imagery. As well as preserving ecosystem diversity and the habitat of endangered species like the Bornean orangutan, the project reduces emissions by avoiding the planned deforestation of over 47,000 hectares of forests for palm oil production.
The Rimba Raya project not only sequesters carbon and protects habitat for local wildlife; it also promotes local sustainable development, particularly regarding environmental education and economic capacity building.
Project standards:
- Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards (Verra)
- VCS Verified Carbon Standard (Verra)
Impacts:
- 2,162 water filters distributed
- 47,237 hectares protected
- 3,500,000 tonnes of CO2e mitigated
Lan Dokmai Waste-to-energy
Title:Reducing climate impacts and helping with sustainable biogas
Subtitle:Thailand is one of the largest producers of Tapioca starch, which forms an important part of the economy. Unfortunately, starch production is a carbon-intensive process that not only damages the environment but also produces strong-smelling methane emissions from the wastewater that affect the quality of life in surrounding areas.
Rather than allowing the methane to escape freely into the atmosphere, the project captures the gas in order to produce clean electricity. This electricity powers production at the local starch factory; as a result, the air is cleaner and less fossil fuel needs to be purchased. This means that revenue can be generated to support social and educational activities in the community.
With less methane emissions, the quality of the air surrounding the plant has improved dramatically. In addition to this, new jobs and training opportunities for modern technologies are provided by the project. The treated wastewater is much cleaner and can be used for fish farming and irrigation of nearby fields, even the wastewater sludge is given to farmers and recycled for fertilizer.
Just like the renowned Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4) is also a greenhouse gas (GHG), so its presence in the atmosphere affects the earth’s temperature and climate system. Methane is emitted from a variety of anthropogenic (human-influenced) and natural sources. Methane is the second most abundant anthropogenic GHG after carbon dioxide, accounting for about 20% of global emissions, and is also more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. Therefore, reducing methane emissions has a significant effect on limiting global warming.
Project standards:
• Gold Standard (WWF)
• CDM Clean Development Mechanism (UN FCCC)
Impacts:
- 20,000 tonnes of CO2e
- 2,100 m2 of cleaned wastewater
- 2,200 litres of fossil fuels saved
Foire aux questions
Que sont les crédits carbone et comment fonctionnent-ils ?
Les projets doivent respecter un ensemble de critères rigoureux pour passer la vérification par des agences tierces et l'examen par une commission d'experts d'une norme de compensation carbone de premier plan comme Verra ou Gold Standard. Lorsqu'une organisation ou un particulier achète un crédit carbone, celui-ci est définitivement retiré et ne peut être réutilisé.
Que faut-il pour qu’un projet d’action pour le climat soit efficace et pertinent ?
Comment savoir si les réductions d'émissions se produisent réellement ? Que signifie l'additionnalité ?
Dans un souci de transparence, les crédits carbone se voient attribuer des numéros de série et sont émis, transférés et retirés définitivement dans des registres d'émissions accessibles au public.
L'additionnalité signifie que les réductions d'émissions réalisées par le projet doivent être «∘au-delà de la situation habituelle∘». Cela signifie qu’elle n'auraient pas été effectivement réalisées si le projet n'avait pas été mis en œuvre. En achetant des crédits carbone de haute qualité et vérifiés, vous subventionnez directement l'action climatique et le développement durable.
Quels sont les différents types de projets d'action climatique ?
- La première consiste à éviter les émissions de gaz à effet de serre en remplaçant par exemple l'énergie dérivée des combustibles fossiles par de l'énergie provenant de sources renouvelables.
- La seconde consiste à éliminer les émissions de l'atmosphère, en plantant par exemple davantage d'arbres, lesquels « séquestrent » - ou piègent - le carbone de l'atmosphère et le stocke sous forme liquide ou solide.
- La troisième piège et détruit les émissions, par exemple en capturant le méthane - un GES beaucoup plus puissant que le dioxyde de carbone - dans les eaux usées.
Notre partenaire mondial South Pole mène des centaines de projets d'action climatique différents, qui concernent les domaines suivants :
- Des solutions qui reposent sur la nature (reboisement, réhabilitation des terres, protection des forêts, gestion durable des terres et agriculture).
- Les énergies renouvelables (projets hydroélectriques, projets éoliens, énergie solaire et géothermique)
- Des projets communautaires (technologie améliorée des cuisinières, accès à l'eau potable)
- La valorisation énergétique des déchets (biogaz provenant de décharges ou de l'industrie et biomasse).
