Groupe Roullier
Extra-Financial Performance Report 2020 Groupe Roullier A GROUP WITH REAL COMMITMENT A GROUP WITH REAL COMMITMENT Extra-Financial Performance Report 2020 Groupe Roullier W e are therefore acutely aware of the responsibilities we have as a result of our industrial activities, and have implemented continuous improvement initiatives to mitigate these impacts. Groupe Roullier and its subsidiary companies are working across the board to make their contribution to combating climate change by accelerating the pace of energy efficiency updating in our production plants, optimising our management of wastewater, investing ADDRESSING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IS A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR CORPORATE STRATEGY, AND HAS BEEN EVER SINCE THE GROUP WAS FOUNDED 60 YEARS AGO, WHEN WE FIRST PIONEERED THE PROCESSING OF MINERAL MATERIALS AS THE BASIS FOR NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS FOR THE LIVING WORLD. in renewable energy generation and proactively reducing our greenhouse gas emissions at every link in our value chain. Neutralising our carbon impact through measurement and action Whether upstream of our production system, at the heart of our industrial processes or downstream through to product end-of-life, we are committed to stepping up the action we already take to reduce our carbon impact at every link in our value chain. Consistent with our business model of decentralisation and subsidiary company empowerment, our carbon strategy is directly handled at local company level to maximise the accuracy of impact analyses and the effectiveness of corrective actions implemented. These actions include introducing innovative solutions for optimising production plant carbon storage, using less carbon-intensive energy sources (cogeneration, biomass, etc.), using low-energy LED lighting in production facilities, upgrading production machinery to use less energy, and optimising our commercial fleet (regional coverage) and logistics system (distribution centres, truck load maximisation, etc.). Nevertheless, as part of pooling our efforts and identifying shared levers for action, 2020 saw the introduction of voluntary Group-level consolidated measurement of our Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon footprints. As an essential preliminary step prior to implementing any initiative, this first measurement campaign has made it possible to involve all our operating countries and energise the collective will to go further still in addressing our carbon impact. Some of our subsidiary companies also analyse their Scope 3 emissions (the impact of indirect emissions upstream and downstream of their own product value chain). Phosphea is one of the first companies to have voluntarily and proactively embarked on this exhaustive analysis of its impacts as the basis for targeting its initiatives more precisely on the most significant sources of emissions. Investing in renewable energy generation Now the Group’s main source of energy - accounting for 35% of our total energy consumption - the large- scale use of biomass reflects our strong commitment to reducing our consumption of fossil fuels. That commitment emerged in 2003 when we installed the first wood-fired boiler in the TIMAC AGRO Brasil Rio Grande plant. It was followed up in 2012 with our acquisition of WEISS, which designs and installs biomass boilers for industrial, service and agricultural buildings, as well as district heating networks. Optimising our management of water To meet the challenge of dwindling water resources and competition for its many uses, we are committed to minimising our consumption and using recycled process water and/or rainwater. A great deal of investment has been made to achieve these goals, to the point where 35% of the water used in our production processes is now recycled water. Our production plants also make extensive use of rainwater. TIMAC AGRO is a major contributor to this increase, because the fertiliser granulation process uses water and steam to ensure the homogeneous distribution of raw materials. So to facilitate the process of recovering external water and rainwater, TIMAC AGRO production plants are constantly developing resources such as water catchment networks, holding tanks and pumps, as well as installing effluent treatment plants. Its ultimate aim is to achieve a closed-loop water circuit. Electricity Gaz Fuel oil Petcoke Wood and related products GROUPE ROULLIER ENERGY CONSUMPTION* AGROSUPPLY ENERGY CONSUMPTION* 2019 data 2020 data 19 % 21 % 58 % 2 % 61 % 18 % 19 % 2 % 16 % 21 % 24 % 35 % 4 % 35 % 13 % 26 % 3 % 23 % * Expressed in tonnes of oil equivalent 35% of all water consumed by Groupe Roullier is now recycled water 0,74m 3 of water consumed per tonne produced 33 32 #3 COMBATTING POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE 0,14 tonnes of CO 2 per tonne produced (Scopes 1 & 2) 290 kWh of energy consumption per ton produced
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