Econocom commits to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Econocom is convinced that digital transformation should benefit humanity in the broadest sense, that the group should contribute to society beyond its commitments to its employees, clients and investors. Econocom is fully involved in tackling climate change, which is in line with its CSR policy ‘to promote a circular, responsible digital approach for a positive impact.

As part of this, we have decided to set scientific aims to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions that comply with the SBTi’s criteria and recommendations. For this plan, we will be measuring the inherent emissions of everything that we buy, sell and produce (hardware, software and services) in addition to emissions that we produce directly. This will help us identify and prioritise opportunities to reduce emissions in our value chain. In turn, it will help us, our clients and our suppliers be more sustainable.

This approach will boost our credibility in our ecosystem – especially in the eyes of our clients, who seek to work with responsible firms. Furthermore, it will put us among the leading firms in these issues.

We are at the start of our journey. We now need to work on action plans that we can implement to reach the ambitious targets needed to get SBTi validation.
We are counting on each of you to help us achieve this. We will be keeping you informed of the successive stages.

About the Science Based Targets initiative:

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a partnership between the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), the United Nations Global Compact, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). It seeks to speed up actions of firms and financial institutes worldwide to halve their emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.

The science-based targets are aims to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions that match the level of decarbonisation needed to fulfil the Paris Agreement goals: to keep global warming under 2°C and pursue efforts to limit it at 1.5°C.

To find out more about SBTi and the list of companies involved, click on this link: https://sciencebasedtargets.org/companies-taking-action#dashboard