{"id":26111,"date":"2025-07-16T15:31:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knauf-industries.com\/blog\/how-can-you-reduce-your-companys-carbon-footprint-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T10:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:00:19","slug":"how-can-you-reduce-your-companys-carbon-footprint-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knauf-industries.com\/en\/blog\/how-can-you-reduce-your-companys-carbon-footprint-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"How can you reduce your company’s carbon footprint in 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Understanding the challenges of carbon assessment for manufacturers<\/strong><\/h2>

The greenhouse gas emissions balance (BEGES), also known as the “carbon balance”, first appeared in France in 2004, thanks to a tool developed by Ademe<\/a> in collaboration with Jean-Marc Jancovici. However, it wasn’t until 2012, with the Grenelle II law, that the GHG balance became a legal obligation for certain companies and local authorities. <\/span><\/p>

This law requires companies with more than 500 employees (within the same legal entity) and local authorities with more than 50,000 inhabitants to produce a GHG report every four years. The obligation applies solely to scopes 1 and 2, i.e. direct greenhouse gas emissions and indirect energy-related emissions. <\/p>

Since 2023, legislation has evolved to include scope 3<\/strong>, which often represents over 60% of<\/strong> an organization’s total emissions<\/strong>. This extension makes this tool even more essential to the ecological transition. Indeed, the carbon neutrality targets set by Europe and other countries around the world can only be achieved with a sharp reduction in GHG emissions. Emissions accounting methods such as the GHG balance sheet therefore play a key role in enabling companies and governments to identify the most significant emissions items on which to take action. <\/p>

Precise monitoring of GHG data with the carbon balance sheet<\/strong><\/h3>

The carbon footprint is intended to assess the quantity of greenhouse gases produced by human activity in private and public companies. This calculation method covers all direct and indirect GHG emissions. It therefore concerns all the activities of organizations, including suppliers, service providers, transporters, etc., that contribute to their smooth running. More precisely, we talk about scope classification (described in the <\/span>GHG Protocol international<\/span><\/a>) :<\/span><\/p>