Discover FAYAT NOW, the FAYAT Group’s commitment for decarbonization and more sustainable construction. Innovations, low-carbon solutions, and concrete actions to reduce our carbon footprint and build a more responsible future.
Climate change is a major challenge for the Group: our activities contribute to it, and we therefore need to rethink our practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Our businesses provide solutions to this challenge, which will undoubtedly lead to a profound transformation of our entire sector - while also creating new development opportunities. That’s why we are taking action now: to reduce our own emissions and open up as many forward-looking pathways as possible for our stakeholders. This is the purpose of the FAYAT NOW initiative, designed to be pragmatic and operational. In an increasingly unpredictable context, the Group is maintaining its long-term commitment to preserve and develop its activities sustainably - and to continue playing an active role in the energy transition.
Jean-Claude Fayat, CEO & Laurent Fayat, Managing Director
Create a shared vision and a common knowledge base.
Achieve concrete engagement from our internal teams and stakeholders, beyond mere adherence.
Interview with Louise Durand
Decarbonization Strategy Director, FAYAT Group
Our teams have committed themselves wholeheartedly to this process. Well done to them! On the strength of this commitment, we have developed a policy that is now starting to mature at Group level.
Of course, each of the business lines needed to take action before the Group formalised its decarbonization policy. Therefore, the first step was to identify and pool the actions and expertise of the various Divisions, and establish a community of Decarbonization Managers.
Without this community of experts and committed operational staff, the strategy could not have been rolled out.
Secondly, we needed a common language: the Group's first carbon footprint assessment in 2023 enabled us to develop a collective understanding of where we were starting from, by covering all our emissions. The decarbonization roadmap is based on this starting point, with the prioritization of the operational implementation of action plans to support the decarbonization of our activities and products.
Lastly, it was important to involve the Group's employees as early as possible. Through workshops to raise awareness of climate action, and by sharing information on the decarbonization strategy, we sought to lay common foundations to encourage as many people as possible to adhere to this approach.
From the outset, we set out to ensure that the Group's activities are compatible with the Paris Agreements, although this is a very general intention, stemming simply from the Group's desire to meet its clients’ expectations and to contribute, notably through our products and services, to global carbon neutrality by 2050. We therefore needed to translate this ambition into more concrete terms.
In fact, by 2024 and on the basis of its carbon footprint, each Division focused on reducing its emissions to the maximum possible extent. By design, the target set was extremely clear (-30%, all scopes, business lines and regions combined) and short-term (for 2030, compared with 2022).
Today, after several months of work, we have produced an initial version of a roadmap that is encouraging for scopes 1 and 2: consolidation at Group level is -28% in 2030 compared with 2022. However, we are still a long way from attaining the target set for Scope 3.
We will therefore need to step up our efforts before we can transform our ambitions into solid commitments.
Given that uncertainty is now indisputably the new norm, and will be for a long time to come, I can see two objective advantages to decarbonization in such a context.
First of all, the one immutable fact about the world we will have to operate in is the certainty that the climate, and more broadly the ecosystems on which we depend, will undergo tremendous changes. There is no doubt about this, which means that any effort made either to reduce our impact on the climate or to anticipate the future conditions of our operations is an investment that I consider entirely relevant, because it is based on certainty.
Secondly, the Group's decarbonization strategy has been devised from the outset as a highly pragmatic approach to a challenge facing our entire sector. This pragmatism is reflected in economic valuations in which we will be thinking more in terms of total cost than in terms of face value at the time of purchase.
For example, a building that consumes less energy means both financial savings and less exposure to energy price fluctuations in the future.
We already have examples of projects that are more environmentally virtuous and make savings, and the growing maturity of certain sectors (reuse, electrification, etc.) should, in the medium term, help to solve certain economic equations that currently remain problematic.
We are continuing to affirm our decarbonization ambitions and are pursuing our efforts to enhance our roadmaps. This is clearly a difficult exercise, as it is for all stakeholders in the profession. Decarbonization is a collective challenge, which requires us to go further in leveraging the factors we can influence... even if we lack total control over them.
Furthermore, our business lines have always evolved and will continue to do so in response to climate change: we need to design our roadmaps so as to include a vision of what our activities might become in the medium and long term. This is essential for the achievement of our objectives, but also fundamentally in enabling us to keep meeting our clients’ expectations in the years to come.
The climate is a priority issue for the Group, but it is far from the only challenge that will need to be met: the success of the Group's decarbonization strategy depends on extending this approach to all environmental and social issues. To this end, we are building on the work carried out in preparation for the CSRD, which will enable us to formalise and extend a shift that is already underway within the Divisions.
PILLAR - ACT
Action is the first pillar of the Group’s strategy: every Division has implemented concrete initiatives to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, while also supporting clients in their own decarbonization projects.
Scopes 1 and 2, which represent direct emissions from our activities, account for only 2% of the Group’s carbon footprint, whereas Scope 3, related to the Group’s value chain, represents the vast majority of emissions. Nevertheless, all of the Group’s business lines are mobilized - both to act on their own energy consumption and to offer projects and solutions that contribute to the decarbonization of the sector.
EXAMPLES FROM WITHIN THE GROUP
The use of renewable energy is an important aspect of the decarbonization policy adopted by Razel-Bec, which has numerous sites in France and Africa.
Solar electricity is produced at stationary sites (solar power stations, photovoltaic shade systems and solar panels on the roofs of buildings), but it is also generated on a smaller scale by panels on site trailers and for powering portable batteries.
The impact on greenhouse gas emissions is particularly noticeable at sites that do not have an electricity connection, or which are located abroad (electricity in metropolitan France has a relatively low carbon content).
A way to dispense with electricity generators while significantly reducing operating costs.
Solar solutions are ideally suited to rural areas without any electricity supplies, as a means of decarbonising our energy consumption. In this respect, our €322,000 investment in our first 100% photovoltaic power plant with storage will enable us to save 73,500 litres of diesel per year while preventing the emission of 225.6 tCO2eq.
In Chad, more than 200 panels (102 kWp), connected to a battery (to enable the use of stored energy at night), have eliminated the need for a generator to power six office and residential buildings.
Connecting worksites to the electricity grid is an effective means of decarbonization by powering a large proportion of equipment on site, such as sludge and grout plants and living quarters. Replacing internal combustion-powered generators with an electrical connection reduces CO2 emissions by 82%.* With this in mind, Fayat Foundations – a leading player in deep foundations in France – is developing a range of measures designed to reduce its CO2 emissions. These include the use of biofuel and the retrofitting of drilling rigs.
*NRD 322 g tCO2eq/Kwh compared with 57 g CO2eq/Kwh for grid electricity, source ADEME Base
-43% By connecting its concrete plant and its living quarters to the electricity grid, Sefi-Intrafor has saved 43% on its consumption of non-road diesel fuel (RNG), on the Greater Paris Express worksite.
Because what is efficient today will not be tomorrow, the Fayat Building Division’s agencies are striving to anticipate the climate conditions of the future with a view to maintaining user comfort (through strategies such as rainwater management, solar protection and urban greening). These objectives are combined with a quest for energy savings (insulation, reduction of consumption) and the use of less carbon-intensive or renewable energy sources. Fayat Building’s agencies are also adapting their methodologies. The Division is training its staff with the aid of energy and carbon projections developed in-house. In this way, it is developing resources capable of offering its customers forward-looking solutions tailored to their operations.
In 2020, Fayat Energy Services began transforming its vehicle fleet that was responsible for 85% of its emissions (scopes 1 and 2). Its car policy now consists exclusively of 100% electric vehicles with a range of over 400 kilometres, and has been established on the basis of rigorous criteria to ensure efficiency and adequacy for the needs.
The next stage in this transformation involves the gradual inclusion of commercial vehicles (CVs) and light commercial vehicles (LCVs). The electrification of service vehicles such as the e-208 and Kangoo Elec, which account for a significant proportion of the fleet, is already in progress. Lastly, the pioneering mobility credit scheme rolled out as an incentive within the division, is supporting teams in this transition and helping to make it a collective success.
Damien Corviole, Directeur des Achats Patrimoine
REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A HIGHLY EMITTING SECTOR
The Metal Division is adopting three complementary decarbonization strategies:
Sourcing re-used steel
Systematizing the purchase of steel with a reduced carbon footprint from 2025 onwards
Incorporating reduced quantities of metals from the project design stage onwards.
On this last point, eco-design was launched in 2024 as a means of reducing steel volumes by 7% between now and 2030.
The Division has also set itself ambitious targets for increasing the use of steel from low-carbon production: the aim is to gradually increase the proportion of such steel to 50% of volumes by 2030.
-39 tCO2eq: CO2 saved by the Viry company's reuse of metal from a secondary school in Épinal during its renovation in 2023-2024
BEFORE
AFTER
In 2024, the Fayat Metal Division formalised its decarbonization roadmap and set itself ambitious targets for each of the three key decarbonization strategies (eco-design, re-use, low-carbon steel). The Division's CSR policy informs the objectives and orientations of Fayat Metal's Ambition 2030 strategic plan.
CHRISTELLE ROGEON, RESPONSABLE RSE ET SMQ, FAYAT MÉTAL
Specializing in the production of pressurised equipment, the FAYAT Group's Pressure Vessels Division has halved its gas consumption at its two main production sites between 2022 and 2023.
These energy savings are due to a very significant reduction in the heating of workshops at Charlatte Réservoirs (Yonne) and Réservoirs X.Pauchard (Saône-et-Loire) due to the provision of heated waistcoats for staff.
This initiative is perceived as positive by the majority of employees, and enables less use to be made of energy-guzzling heating systems that emit large quantities of greenhouse gases to obtain a level of comfort that remains unsatisfactory.
This measure has been accompanied by the creation of a door separating the workshop from the warehouse and by a temperature setting of 19°C for all other areas. This example of best practice follows a study of energy consumption at the Pressure Vessels Division's production sites in collaboration with the Bourgogne Franche Comté Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
-50% reduction in gas consumption in the Charlatte Réservoirs and X.Pauchard Réservoirs workshops between 2022 and 2023.
The Karlskrona plant in Sweden is one of Dynapac's main production sites.
Due to its geographical location (with high energy requirements in winter) and Dynapac's long-standing commitment to sustainable production, the site has been taking steps to reduce its energy footprint for several years.
Back in 2012, connection to the municipal heating network eliminated the need to use of fuel oil for heating, and the installation of photovoltaic panels in 2023 has maximised the use of renewable energy while generating annual savings of €90,000.
Other measures, such as switching to 100% LED lighting and insulating buildings, are helping to reduce the site's energy intensity.
To minimise the carbon footprint, all municipal heating and electricity purchases are certified 100% fossil-fuel-free.
The policy adopted by Dynapac also covers production flows, with continuous improvements in packaging and logistics and a drastic reduction in waste volumes slashing the volume of waste on the site by 80% for less environmental impact and lower transport costs.
Secmair, a leader in road maintenance, is expanding its The Box range with a 100% electric spreader.
With equivalent performance, this spreader emits zero CO2 on job sites. To decarbonize the machine, Secmair focused on two key areas:
Enhanced insulation now minimizes energy loss without increasing weight or reducing capacity - offering the same dimensions with improved energy efficiency.
Secmair then sought a compatible electric carrier and fully electrified all machine operations: pump activation, spray bar movement, spreading process, etc.
With just 8 hours of charging, the The Box spreader delivers up to 2 days of autonomy, even more when assisted by solar panels. Additionally, thanks to the improved insulation, thermal performance is doubled compared to other spreaders, removing the need for a heating system to bring or maintain the bitumen emulsion at working temperature.
Renowned for their exceptional wines, Clément Fayat vineyards also stand out for being at the forefront of wine-growing practices that are more respectful of the soil and living organisms.
Aware of the environmental and social issues at stake, the three Fayat family estates are equally committed to the welfare of their staff and to the creation of complete ecosystems to benefit the living world.
Decarbonization is therefore an integral part of this global vision. Examples include the Climate Fresk and the provision of training in environmentally-friendly driving practices since 2024 to help tractor operators reduce fuel consumption.
For several years now, Vignobles Clément Fayat has also been committed to sowing grass cover on its plots and to agroforestry (2019).
These practices are recognised carbon sequestration tools in addition to having environmental and productive benefits.
*CIRAD, “Le carbone stocké par l'agroforesterie mieux pris en compte par le GIEC”, 10 December 2018
A CARBON FOOTPRINT CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GHG (Greenhouse Gas Protocol) PROTOCOL
This assessment structures and objectifies the FAYAT Group's contributions to achieving global carbon neutrality by 2050.
The FAYAT Group's first carbon footprint assessment was carried out in 2023 for the year 2022. The challenge was to involve all the business lines and entities in the evaluation of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, whether or not they had previously conducted a carbon assessment.
This exercise was carried out using methods adapted to the specific characteristics of each business line and each organisation. The Green House Gas (GHG) Protocol was chosen as the method used to develop this common language.
Until 2023, each Group entity managed its own decarbonization process, and measurements were carried out either according to size criteria (regulatory compliance) or on the basis of a company decision. The measurement for fiscal 2022, carried out in 2023, was therefore the first to incorporate existing carbon footprints into a calculation of Group-wide emissions.
In each FAYAT Group Division, 26 employees have been appointed as “Decarbonization Managers” in charge of launching and supporting this comprehensive movement to measure, manage and reduce our emissions.
The Group's 2022 carbon footprint required an extensive consolidation of data from the Subsidiaries, providing a key basis for measuring our progress and guiding our future actions. Decarbonization, an essential response to climate challenges and risks to our activities, is a collective project in which everyone has a role to play.
Rywan Laviolette, Decarbonization Project Manager
CARBON CALCULATION TOOLS ARE ALSO KEY TO STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE
To drive concrete engagement from its teams - beyond simply raising awareness of its decarbonization approach - FAYAT Group is rolling out tools that encourage climate action across all its Divisions.
“Raising awareness and fostering commitment” is in fact the third pillar of the FAYAT NOW initiative, empowering every individual with the keys to understand and act.
ERMONT MODELS THE CARBON EMISSIONS OF ITS ASPHALT PLANTS
Ermont has developed a simulator that models the carbon emissions of an asphalt plant by adjusting various parameters such as fuel type, aggregate moisture level, recycling rate, and output temperature. With the same equipment, modifying certain parameters is crucial in reducing greenhouse gas emissions for its clients.
TOWARDS THE WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF A CARBON CALCULATION TOOL
The use of a carbon calculator to better respond to tenders is a key lever in Fayat Énergie Services’ decarbonization strategy. Through simulations, project managers optimize their proposals using quantified assessments.
The results are positive: up to a 20-25% reduction in the carbon footprint of installed equipment, without compromising the project’s financial viability. After being adopted by teams on tertiary projects, this assessment process during the tender phase will now be more widely deployed across the Division.
CARBON CALCULATOR AT MATHIEU
At Mathieu, a carbon calculator enables our sales teams to compare a fleet of diesel sweepers with its electric equivalent.
Our CO₂ emission reduction estimates help justify the costs of our products while aligning our offering with sustainable development goals and local subsidy programs. For instance, if a city operates three diesel sweepers and wants to transition to electric with potential funding opportunities, the tool predicts the performance of an equivalent electric fleet and provides a comprehensive view of costs and CO₂ savings.
PILLAR - RAISE AWARENESS AND GAIN SUPPORT
COLLABORATORS ARE AT THE HEART OF THE TRANSFORMATION
Whether it’s about reducing CO2 emissions today or reinventing their profession tomorrow, FAYAT Group’s collaborators are part of a human as much as a technological journey - driven by the climate transition.
The Group is committed to meeting their expectations and involving each and every one of them in the decarbonization of its activities, regardless of their role or area of expertise.
3 questions for Caroline De Salins, Human Resources Manager, FAYAT Group
“Teams want clear goals and commitments to be set”
What expectations do employees have concerning the Group’s decarbonization?
Employees expect the Group to set clear objectives, in the form of concrete actions, to reduce our carbon footprint. They also want to be involved in this process.
What steps are the Group and its Subsidiaries taking to mobilise employees?
The Group and its Subsidiaries are organising awareness-raising campaigns and training courses on climate issues. Overarching initiatives (Climate Fresco, 2Tonnes Workshop, etc.) exist alongside local initiatives, enabling employees to find out about best decarbonization practices within their Division and unit, while defining how they can contribute to reducing their own carbon footprint.
How is decarbonization changing jobs and skills?
The ecological transition will inevitably transform our activities. Decarbonization is driving the renewal of our business lines and expertise through measures to transform transport and infrastructure, by improving our expertise in renovation, and by increasingly incorporating eco-design into our projects, for example.
DECARBONIZATION MANAGERS ARE ROLLING OUT THE GROUP'S AMBITIONS IN THE FIELD
Each of the Group's business lines has appointed one or more Decarbonization Managers
In total, 26 of these correspondents are operating in the field to ensure that their Division is acting in accordance with the Group's decarbonization policy. They are also responsible for the annual carbon footprint measurement within their scope, in addition to establishing and overseeing the decarbonization roadmap of their entity and/or Division, in conjunction with the operational teams.
In addition to their individual contributions, the Decarbonization Managers' community pools their knowledge, projects and ideas. This collective intelligence and the overarching nature of the FAYAT NOW approach are assets for accelerating the Group's transition and decarbonising its activities over the long term.
Understanding and analyzing our carbon impact allows me to take a step back and reflect on the challenges of tomorrow. Every company has a role to play in ensuring the long-term sustainability of both our business and our planet.
Albertine François, QHSEE Manager
FOSTERING A CLIMATE ACTION MINDSET THROUGH AWARENESS
Since 2021, more than 1,500 collaborators from FAYAT Group have participated in the Climate Fresk, helping to “spark the shift” in climate awareness.
Fayat Foundations stood out by becoming one of the first five French companies certified by the "Climate Fresk" in September 2022 - recognizing the quality of its workshop deployment.
In 2024, the Group launched the 2Tonnes workshop, enabling 500 collaborators, guided by 25 in-house facilitators, to explore concrete actions for a low-carbon transition - blending personal commitment with collective decisions.
2021
Launch of the "Climate Fresk"
A massive roll-out of the Climate Fresk
2024
Launch of the "2tonnes" Workshops
A workshop that combines individual actions and collective choices
2025
1,500 participants engaged in the "Climate Fresk" Workshop
A trigger for the Group's employees
2025
500 participants in the "2tonnes" workshop
A successful launch with 25 internally trained facilitators
My journey began with a 2Tonnes workshop led for the Executive Committee - an engaging session that kickstarted the approach within the company. A wave of workshops followed, generating strong interest among employees. Every participant experienced an immersive session, grasping the climate challenges and understanding the scale of the transition levers.
Marta ZANOAGA, Environmental Manager and 2Tonnes facilitator
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