34Rexel Today 2020-2021
Objectives: a strong environmental ambition
Our goal of cutting the emissions linked to the use of products sold by Rexel is particularly ambitious as it aims for a 93% reduction of the GHG emissions of our value chain and these are not under Rexel s direct control, explains Bertrand de Clermont Tonnerre, Group Sustainable Development Director at Rexel. In 2019, the Rexel Group set two new ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the 2020 targets having been achieved by 2017. In line with the Paris Agreement on climate change and validated by the Science Based Targets (SBTi) initiative, these new targets aim to contribute to limiting global warming far below +2°C by 2100.
Moreover, in 2020, the Group ranked 1st in its sector and 11th worldwide all sectors combined in the Global 100 ranking of Corporate Knights, a media and research center specialized in CSR, which each year rewards the most successful companies in terms of sustainable development. In addition, Rexel is included in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2021 thanks to its performance in terms of responsibility and evolution toward a sustainable economic model. The Group s good results in these indices illustrate the relevance of its long-term commitments as well as the steady progress of its CSR policy, serving a strong environmental ambition.
35% reduction of its energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in its operations (scopes 1 & 2).
45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions related to the consumption of products sold, per euro of revenue (scope 3).
Rexel s 2030 objectives, compared to 2016