Séché Environnement

• Séché conducted a double materiality as part of CSRD.​
• Séché identified 12 material challenges for nature: pollution prevention and reduction, circular economy and material and energy recovery, climate change mitigation and biodiversity protection and site rehabilitation.​
• Their material impacts are:​

– Air, water, soil, and air pollution​

– Fragmentation and destruction of natural environments​

– Over-exploitation of natural resources​

– Proliferation of invasive exotic species​

– Climate change

• Séché has a group action plan for 2023-2027 and it includes SMART targets. ​
• The action plan is based on three key objectives:​

1. Knowledge and action​
2. Education and awareness​
3. Commitment at every level​

• For example, Séché has set a Group-wide target of reducing water consumption by at least 13% by 2026 compared with 2021 (with an intermediate target of -10% by 2025), with specific targets for each site.

• Séché clearly links its actions to its material impacts as identified in its double materiality assessment and commitments.​
• The Group has earmarked €1 million for biodiversity actions, and each site involved has its own budget.​
• For example, for its commitment to ‘commit at every level’, Séché has implemented a sustainable purchasing policy that helps select suppliers. ​
• Another example is that Séché has carried out developments on its sites to protect biodiversity, with 14% of the total area of the group’s ICPE* sites sanctuarized and dedicated exclusively to biodiversity.​
• Another example of action from Séché Environnement is that they have linked their voluntary biodiversity commitments to their sustainability-linked bond, demonstrating a strong commitment from the highest governance level of the group to preserve and protect biodiversity. Currently, Séché Environment has 30 sites that are part of Act4Nature International, and last year they conducted over 120 actions to protect and preserve biodiversity at those sites.

*ICPE refers to classified facilities for environmental protection as per French regulations.

Séché‘s biodiversity strategy is signed by both the chairman and CEO.