Carbon and extra-financial assessments

Voluntary evaluations
that value a young company committed to low carbon

Since 2020, to identify its main sources of greenhouse gas emissions, Hoffmann Green conducted a Bilan carbone®. In 2020, the company has also benefited from an ACT - Assessing low Carbon Transition® assessment, developed by ADEME, to obtain an evaluation of the company's strategy through the prism of the requirements of a low-carbon world.

Carbon footprint ® scope 3 1

The Carbon Footprints®, carried out each year by Hoffmann Green include direct emissions (scope 1), indirect emissions related to energy consumption (scope 2), and emissions induced by the company's activity (scope 3): fixed assets, inputs, purchase of raw materials, services or other products, employee travel, upstream and downstream transport of goods.
This carbon balance®, for all three scopes, provides a global view of the company's carbon footprint.

Bilan Carbone® Scope 1,2,3 (in tons of CO2 equivalent) and breakdown of emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 amounted to 5.9 kTCO2eq, compared with 4 ktCO2eq in 2022, and 2.6 ktCO2eq in 2021.

The increase in Bilan Carbone® is due in particular to the rise in production from 12,010 tonnes in 2022 to 21,378 tonnes in 2023.

The largest contributor to these emissions is inputs (43%), followed by fixed assets and freight.
Since 2023, the carbon footprint® includes the new H2 production plant at the Bournezeau site, which came on stream in May 2023, the Hoffmann Microtech site in Charente, acquired by the company in 2022 and reopened in 2023, and the Concrete plant, also at Bournezeau, which came on stream in April 2023.

4553
Scope 3
1052
Scope 2
317
Scope 1
(in tons of CO2 equivalent)
Energy
19%
Non energy
0%
Deplacements
8%
Freight
16%
Inputs
43%
Immobilization
8%
Waste
1%

ACT Evaluation - Assessing low Carbon Transition®

The ACT - Assessing low Carbon Transition® initiative was developed by ADEME and the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) to assess the climate strategies of companies, whatever their size or markets, and confront them with the requirements of a low-carbon world. In 2020, Hoffmann Green volunteered to take part in an experiment conducted on the cement market.
A high score in the ACT benchmark. The average of cement companies participating in the ACT experiment in 2020 in France was 9B+.
The analysis highlights the positive aspect, in the low carbon contribution, of Hoffmann cements without clinker. The score also highlights the integration of climate change issues into the management system and customer engagement.

13A+
According to the evaluation report :
The company has already addressed the major changes in the business model to be compatible with the low-carbon transition. The performance score is not higher due to the lack of formalization of a transition plan and emission reduction targets. However, the company is on the right track to improve its score and needs to formalize its strategy while increasing production.

Extra-financial ratings

In order to evaluate its business and strategy through the prism of ESG criteria, the company requested two independent extra-financial evaluations in 2020 and a new rating from Ethifinance in 2021.

Gaïa Ethifinance

63

Hoffmann Green maintained its score compared to the previous year (63/100) after an increase
of 12 points compared to the 2019 assessment and 15 points compared to 2018 assessment.

Results of the Gaïa Rating 2020 campaign
Overall ranking : 131/230
Classification within the category of turnover < 150 million euros : 23/78

Sustainalytics

20,8

The rating corresponds to the low value of a medium risk (rating between 20 and 30). Hoffmann Green thus appears in 5rd position out of 128 companies producing building materials en 2021.

ESG Risk rating
Neg
6-10
Low
6-20
Med
20-30
High
30-40
Severe
40+