Your challenges
The 2021 Net Zero Strategy and 2023 Net Zero Growth Plan have set very ambitious targets for emissions reductions in the UK, with the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge focusing on the manufacturing sector.
How does one achieve this drastic reduction in emissions while preserving the company's economic viability? How do you get your stakeholders involved in reducing emissions throughout the value chain (also known as 'scope 3'), including suppliers, distributors, transporters and customers? How do you consider the new uses and expectations of consumers to ensure that your products are appealing and fit for a low-carbon society? How does one communicate in a responsible manner regarding the efforts made by an organisation without getting caught in greenwashing?
Beyond figures, the sector has also been the focus in recent years of economic concerns and debates around reindustrialisation and national sovereignty. It is also subject to evolving regulations, such as the Environment Act 2021 and Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting.
So how do you reconcile all these aspects, which may appear to be conflicting? What are the implications? How can you best prepare for the risks posed by climate change? And how do you convince your supply chain to change its operations?
Our services
You're looking for tailor-made support with knowledge of the manufacturing sector. We provide answers to your concerns, such as:
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We define a practical decarbonisation pathway, either in the short term for a specific deadline or project, or in the long run with targets for 2030 / 2040 / 2050, and the operational roadmap with figures to get there
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Upgrading and decarbonising your industrial processes, to reduce and optimise your energy consumption and carbon emissions, notably through the electrification of uses, in collaboration with EDF's R&D experts
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Reducing your procurement's carbon footprint, by targeting the highest-emitting items within scope 3 and engaging your suppliers
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Critical studies, from a carbon perspective, to assess the life cycle of your end products
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Sustainable transport, through the analysis of your fleet of vehicles, the search for modal shift solutions to reduce your freight's carbon footprint, and providing support with your employees through transformation and electrification
We work with you to develop an appropriate climate strategy, in line with your priorities:
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Regulatory compliance (e.g. new Sustainability Disclosure Standards). Alignment with sector-specific Net Zero strategies (e.g. Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy)
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Adapting your plants and supply chain to climate change and associated risks
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Impact of your facilities on biodiversity
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Low-carbon energy procurement strategy
We have worked with a wide range of manufacturers, paying close attention to their specific industrial, regulatory and competitive requirements: aeronautics, food and beverage, automotive, energy, pharmaceuticals, paper, manufactured goods, etc.
We look at existing financial incentives to guide your investments so that they benefit both the environment and your company's books.
At Urbanomy, we believe that climate change is a huge opportunity for companies that will have put in place a climate change mitigation, adaptation and business model transformation strategy.
Our methodologies and certifications
Urbanomy is a founding member of the Carbon Accounting Alliance, a group of companies that measures & reports carbon emissions daily. The CAA’s purpose is to have its members share among themselves obstacles affecting carbon accounting, provide a voice to changing public policy and support the global pathway to net zero.
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Carbon Footprint
Our consultants have Bilan Carbone® certification, based on the methodology of the ADEME, the French Agency for Ecological Transition. They are also proficient in GHG Protocol and ISO 14064 standards.
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ACT Step by Step
At Urbanomy, we help you take action for your climate transition with our ACT Step by Step (Accelerate Climate Transition) certified consultants.
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Diag Décarbon’Action
We are referenced for Bpifrance's Diag Décarbon'Action aid scheme, designed to encourage service sector companies to assess and reduce their carbon footprint.
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Pacte Industrie
We are referenced for the French Pacte Industrie programme, which facilitates decarbonisation in the industrial sector.
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OCARA
The aim of the OCARA methodology, crafted by fellow climate consultancy Carbone 4, is to help economic players adapt to climate change, so as to ensure their resilience in the wake of existing and future climate impacts.
To support manufacturers in their climate transition, we rely on the sectoral expertise of EDF's R&D, which has been innovating for decades along 5 key lines to decarbonise industry: economic, energy efficiency, substitution of fossil fuels by low-carbon alternatives, circular economy, as well as the capturing, storing and valuing of residual carbon dioxide
Our references in your field
Urbanomy is EDF Group's strategic energy and climate consultancy. Our parent company is a low-carbon industrial leader that embraced decarbonisation and adaptation to climate change for its own facilities many years ago.
Our consultants thus have extensive industrial expertise, which they have already shared with prestigious names in aeronautics, agri-food, automotive, energy, pharmaceuticals and raw materials.
Find out more about these projects by browsing through our manufacturing references:
