Colas Group

Colas Group, a construction work company headquartered in France, has established ambitious climate commitments. In 2024, the company reported total emissions of approximately 9.6 billion kg CO2e, comprising 1.4 billion kg CO2e for Scope 1, 100 million kg CO2e for Scope 2, and 8.1 billion kg CO2e for Scope 3. This represents a decrease from 2023, when total emissions were approximately 10.6 billion kg CO2e.

Colas Group is committed to achieving Net Zero by 2040 across all scopes. To this end, they have set near-term targets, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 46.5% by FY2030 from a FY2019 baseline. Additionally, they aim to reduce absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 30.0% within the same timeframe.

These SBTi targets are cascaded from their corporate family relationship with Colas SA. Previously, Colas Group also committed to a 30% reduction in direct greenhouse gas emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) and a 30% reduction across its entire upstream value chain (Scope 3a), which accounted for 85% of their total emissions in 2021, from a 2019 base year by 2030.

The company's reporting for 2023 and 2022 also shows Scope 1 emissions of approximately 1.5 billion kg CO2e and Scope 2 emissions of about 100 million kg CO2e, with Scope 3 emissions at approximately 9 billion kg CO2e in 2023 and 9.5 billion kg CO2e in 2022. In 2021, Scope 1 emissions were around 1.6 billion kg CO2e and Scope 2 emissions were approximately 100 million kg CO2e, with Scope 3 data not fully disclosed for that year. Emissions data for earlier years, including 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2012, and 2011, range from approximately 11 billion kg CO2e to 13.1 billion kg CO2e, with Scope 1 and Scope 2 data often reported alongside total emissions.

Colas Group's climate initiatives are aligned with keeping warming to 1.5°C for their Scope 1 and 2 emissions, as recognised by SBTi.