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SUSTAINABILITY

SCOPE 1 SCOPE 2 SCOPE 3 SCOPE 4
All direct GHG Indirect GHG emissions Other Indirect emission which are not covered in Emissions saved or avoided due to
emissions from the from the consumption Scope 1 or 2. Scope 3 is divided into two distinct our technologies and solutions:
assets the Company of purchased electricity, sub-sections
owns or controls for heating & cooling from the
business assets the Company owns
or controls for business
Fuel consumption Electricity consumption for UPSTREAM: DOWNSTREAM: Saved emissions correspond to
of offices, vehicles, heating, for manufacturing the reduction of emissions from
plants and yards, processes, … employee commuting, Product/Project our brownfield awards, avoided
fugitive emissions2, employee business travel, transport to client, emissions correspond to the
… waste (directly generated Client’s plant operation, avoidance of emissions from our
by Company’s activities), decommissioning greenfield awards
direct purchased of
services, equipment &
materials, subcontracted
construction activities
(energy consumption,
materials purchasing,
waste management)

sing the carbon footprint in a reliable and effective sel generators)
way. The information collected shall be used by • Impact of the people during the execution
Companies to demonstrate compliance with the through the emissions linked to transportation
GHG international standard and used by projects (e.g. bus, light vehicle, others)
to identify areas for improvements. • Emission linked to electricity used in the plant,
offices (e.g. power distribution)
Carbon emissions can be categorized as follow: • Any emissions linked to camp facilities opera-
• Company Direct GHG emissions: emissions tions (e.g. water boiler etc.)
from sources that are owned or controlled by the • Waste and water used
reporting entity; • Specialized Subcontractor (e.g. activities not
• Company Indirect GHG emissions: emissions awarded by General Subcontractor like che-
that are a consequence of the activities of the re- mical cleaning, hydro-jetting)
porting entity but occur at sources owned or con-
trolled by another entity. For construction and PC&C activities, the main ef-
forts to reduce the global carbon footprint can be
The focus for the Construction/PC&C activities is in identified in:
the Scope 3 GHG emissions calculation. Methods • Switching from fossil to green energy sources
for calculation are going to be finalized to ensure for electricity production (e.g. green Hydrogen,
that all the emission sources are properly identi- solar, biomass)
fied and a proper calculation is performed taking • Improving the sustainability targets of Subcon-
in consideration the emission factors and the rele- tractors (e.g. by use of recycled steel, use of
vant quantities. For Precommissioning and Com- low carbon concrete)
missioning activities, the following sources can be • Promoting the remote assistance for Vendors
considered: by use of new technologies (this will avoid the
• Diesel used for electricity generation (e.g. die- emissions due to transportation and relevant
activities associated)
• Using low-emission vehicles (e.g. hybrid,
hydrogen)
• Maximizing the use of recycled material to
avoid the emissions linked to the production
of raw ones
• Reducing the energy consumption during the
PC&C phases connecting the users to the
site/yard distribution power grid with a tempo-
rary switchboard and transformer avoiding the
use of diesel generators
• Promoting the use of new sources for elec-
tricity generator with less or no-impact (e.g.
hydrogen instead of diesel)
• Promote the reuse of water/waste stream to
reduce the discharge and impact on envi-
ronment

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