0.2 - The steps of a Bilan Carbone®
Summary and steps of the Bilan Carbone® approach.
The Bilan Carbone® approach is structured into 7 steps.
At the launch of a Bilan Carbone® approach, it is necessary to define:
The maturity level the organisation in terms of carbon accounting and its position on the low-carbon transition pathway. This involves making an initial diagnosis: is the organisation carrying out its first or nth Bilan Carbone®? What are the internal and external expectations? What resources are available? Will this be a first or nth awareness-raising on planetary issues? The method is broken down into 3 major maturity levels in order to propose requirements adapted to the organisation and its objectives: Initial, Standard and Advanced.
The management and internal governance enable structuring, coordinating and ensuring the completion of the approach. The level of requirement regarding the management of each step of the approach, notably hierarchical involvement and training, may depend on the maturity level.
This method mandatorily focuses on induced emissions by a organisation.
The organisation defines its organisational, temporal, and identify its emission sources allowing it to delimit its operational boundary. It identifies the transition risks and opportunities.
This allows delimiting the study and preparing the accounting phase, being certain to include all the organisation's direct and indirect emissions.
The level of requirement for the identification of boundaries may depend on the maturity level of the organisation.
The Stakeholder engagement is a crucial part of the Bilan Carbone® approach, as it enables all the organisation's stakeholders to be made aware and then to mobilise to carry out the Bilan Carbone® and initiate the transition plan. Stakeholder engagement continues continuously throughout the Bilan Carbone® approach, and must allow the transmission of certain key messages to trigger the move to action.
The Bilan Carbone® method defines the expectations, that is to say the messages and the content considered necessary to achieve a move to action and a sufficient reduction of emissions. However, the means (formats, tools, etc.) to achieve these objectives remain at the discretion of the approach lead.
The requirements in terms of Stakeholder engagement adapt according to the organisation and its resources, depending on its maturity level.
The accounting step consists both in collecting all required activity data and converting them into tonnes of CO2 equivalent using emission factors. This involves drawing up the final of the organisation, that is the distribution of the organisation's quantified emissions across the different categories of the Bilan Carbone®.
The uncertainties, inherent to the chosen emission factors and the collected data, must be quantified and displayed transparently on the emissions profile.
The quality of the accounting (precision of activity data, emission factors, etc.) varies according to the maturity level of the organisation and according to its resources.
A transition plan is defined following the accounting of emissions. This plan must include objectives reduction targets, a series ofactions detailed and quantified, a overall trajectory credible in relation to the actions envisaged and the objectives set.
Indicators allow monitoring of the and the performance of these actions. implementation The level of requirement of the transition plan must be adapted to the organisation and its resources based on its
The result of a Bilan Carbone® is the quantification of the organisation's GHG emissions, broken down by emission category within the considered boundaries, as well as a proposed coherent transition plan, and the associated monitoring indicators. The expected deliverables are defined, and maturity level.
returned to the organisation for internal or external use, according to its Various export formats maturity level.
of the Bilan Carbone® make it possible to meet regulatory requirements and other carbon accounting methods. The organisation prepares the next steps of its progress by
The anonymised emissions profile must be deposited at minimum on the continuous improvement.
platform of theOCCF.
The quality of the Bilan Carbone® approach can be evaluated by an team of independent evaluators. The evaluation is based on the deliverables produced during the approach, following a framework strict.
Step 7 is optional and voluntary. Only a successful audit allows to claim a evaluated Bilan Carbone®.
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