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.
When launching a Bilan Carbone® approach, it is necessary to frame:
The level of maturity the organization in terms of carbon accounting and its position on the low-carbon transition pathway. This involves drawing up an initial diagnosis: is the organization 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 about planetary issues? The method is broken down into 3 major maturity levels in order to propose requirements suited to the organization and its objectives: Initial, Standard and Advanced.
The steering and internal governance help to structure, coordinate and ensure the completion of the approach. The level of requirement for the steering of each step of the approach, notably hierarchical involvement and training, may depend on the level of maturity.
This method necessarily focuses on the induced emissions by a organization.
The organization defines its scope organisational, temporal, and identify its emission sources allowing it to delimit its operational boundary. It identifies the transition risks and opportunities.
This makes it possible to delimit the study and to prepare the accounting phase, being certain to include all the organization's direct and indirect emissions.
The level of requirement for identifying boundaries may depend on the level of maturity of the organization.
The stakeholder engagement is a crucial part of the Bilan Carbone® approach, since it enables all the organization's stakeholders to be made aware and then to mobilise to carry out the Bilan Carbone® and engage the transition plan. The mobilisation continues continuously throughout the entire Bilan Carbone® process, and must allow for the transmission of certain key messages to trigger the move to action.
The Bilan Carbone® method defines the expected outcomes, that is to say the messages and the contents 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 leader.
The requirements in terms of mobilisation adapt according to the organization and its resources, depending on its level of maturity.
The accounting step consists both in collecting all the required activity data and converting them into tonnes of CO2 equivalent using emission factors. This involves drawing up the emission profile of the organization, that is to say the distribution of the organization's quantified emissions across the different Bilan Carbone® categories.
The uncertainties, inherent in the chosen emission factors and the data collected, 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 level of maturity of the organization 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 trajectory credible in relation to the actions envisaged and the objectives set.
Some indicators allow monitoring of the implementation and the performance of these actions.
The level of requirement of the transition plan is to be adapted to the organization and its resources depending on its level of maturity.
The result of a Bilan Carbone® is the quantification of the organization's GHG emissions, distributed by emission category within the considered boundaries, as well as a proposed coherent transition plan, and the associated monitoring indicators. The expected deliverables are framed, and returned to the organization for internal or external use, according to its level of maturity.
Different export formats of the Bilan Carbone® make it possible to meet regulatory requirements and other carbon accounting methods.
The organization prepares the next steps of its progress by continuous improvement.
The anonymized emissions profile must be deposited at a minimum on theOCCF.
The quality of the Bilan Carbone® approach can be evaluated by an independent evaluation team 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 an evaluated Bilan Carbone®.
Do you have a question about understanding? Consult the FAQ. The method is living and therefore likely to evolve (clarifications, additions): find the track of changes here.
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