Plastic Omnium: leader in sustainable, connected mobility

VIDEO ACT FOR CLIMATE, 08 DECEMBER 2021
LAURENT FAVRE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Climate change is a major stake for all of us, as citizens and as industrials. There is a need for action!
At PO, we do support our customers in the energy transition. Our solutions contribute to light weighting and emissions reduction for combustion engines, hybrid, electric or hydrogen!
And we go further, challenging the way we do business.
We will present our roadmap to carbon neutrality. What does it mean? It means that by 2050, we will bring to zero the CO2 emissions generated by our activities, from the purchase of materials and equipment to the usage of our products and their end-of-life.
The first step is to be carbon neutral in our locations, our factories. In parallel, we will engage our suppliers and partners in this journey. Carbon neutrality is a major step-change for Plastic Omnium. It is also a source of pride for each of us and a way to be attractive!

David Meneses, Directeur du Développement Durable
So how do we make it happen?
First, in our operations:
• We accelerate our Top Planet efficiency program to optimize the sites’ energy consumption.
• We also fasten the installation of solar panels in our facilities and we finance wind or solar farms, for instance!
• On the suppliers’ side, we purchase low-carbon materials, help our suppliers reduce their carbon footprint and optimize our logistics. That means for example improving the load of the trucks or switching some vehicles to natural gas or even hydrogen!
Finally, as Laurent said, we are offering to our customers more and more solutions to enable the energy transition:
• Lighter tailgates and Front-End Modules, for less fuel consumption;
• Hybrid storage systems and hydrogen solutions, for less CO2 emissions.
• We also include more recycled materials in our products and we integrate eco-design to improve recyclability.