Universal Registration Document 2022

Groupe Profile

  1. Data centers: work to optimize and rationalize servers is ongoing, as well as the consolidation of applications, including digital products and services created for clients. This work is being conducted with the Groupe’s partners so that the results can be uniformly monitored. Efforts have been ongoing in all countries since 2016. Energy savings of 10% to 12% are made annually on server consumption mainly in North America and Europe. In 2022, work was launched to analyze the best practices in place. In 2023, in-depth audits will be conducted in all data centers, both own and those of partners;
  2. Energy audits: pursuant to directive 2012/27/EU, the agencies in Europe carried out energy audits enabling progress plans to be drafted for the coming years (for example, improvements to systems or the strengthening of individual and collective eco-friendly practices);
  3. Energy efficiency: from the summer of 2022, in a context of global tension on energy, a directive from the General Management was given to reduce electricity consumption by an additional 10% and to implement all appropriate measures.
  • Scope 3

With the entry into force of Decree No. 2022-982 revising several articles of the French Environmental Code on the calculation scope of scope 3, and with the coming into force of the European CSRD, also requiring companies taking into account a wider scope, Publicis Groupe worked on the integration of new categories (e.g. social benefits and other services). This new expanded scope will be presented in the 2023 URD, with the years 2022 and 2021 recalculated, as well as the roadmap associated with the reduction of emissions, in line with the Company’s SBTi objectives.

Upstream
  1. Products and services purchased, which represent the largest part of scope 3, for an estimated total of 54,261 TeqCO2.
  2. The following categories are taken into account in the calculation (included in the objectives validated by SBTi): 
    • Information & Technology (IT): data centers & cloud services software licenses, development and consulting;
    • telecommunications and networks;
    • research and development, studies; recruitment costs and external training costs;
    • recruitment costs and external training costs;
    • insurance, banking and legal fees.
  1. Capital goods, for an estimated total of 39,359 TeqCO2 and including:
    • real estate and offices, taken into account for the total surface area occupied, in all countries, for an estimated total of 34,104 TeqCO2.
    • Environmental issues are integrated by the Groupe’s Real Estate Department right from the early stages of a project, whether in the course of refurbishment work for the agencies or when looking for new premises. The objective is to favor functional spaces that meet energy and environmental performance criteria. With work in hybrid mode, the Groupe supports the transformation of workspaces while pursuing its objectives of optimizing surface area as part of the “All in One” program (Total office space has been reduced by 40% since 2018). Every year, examples of good practice are exchanged by real estate managers in different countries so as to anticipate requirements for the future premises:
      • building certification (LEED, BREEAM, HQE, Energy Star…) ; such as in Boston, New-York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Shanghai, Paris and Londres ;
      • selection of energy supplier and energy mixes that include renewable energies. More and more agencies are already 100% using renewable energies;
      • installations of “smart” energy-saving electrical meters and regulated management of heating and air conditioning;
      • monitoring of the consumption of water and other fluids used (air conditioning);
      • biosourced materials for interiors and decoration.
      • effective (tracked and proven) waste sorting and recycling systems. 

21 agencies are ISO 14001 certified (Spain, United Kingdom, India, etc.).