Universal Registration Document 2022

4.3.5.2 Carbon Offsetting

In 2020, Publicis Groupe committed to a five-year multi-year project to offset its carbon emissions which includes:

• 90% of the Gandhi/Pawan program, by purchasing Voluntary Carbon Credits (VCCs) financing the deployment of wind farms in three regions: Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, with a strong social impact, around the education of children and economic empowerment of women. This project is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7, 8 and 13;
• 10% of VCCs from the forestry project in Madre de Dios,Peru, protecting the primary forest and its biodiversity. This project is aligned with SDGs 8, 13 and 15.

In 2022, the Groupe canceled the equivalent of 24,105 TeqCO₂ through VCCs. These reduction and offsetting actions enable Publicis Groupe to achieve carbon neutrality for scopes 1+2 in 2022 (as since 2020), in accordance with the requirements of the Paris Agreement.

In 2022, Publicis Groupe included scope 3 emissions related to air transport as part of its business travel in its offset plan.

Lastly, Publicis Groupe is also monitoring the development of the first forests in which it participated in 2008 in Cameroon, by financing the planting of 6,000 trees for the Sanaga Forest (Douala – Yaoundé).

/ Carbon offsetting: projects supported in the 2020-2024 plan