Universal Registration Document 2025

Board of directors

Methodological clarification on "High impact RECs" and classic RECs: in both cases, these are contractual instruments certifying that renewable energy has been produced by an installation. The "High impact RECs" meet higher qualitative criteria such as:

  • being backed by an electricity production project, which without this purchase of "High impact RECs" would not have been possible;
  • the electricity produced by this project is indeed additional when it is injected into the electricity grid at a given time;

  • Finally, in a majority of cases, these projects also have social co-benefits. 

    These criteria are recognized by the GHG Protocol, thus making it possible to reduce GHG emissions related to electricity consumption. In order to achieve its objectives by 2030, Publicis has set up, with the help of Schneider Electric, long-term contracts in the countries to be covered. 

    After purchases of "High impact RECs" and taking into account traditional RECs and GOs (Guarantees of Origin), this rate rose to 95.2% in 2025. The Groupe CSR Department, together with the Real Estate Department, reviews the progress of these contract changes with the local teams and contributes directly to the negotiations if necessary. 

    Efforts continue to improve energy efficiency and best practices (switch-off policy for computers and machines such as printers, as well as night and weekend lighting).

  1. data centers: in addition to the ongoing work to optimize and rationalize servers, an analysis project was launched at the end of 2023 to gain a picture of energy issues in our own and shared data centers, as well as those of our partners, particularly in the cloud.
    1. energy audits: pursuant to European Directive 2012/27/EU, some 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);
    2. energy efficiency: during the winter of 2023-2024, in a context of global tension on energy, the watchword of reducing energy consumption continued, thanks to new best practices implemented and maintained since then.
Scope 3

With the entry into force of French Decree no. 2022-982 revising several articles of the French Environmental Code on the calculation Scope of Scope 3, and compliance with the European CSRD, which also requires companies to take into account a wider scope, Publicis Groupe worked on integrating new categories (e.g. social benefits and other services).

Upstream

  1. Products and services purchased, which represent the largest part of Scope 3, for an estimated total of 103,702 TeqCO2. The following categories are taken into account in the calculation (included in the targets validated by SBTi):

    1. information & Technology (IT): data centers & cloud services, software licenses, development and consulting,
    2. telecommunications and networks,
    3. research and development, studies,
    4. recruitment costs and external training costs,
    5. insurance, banking and legal fees.

    Work undertaken on the measurement of supplier emissions in Scope 3 [E1-6-44 (c), E1-6-51]

    In 2025, after observing the progress made by IT sector suppliers, the most critical position for Publicis, it was decided to use this data to calculate the 2025 Carbon Footprint. The methodological criteria used to take into account the emission factors of several strategic suppliers are as follows:

    1. the public nature of this information, mainly through mandatory annual publications,
    2. verification by an external third party, and a public auditor’s report confirming the review of this data,
    3. coverage of the supplier’s Scopes 1+2 ("market based")+3 (partial) emissions.

    Current limits to the emissions inventory linked to the total volume of purchases: the volume considered relates to the Groupe’s strategic purchases benefiting all subsidiaries. Local purchases are taken into account above euro 100,000. Below this amount, and due to remaining discrepancies in the nomenclatures, these purchases are not yet included. Indirect purchases, made on behalf of clients and in their name (such as purchases of media space, for example), are included directly in clients’ Scope 3. [E1-4-34 (b)]

  2. Capital goods and paper, for an estimated total of 6,097 TeqCO2, comprising the following items:

    1. IT: for an estimated total of 5,883 TeqCO2. IT equipment (servers, workstations and laptops, screens, cellular phones, tablets, printers, etc.) are taken into account in the form of an exhaustive inventory of all office equipment and connectivity used by employees for their daily activities, in the workplace or at home. The Groupe seeks to use Green IT solutions wherever possible in order to be able to work on more energy-saving computers and use more virtuous software;
    2. paper: 214 metric tons were consumed, of which 70% were certified or standard-compliant paper (FSC, PEFC or other certifications), as were consumables (ink cartridges, office supplies, etc.), i.e. an impact of 211 TeqCO2. For several years now, the “zero paper” policy has been encouraged everywhere. The roll-out of applications such as “Follow Me” makes it possible to select printers based on the type of document to be printed and to use a pass to activate printing.