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Questel's Strategic Calculation of Emissions Across Global Business Units

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Questel, a global provider of intellectual property solutions with 80 business units worldwide, was facing a challenge in managing their carbon emissions. They had already conducted a carbon footprint assessment of their French offices, but were looking for a solution to streamline data collection for all their business units across the world. The first step for most companies is to provide adequate tools and resources to team leaders so they know how to find relevant information on greenhouse gas emissions. For large global organizations like Questel, leveraging business intelligence is a no-brainer – to speed up data analysis, get an overview of global emissions, and implement a reduction strategy as soon as possible. This also helps meet the current and upcoming climate disclosure regulations that are becoming top-of-mind for investors and CEOs.
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Questel is a global provider of intellectual property and innovation management solutions. The company has over 1,500 employees and is headquartered in Paris, France. Questel operates 80 business units worldwide and has been setting ESG targets since 2015. In recent years, they have started managing their carbon emissions, beginning in France and now extending to their global operations. Questel is also a member of the UN Global Compact, an initiative that promotes the adoption of sustainable and socially responsible policies in businesses.
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The solution to Questel's challenge was a strategic approach to the first carbon footprint assessment of a large global organization. The goal was to gather as much high-quality data as possible on the biggest and most emitting business units. In a few months of using Sweep, a tool for managing carbon emissions, Questel managed to build a data collection plan by country and unit size to get a comprehensive carbon footprint that can inform their emission reduction roadmap. They were able to collect carbon data for global business units and connect them to Questel France’s first carbon footprint assessment. Additionally, they provided carbon tools and resources to heads of business units so they can understand, act, and communicate about carbon management.
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The implementation of the Sweep tool and the strategic approach to carbon footprint assessment has allowed Questel to streamline their data collection process across all their business units worldwide. This has not only sped up their data analysis but also provided an overview of global emissions, enabling them to implement a reduction strategy as soon as possible. Furthermore, the provision of carbon tools and resources to heads of business units has empowered them to understand, act, and communicate about carbon management. This has positioned Questel to meet the current and upcoming climate disclosure regulations, which are increasingly important to investors and CEOs.
Managed to build a data collection plan by country and unit size
Collected carbon data for global business units
Connected global carbon data to Questel France’s first carbon footprint assessment
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