A comprehensive Group assessment covering
Scopes 1, 2, and 3
3.9 tCO2 per employee in 2022, a reduction of
7% compared with 2021
Carbon footprint half the sector median
Regulatory News:
Xilam Animation (Paris:XIL), academy Award®-nominated
French animation studio, has announced the results of its first
carbon footprint assessment, for the year 2022. The initiative
underscores the Group's determination to actively protect the
environment and embodies its commitment to corporate social
responsibility.
This first carbon footprint strengthens the climate strategy of
the Xilam Group, which has identified new levers to actively reduce
its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and has taken effective steps to
mitigate its environmental impact. In 2023, as part of this
sustainable development strategy, the Group committed to a
responsible purchasing policy, invested in more environmentally
friendly technologies, improved its production processes, reduced
and streamlined its data and storage volume, extended the life of
its equipment, and implemented awareness initiatives among its
teams. Xilam now intends to build on this momentum to pursue a
significant near-term reduction in its carbon footprint.
This approach underpins Xilam's complete commitment to the
environmental transition, reflecting a desire to preserve the
planet for future generations, promote the well-being of its
employees, and make a positive contribution to society. Each of
these issues is an essential pillar of the Group’s long-term
success.
Marc du Pontavice, Chairman & CEO of Xilam:
“Xilam set out to conduct a comprehensive assessment of its carbon
footprint to identify ways to spur action and take a very proactive
stance on the matter. The results prove that the company is already
very 'green' compared to the audiovisual services sector. However,
they also show that it still has significant room for manoeuvre to
continue reducing its footprint. This is an important step for the
Group in terms of its social and environmental responsibility.”
3.9 tCO2 per employee in 2022, a reduction of 7% compared
with 2021, and half the sector median
The Group's carbon footprint for 2022 encompasses all of its
business operations and covers Scopes 1, 2, and 31, in accordance
with the GHG Protocol methodology. Xilam compiled the assessment by
painstakingly collecting and categorising fifteen thousand pieces
of monetary and physical data, backed by an environmental impact
survey conducted among employees, to provide a complete and
accurate picture of the Group's carbon footprint.
For the year 2022, the Group's GHG emissions totalled
1,673 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e), or 3.9 tCO2
per employee, a reduction of 7% compared with 2021. This
reduction largely stems from a 7% decrease in service purchasing
and a 12% reduction in travel.
According to Greenly, the service provider with whom
Xilam conducted its carbon footprint assessment, the Group's
carbon footprint per employee is half (-49%) the
median for referenced companies in the cultural and creative
industries: 3.93 tCO2e per employee at Xilam versus 8.02 tCO2e
per employee for the sector median. This trend is borne out by
the carbon footprint reports published by other players in the
sector, including video game developers, audiovisual production and
distribution companies, and broadcasters.
GHG emissions by Scope(1)
2022 Carbon Footprint
By Scope - GHG Protocol
%
tCO2e
tCO2e/employee
Scope 1 & 2
10.1%
170
0.4
Scope 3
89.9%
1,503
3.5
TOTAL
100.0%
1,673
3.9
GHG emissions by category
2022 Carbon Footprint
By Category - GHG Protocol
%
tCO2e
Service Purchasing
40%
674
Energy
13%
213
Food & Beverage
12%
200
Digital (excl. PP&E and Service
Purchasing)
11%
182
Travel
6%
107
Property, Plant & Equipment
6%
107
Purchases of Manufactured Products
6%
103
Activities & Events
4%
59
Freight
1%
16
Waste
1%
12
TOTAL
100%
1,673
- Service Purchasing is by far the
highest source of GHG emissions: this alone represents 40% of
the Group's GHG emissions. Within this category, animation
outsourcing studios account for 61% of emissions,
followed by Intellectual Services and Sound Recordings.
- Energy represents 13% of
total emissions, with 85% coming from electricity and 13% from the
heating network.
- Food & Beverage represents
12% of total emissions, with more than 91% related to
employee meals.
- Digital (excl. PP&E and
service purchasing) represents 11% of total emissions;
more than 82% of these emissions are related to Web
Services, SaaS, licences and cloud servers. However, when the
Digital category is grouped with digital capital assets
and IT purchasing, the resulting category represents 16% of
the Group's carbon footprint, making it the second-largest
source of emissions.
About Xilam As a major player in the animation industry,
Xilam is an integrated studio founded in 1999 that creates,
produces and distributes original programmes in more than 190
countries for children and adults, broadcast on television, and on
SVoD (Netflix, Disney+, Amazon) and AVoD (YouTube, Facebook)
platforms. With a global reputation for creativity and innovation,
coupled with cutting-edge editorial and commercial expertise, the
company has cemented its position as a key player in the market.
Every year, Xilam builds on soaring successes and capitalises on
flagship franchises (Oggy and the Cockroaches, Zig & Sharko,
Chicky) as well as new brands (Oggy Oggy, Mr. Magoo, Karate Sheep),
which are strengthening and expanding a substantial catalogue of
more than 2,800 episodes and three feature films, including the
Oscar-nominated I Lost My Body. Xilam has unique CGI skills and
employs more than 600 people, including 400 artists, across its
studios in Paris, Lyon and Angoulême in France and Ho Chi Minh City
in Vietnam. Xilam was ranked France's leading animation studio for
the 2018-2022 period in a report by the French national centre for
cinema and animation (CNC).
For more information, visit www.xilam.com
Xilam is listed on Euronext Paris Compartment B - PEA - SRD long
Eligibility. ISIN: FR0004034072, Mnemo: XIL
1 Scope 1: Direct emissions generated by the organisation and
its activities. Scope 2: Indirect emissions linked to energy
consumption. Scope 3: Other indirect emissions upstream or
downstream in the organisation's value chain.
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Marc du Pontavice – Chairman and CEO Cécile Haimet - CFO Phone:
+33 1 40 18 72 00
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7726 901 129
Image Sept Agency xilam@image7.fr Karine Allouis (Media
Relations) – Phone +33 1 53 70 74 81 Laurent Poinsot (Investor
Relations) – Phone +33 1 53 70 74 77
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