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Carbonapp is a responsible and committed operator of local and voluntary carbon offsetting

With a wealth of expertise, our company enables its clients, whether businesses or local authorities, to offset their residual greenhouse gas emissions by financing local carbon offset projects. More than just an intermediary, Carbonapp helps key players obtain the Label Bas-Carbone, supports financiers throughout the entire process, and contributes to the continuous improvement of the carbon offset system.

All of Carbonapp's employees joined the team primarily because of the company's sustainable project. Each member of this team has a particular appetite for solving the major climate change issues of our time in all sectors, and more specifically for enabling the emergence of concrete projects that combat the greenhouse effect. Carbon, which brought us together, inspires us every day to consider other environmental, social, and ethical issues. We want to go beyond our commitment to address various major issues and thus participate, at our level, in the shift that industries must make for a sustainable society.

Carbonapp is also a signatory and member of the Climate Act. The company carries out its annual carbon footprint assessment using the ADEME method (scope 1, 2, 3), which is currently being updated. Carbonapp is in the process of obtaining ISO 26000 certification for its CSR practices in all areas of activity (governance, human rights, working conditions and relations, environmental responsibility, fair practices, consumer issues and protection, communities and local development).

It is with this approach in mind that we have jointly decided to draw up the Carbonapp CSR Charter

Our objective is twofold: to formalize our actions and commitments in the eyes of our stakeholders, but also to integrate them into a policy of continuous improvement of our practices in all areas of CSR.

This charter is divided into three areas: Environment, Social, and Economic. Of course, as a company specializing in the fight against climate change, environmental practices have a more significant impact because they represent Carbonapp's core motivations. However, the other two areas are not neglected. Indeed, the voluntary compensation system on which Carbonapp operates involves total transparency in the management of project financing, similar to sponsorship practices, and therefore covers the themes of responsibility and social awareness.

Our CSR charter is part of a continuous improvement process:

The entire team is particularly attentive to our clients' requests. In most cases, these come from CSR departments. Internally, the team constantly strives to improve its practices.

This charter was developed with the active participation of all Carbonapp employees and management.

We were also greatly inspired by the commitments made by our customers and daily contacts, who are CSR managers.

Every Carbonapp employee, along with the company's executives and shareholders, is committed to complying with this CSR charter in its entirety and to participating in its development.

With a limited but still useful scope, Carbonapp wishes to implement the trajectory proposed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its activities.

Environment

Recycling bins: Carbonapp has provided recycling bins for cardboard and glass. The teams' primary goal is to generate as little waste as possible.
Refurbished equipment: Whether electrical or electronic (computers, remote screens, mobile phone fleets, etc.), all equipment provided by the company to employees is refurbished to limit the impact of purchasing new equipment. This also minimizes the use of cardboard and plastic in packaging.
Optimization of electricity consumption: Carbonapp has chosen to provide offices for its teams in order to reduce the individual consumption of each employee.
Accessible offices: Whether in Paris or Rennes, the offices are ideally located. They allow employees to get to work without using means of transport considered to be polluting (cars, planes, etc.). In Rennes, all employees use public transport or active mobility.
Long-distance transportation: Carbonapp's goal is to increase the number of cars for employees who travel frequently. Today, the company encourages the use of high-speed trains or other carbon-free modes of transportation. The use of airplanes for domestic flights is prohibited, except for train journeys lasting more than five hours.
Avoiding travel-related emissions: Before even considering reducing emissions, teams seek to minimize long journeys in favor of videoconferencing. The company therefore operates under the rule of limiting long journeys to meetings with project leaders and other essential appointments.
Carbonapp encourages employees to minimize, as far as possible, the use of plastic in the company's activities. Plastic cups, cutlery, work equipment, etc. are avoided in favor of more sustainable products. The purchase of reusable supplies for employees is part of this approach.
Limiting the use of paper and other non-essential consumables: reconditioned boards and slates with sustainable markers. For paper, printing is limited to strictly administrative documents or other essential documents. In addition, the use of ink is severely restricted. Carbonapp plans to use paper from renewable sources.

Carbonapp is committed to an ecological and sustainable approach. Proud to offer its customers solutions in line with the climate transition objectives for 2050, the company is also committed to limiting its internal carbon footprint. At our level, we are participating in these changes through concrete actions. Even though the team has offices in Paris and Rennes, ecological and responsible practices remain the spearhead of each employee.

Societal

Integrity at work: Carbonapp is committed to creating an ideal working environment to improve employee conditions, while respecting the physical, psychological, and moral integrity of each individual.
During health crises, particularly Covid-19, Carbonapp complies with hygiene rules within its premises. The company provides masks and hand sanitizer and is vigilant about social distancing.
Quality equipment: Equipment purchases are tailored to employee requests (chairs, desks, whiteboards, computers) provided they comply with Carbonapp's values and commitments under its CSR charter (such as purchasing refurbished products).
Gender equality: Carbonapp covers the difference between the primary insurance funds for maternity and paternity leave. Full salary is maintained for the entire duration of the leave (paternity or maternity). In terms of recruitment, as men are in the majority among the workforce, we seek to achieve a balance by recruiting women whenever possible.
Employee training: Carbonapp's training budget is collected by Atlas (OPCO). These budgets are allocated to each employee's individual training account (CPF) and to the company's training plan, which is a collective budget.
Inter-employee relations: Every year, the team gets together for team-building activities, including various activities that promote integration, such as team games (escape games), sports activities (tree climbing), and several other leisure activities. Carbonapp aims to improve relations between employees through activities outside of working hours. Cohesion and kindness are crucial for the Paris and Rennes teams.
Empowering management: Carbonapp's policy is to empower employees and encourage internal communication, whether horizontal or vertical. Carbonapp welcomes the development of employee skills by allowing them to express their ideas and curiosity. The company promotes cross-functional management, improving working conditions and the atmosphere among employees. This policy includes cross-functional meetings, task distribution, and activity monitoring.
Teleworking: Focused on listening to and ensuring the well-being of its employees, Carbonapp offers flexible working conditions. For example, it is possible to request teleworking days without any compensation.
Equality: Keen to avoid any form of discrimination, Carbonapp advocates impartiality with regard to the gender, age, social status, professional status, physical condition, and ethnicity of all employees. In order to go beyond these practices, the teams aim to promote inclusion and equity within their activities, in every process (recruitment, training, promotion, management, etc.). Carbonapp complies with all laws relating to worker respect, harassment, and any other form of discrimination.

Economic

Responsibility towards suppliers: In order to formally highlight its best practices, Carbonapp has committed to implementing a responsible purchasing charter. For the time being, it is doing everything possible to integrate a responsible and sustainable policy with suppliers. This is the direction the company wishes to take.
A driving force for the carbon offset market: Through its activities, Carbonapp is helping to develop the carbon offset market by working with the entire value chain, both upstream and downstream: design offices, project developers, financiers, stakeholders, etc. This is how we integrate ourselves into the carbon offset ecosystem and ensure that we enrich it as much as possible, without compromising the economic health of any organization and by promoting a fair redistribution of value.
Responsible competition: Carbonapp refuses to enter into a monopoly situation. The goal is to maintain healthy competition. It should be noted that our company operates in the carbon offset market, which will only gain momentum if there are multiple players. Carbonapp is aware of this and therefore wishes to collaborate with new competitors in order to give carbon offsetting more weight in French markets.
Transparency: Carbonapp is completely transparent about how funding is distributed between intermediaries and project leaders. The company acts as an intermediary between funders and project leaders. Funders pay Carbonapp and other partners responsible for implementing the project. Similarly, upon request, our team is committed to maintaining complete transparency regarding the financial distribution of projects.
Corruption prevention: The risk of corruption is low, and Carbonapp is committed to combating all forms of corruption (extortion, bribery, conflicts of interest, fraud, etc.). Although still young, the company has never been involved in a single legal proceeding.
An impact on local activity: Carbonapp works with all types of clients across all sectors, as well as with local authorities. Its work therefore has a real impact on local areas and their dynamics. Indeed, it promotes collaboration between parties at the most local level possible, enabling a highly localized dynamic at the departmental or even municipal level. Carbonapp cooperates in partnership with both public and private actors. In addition, our teams work with federations, unions, and trade associations of project leaders with the aim of maintaining a local impact on a national scale.
Participation in the evolution of carbon offsetting: Our company works to continuously improve offsetting in France, a local and virtuous system. Carbonapp collaborates with the Ministry for Ecological and Solidarity Transition and with the DGEC (Directorate-General for Energy and Climate). This work helps to stabilize the still-young Low Carbon Label system for all stakeholders and the entire value chain, in line with the objectives. It is part of France's net carbon neutrality goals for 2050. In terms of actions, Carbonapp participates in the development of low-carbon methods.
Local recruitment: Our team, made up of around ten employees, nurtures young talent, often in training. Carbonapp bases its model on integrating work-study students and interns with the aim of enabling them to develop their skills before being hired on a permanent contract.