A non-profit program to combat climate change

Bilan Carbone

Accenture- Accenture is an international management firm that specializes in consulting, technology services and outsourcing. The company participated in the promotion of an environmentally responsible professional attitude. Concerned by the impact of its activity on the environment, it decided to complete a Bilan CarboneTM assessment on its operations in France with Action Carbone. The objective of this study was to evaluate the reduction possibilities of greenhouse gas emissions. It is a crucial diagnostic step in the implementation of an effective action plan. The company's internal awareness initiative, promoted to the Top 100 events of the Sustainable Development Week 2007, the creation of the internet website www.attitudeataccenture.com, and even the publication of its Charte d'Engagement Eco-attitude (environmentally friendly attitude code). These are all actions that are intended for the active recognition of sustainable development in the professional arena.

INOXIA- INOXIA is a communication agency that was created in 1995, based on the right bank of Bordeaux. Today, it counts with 35 employees and approximately one hundred clients, which supports in their global communication strategies. Highly concerned with sustainable development, INOXIA has conducted an advanced social and environmental program since 2004. It is the number one communication agency in the region and fourth nation-wide to have created a full-time position for a Sustainable Development Chairman. Today, its experience in the subject enables it to help its clients implement more responsible action plans. For more information

Also: Accenture, BNP Private Bank, Cortal Consors, Euromobile, Ministère de l’Environnement, du Développement et de l’Aménagement Durables (Ministry for the environment, sustainable development and planning), Groupe Yves Rocher, etc.

Our main partners

AIR FRNCE
Since 2007, Air France has been suggesting to its clients to offset their emissions from flights with Action Carbone.
Last year, in 2008, Air France decided to expand their partnership with Action Carbone by funding a whole project. In partnership with the WWF, Air France is funding the Holistic Conservation Program of Forests in Madagascar, for the three years of the project, with a total budget of 5 million euros.

ADVENCE (formerlly CapNord Augustin) - Since October 2007
The partner : Advence produces managed printed material and multi-channel solutions, employing 400 people, 100 of which in its headquarters in Paris. Their ai mis to optimise printing and to accompany their clients in reengineering their communication tools.
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The partnership : Advence has committed itself to offset all of the GHG emissions determined by a Bilan Carbone, at the old rate of 15€ per ton of CO2.

ARVAL - Since March 2009
The partner : Arval is a key actor in extended car hiring and car pool management. Sustainability is an integral part of the company’s culture and policy, which, for three years now, has been engaging actively in Social and Environmental Responsibility by signing the United Nations Global Compact.
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The partnership : Conscious of the efforts that still need to be made and eager to advance with the reduction of its environmental impact, the company is offsetting the emissions from its own car pool with Action Carbone, is is proposing that their clients do the same.

AVIS - Since March 2008
The partner: Leader of the car rental short term, Avis has a really numerous fleet and operates the most extensive network in France. AVIS is an international company with 5000 outlets in 163 countries and a fleet of over 330 000 vehicles. Learn more.
The partnership: The company wants to offset the CO2 emissions from car rentals, in the context of modal choice Train + AVIS, reserved by the SNCF sales outlets to reward the ecological logic of their clients' choices.

CLUB MEDITERRANEE - Since July 2008
The partner : Club Med is a French tour operator that offers package deals to countries in Africa, the Middle East and the French Alps, departing from all over the world. Find out more
The partnership : Club Med made a one-off donation to offset GHG emissions from part of the head office’s work-related travel in 2007. It also provides a link to Action Carbone on their website, suggesting that their clients offset their travel-related emissions also.

CORTAL CONSORS - Since April 2006
The partnership: As Action Carbone’s very first partner, Cortal Consors has proved its commitment to fighting climate change. In April 2006 the company launched an operation called Investir Utile (invest usefully) that offers clients to subscribe to a variety of funds at a reduced rate of entry. Cortal Consors also collected a sum from its institutional partners with which it is participating in the Alternative Carbone project in Chili.
The success of these steps led to their repetition the following November, this time for the distribution of cookstoves in Cambodia. At the same time, the company carried out their first Bilan Carbone in order to set in place measures to reduce their GHG emissions at their source. Find out more

FRAM - Since November 2007
The partner: FRAM is a French tour operator, born in 1949 in the spirit of a group of friends looking to arrange cheap group travel. Today FRAM is headed by Antoine Cachin and offers over 55 travel destinations from 29 airports. The company is based in Toulouse and has over 450 employees for an annual turnover of 419 billion euros in 2007.
Partnership: FRAM offsets since 2007 the greenhouse gas emissions generated by its staff's headquarters. FRAM participates in financing the project of recycling waste into compost in Madagascar/a>. To learn more about FRAM environmental policy, you can visit Planete FRAM on their website by clicking here .

KEOLIS - Since 2007
The partner: Keolis is the French leader of private operators of public transport. Each year, more than 1,8 billion people use the services of the 33 500 partners of the group, which had an annual turnover of 2,6 billion € in 2006. Keolis also has a presence in six other European countries and in Canada. Find out more
The partnership : Keolis has committed itself to reduce its GHG emissions from their public transport business, starting with carrying an annual Bilan Carbone of their company headquarters. In 2006, 900 tons of CO2e were thus offset.

POWEO - Since June 2007
The partner : Following the end of the monopoly situation, Poweo became the first independant operator in the French gas and electricity market, with already in excess of 80 000 client companies and individuals. Find out more
The partnership : In partnership with Action Carbone, Poweo has created its CO2mmunity, a positive and responsible initiative to offset GHG emissions from energy consumption. Find out more

SFR -
SFR is supporting the construction and distribution of biogas reactors in China, in order to offset its emissions from their employees’ air travel.
SFR is the first telecommunications provider to undertake such an offsetting scheme. It will serve to reinforce the company’s commitment to sustainable mobility, which is one of the main tenets of its environmental policy.
Internally as well as externally, this commitment takes the form of three main initiatives that encourage and facilitate sustainable behaviour in terms of mobility :
1. The optimisation of employees’ travel to and from work, in particluar with the implementation of 7 Plans for Company Travel (Plans de Déplacement Entreprises, or PDE) on their office sites in Rennes, Nantes, Lyon, la Défence (Paris), Nanterre, Boulogne and Meudon.
2. The optimisation of work-related travel through a travel policy that prioritises train travelo over airplanes, and the encouragement of the use of video – and audioconferences.
3. The development of new products and services that prioritise sustainable modes of transport, for example T.écovoiturage, the first national mobile car service for students, or i-Transport, the first site that calculates routes with all possible modes of public transport on your mobile. They have also developed strategic partnerships with TomTom and Vélib in order to develop innovative products and services with a positive environmental impact.
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TARKETT BATIMENT - Since July 2007
The partner : The Tarkett group’s primary sales network in France, Tarkett Bâtiments is also the world leader in floor covering (PVC, linoleum, laminate, parquet etc). For several years, Tarkett has been engaging with the sustainability idea by innovating constantly to better respect the environment by proposing specially adapted solutions to the technical and decorative demands of buildings. Find out more
The partnership : Tarkett Bâtiment has commited itself to becoming a « carbon neutral company », which means the annual following of data to calculate and offset GHG emissions from their activity with tools provided by Action Carbone, and to offset them with Action Carbone.

Our partners

Actu ZURBAINS.COM – Since May 2009
The partner: Zurbains.com examines news that concerns citizens, with daily news on eco-citizenship. The subjects cover socio-economic and cultural trends, the environment, sustainability and sustainable development, clean energy, well-being, health... but also e-business and fashion. Zurbains.com is an eco-citizen and educational website for urbanites! Find out more
The partnership: Our two organisations both both being engaged in environmental sensitisation and protection, this partnership is a visibility exchange between our two organisations in citing each other on our respective websites and other communication tools. Find out more

ACTIONS BIODIVERSITE -Since February 2010
L'association : Actions Biodiversité is a non-profit organization working in different countries on environmental conservation and issues related to threats and loss of biodiversity. The goal is to help to combine the best sustainable human development and biodiversity conservation. In Northern and Southern countries the Association develops communication, exchange and discussion, broadcasts information and increases public awareness on the importance of preservation of Biodiversity for a viable, equitable and sustainable development.
The partnership : Actions Biodiversité offsets one part of its CO2 transportation emissions funding our solar cookstoves project in Bolivia and Peru.

ANTARGAZ - Since September 2008
The partner : A company specialised in the distribution of liquid petroleum gas, Antargaz has been playing an important role in the distribution of gas to individuals as well as organisations for 60 years. Today, it is the French leader in independant gas distribution. Find out more
The partnership : Antargaz has commited a donation of 30 000€ per year, over the course of two years, to fund completely our Alternative Carbone reforestation project in Bromuel/France.

ARANYA - Since March 2009
The partner : Aranya is an event organisor for custom-made events in France and abroad, and offers council on their environmental impact also. Aranya accompanies its clients in the organisation of their events, seminars, intensive trips or conventions, and combines creativity and sustainability.
The partnership : Aranya is calculating and offsetting its emissions, according to the Bilan Carbone methodology, and also those of every event it organises, and including the offset in the invoices it issues.

BIOBOX - Since May 2008
The partner : Biobox is an internet site dedicated to selling organic fruit and vegetable baskets from 17 points of outlet in the whole of France. They sell three types of « biobox », for between 9 and 20€. Find out more
The partnership : Biobox will donate 1€ for every « biobox » sold to Action Carbone to offset part of their emissions.

BIO-CLIC Since March 2009
The partner : Bio-clic is an e-commerce company that sells upgrade kits that allow diesel vehicles to use recycled vegetable oil instead of conventional diesel as a fuel. Bio-clic also sells equipment that allows the filtration of vegetable oil for later use as a fuel. Find out more
The partnership : Bio-clic will donate 1€ for every delivery it makes to offset part of its emissions.

CANTAL TOURISME (Angers Tourist Office) - Since February 2008
The partner : Angers is a town of 150 000 inhabitants, and prefecture of Maine-et-Loire in the region Pays de la Loire. Its Tourist Office promotes a diverse range of sites and activities, in the city and the region more generally. Find out more
The partnership : Our partner has committed to include offsetting systematically carbon offsetting for their clients, and to cover half of this offset if the client takes part.

CARBOX - Since February 2007
The partner : Carbox is a car hiring service available around the clock, directly from company parking lots. Although such mobility and flexibility is necessary in today’s world, it should non the less not deplete our environment’s essential ressources. According to some studies, the car-sharing solutions of Carbox and others allow the nulber of cars in circluation to be divided by 10. Find out more
The partnership : By offering less polluting vehicles, Carbox is already engaging to reduce the CO2 emissions from its business. To go even further, Carbox is offsetting the emissions from work-related travel and company cars (at most 60€ per car per year). Furthermore, with its loyalty scheme CARBOXYGENE, Carbox is encouraging its customers to offset their emissions also.

CAR’LIGHT - Since March 2009
The partner : This start-up that was launched in April/May 2009 is a company specialised in trading new and second-hand cars.
The partnership : Car’light has committed itself to make a fixed donation for every car it sells based on the assumption of a annual mileage of 20 000 km : 75€ for every diesel car, and 85€ for every petrol car.

COMPAGNONS DE CORDEE Since February 2009
The partner : Compagnons de Cordée advises and accompanies HR managers in the definition, implementation and monitoring of their online recruitment policy. Find out more
The partnership : Compagnons de Cordée is carrying out a Bilan Carbone of its entire activities with Action Carbone, as well as donating a fixed amount of 10€ for each new client. Find out more

CREATIV-ONLINESHOP.FR - Since February 2009
The partner : Creativ-onlineshop (« Creation, decoration and nature ») is an online boutique for creative decorations, arts and crafts. Find out more
The partnership : Creativ-onlineshop has commited to donating 0.5% of its annual turnover to offset part of its emissions.

CYCL’AIR - Since August 2008
The partner : Cycl’air is a bicycle courier service, established in 2008 for the Paris region in an explicit attempt for environmentally friendly deliveries. Find out more
The partnership : Because this is technically a carbon-neutral service (if you disregard the production of the bicycles), this is partnership based on mutual communication of Cycl’air’s and Action Carbone’s respective efforts for the environment.

DOMAINE HABRARD - Since June 2008
The partner : The Domaine Habrard has been a family holding for five generations in the northern part of the Côtes du Rhône, makes wine out of the grape varieties Crozes-Hermitage, Hermitage and Saint-Joseph. Find out more
The partnership : Domaine Habrard has commited itself to offsetting the emissions from sending orders to customers. Find out more

ECONHOMA - Since September 2008
The partner : EconHoma is a company that sells and installs products for renovations, home improvement and reduction of energy consumption and uses as much as possible organic produce, and the installation and use of equipment that benefits the environment and human health. Find out more
The partnership : Aside from integrating sustainability into their core activity (promoting new technologies such as heat pumps, solar thermal panels, biomass stoves...), they have committed 5% of their net profit to offsetting with Action Carbone.

ESCURSIA - Since February 2007
The partner : Escursia is a travel agency that serves three categories of travel : scientific, naturalist and solitary trips. Find out more
The partnership : Escursia are offsetting half of the emissions for every journey bought, and proposes to the client to offset the other half. Find out more

ETYC.ORG -
ETYC.org is the first free collaborative portal that hosts blogs on topics of sustainability and ethical issues. Intended to be the « swiss army knife for eco-citizens », it now offers media, a platform for blog hosting, a geolocalisation system, forums, tools, a newsletter... And all carbon neutral !
Etyc.org is open, collaborative. That means that everyone – citizen, campaigner, association, professionals or experts from agriculture, industry or business... – can participate. Every contribution is welcome : from the simple comment in a forum, to the creation of a blog (or even more), as long as it’s about sustainability or ethical issues, it’s welcome. Find out more

FNAC - Since July 2008
The partner : The FNAC is a chain of shops for books, music films etc, as well as electronics (Hi-Fi, computers, televisions etc). Find out more
The partnership : The FNAC is proposing to its loyalty program members to transform their loyalty points into a charitable donation of 10€. Find out more

HAVAS VOYAGES - Since June 2007
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The partnership : Havas Voyages has a link to Action Carbone on its website, and is systematically distributing a brochure presenting Action Carbone and volontary offsetting with their subsiduaries, and is proposing to its clients to offset their travel emissions for trips they buy from Havas.

HOME NATURE CONCEPT - Since April 2009
The partner : Home Nature is a company that sells ecological homeware products, directly and online, to individuals and organisations. Such products include natural insulation materials (wood fibre or cotton batting), organic lacquers and paints and ecological and organic domestic cleaning materials.
The partnership : Home Nature is donating 1€ to Action Carbone for every delivery within France and neighbouring contries.

IEP PARIS – Collectif Associatif ECOCAMPUS - Since May 2007
The partner : The student association Ecocampus of Paris’s prestigeous Political Sciences university has two main aims : to sensitise the academic community of the Sciences Po to environmental challenges, and to reduce the campus’s environmental impact. Find out more
The partnership : For this partnership, the association is proposing to its members to offset their emissions from travel, and to donate directly to Action Carbone.

IMPRESSION DURABLE - Since October 2007
The partner : Impression Durable (sustainable printing) is a company that uses exclusively recycled paper and vegetable inks, beyond the norms of Imprim’Vert (Green’Print). Our partner has developed a comprehensive offer of environmentally friendly printing, and accompanies its clients in terms of sustainable communication, ecological marketing and assessment of CSR. Find out more
The partnership : Impression durable made a one-off donation to Action Carbone from a Bilan Carbone of their business they had carried out the year before.

ITIL.fr (Le portail de Meilleures Pratiques) - Since April 2009
The partner : ITIL.fr (The Best Pratices Portal) is the first French language community portal dedicated to best practice in Information Technology management.
Fully based on the investment and the passion of its external members and contributors, the site aims to promote the circulation of reference systems such as ITIL, CMMi, CobiT, Six Sigma, ISO 20000, 14001, etc.
An independant organisation, Le Portail des Meilleures Pratiques regularly publishes new reference documents, articles and editorials on specific technical issues.
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The partnership : ITIL.fr is calculating and offsetting the emissions from the company’s activity with Action Carbone. The site’s aim is to implement technical tools aimed at improving knowledge sharing between as large a number of people as possible. Find out more

JOBBERRY - Since January 2008
The partner : Jobberry is a « new generation » recruitment agency that emphasises the person at the centre of their activity, and whose main aim it is to satisfy the demands of the candidates and their clients, while respecting the values of all concerned. Jobberry works in the functional categories of first-timers, advanced candidates and experts ; and in the sectors os finance, banking, accounting, trade, sales, purchasing, logistics and HR. Find out more
The partnership : Jobberry decided to start its business with an eco-citizenship commitment that has an impact on its day-to-day work. For each placement Jobberry arranges, it donates 10€ to Action Carbone. Find out more

KALENGO - Since July 2008
The partner : Kalengo is an event communications agency, specialised in the production of stands and stalls. Find out more
The partnership : Kalengo is donating 10€ to Action Carbone for every wooden stand it sells.

LATITUDE 96 - Since June 2008
The partner : Latitude 96 is a dealership for Honda motorcycles, located in the south of Paris. Find out more
The partnership : Latitude 96 is supporting Action Carbone by offsetting a fixed amount of emissions from vehicles sold : 15€ for each cycle with <125 cm3, and 70€ for each cycle with <125 cm3. Honda is also at the forefront of research into hydrogene motors.

LOADING ZONE - Since July 2008
The partner : Loading Zone is a French printing company, specialised in the ecological and sustainable printing of publications such as brochures, stickers, booklets etc for client companies. Find out more
The partnership : Loading Zone has defined so-called « points of impact », one of which corresponds to 2€ worth of sales. For each « point of impact », our partner has committed to donating 0.03€ to Action Carbone, which works out as 1.5% of their overall turnover. Find out more

LOOOQ - Since March 2009
The partner : loooq is a start-up that offers institutional and individual clients audiovisual and infographic services (graphic design, commercial art, online and video communication etc), always anxious to be sustainable and environmentally friendly.
The partnership : loooq has commited to include an offsetting fee of 5€ in every client invoice issued.

LUXETHIKA - Since August 2008
The partner : Founded in early 2008, Luxethica is the first travel agency specialised in « ethical » luxery tourism. This new twist on custom-made luxery travel reflects a new style that takes into account the environmental challgenges our planet faces. Their mission : to design trips that are exceptional – and sustainable. Find out more.
The partnership : To perfect their approach, Luxethica donates 15€ per customer to a set of three NGO’s (one of which is Action Carbone) that take action for a better world ; they also offer their customers to support these programs themselves by making a volontary donation.

MAXIMILES - Since October 2008
The partner : Maximiles has developed and manages an online mutual loyalty program designed to encourage traffic to certain websites through the attribution of loyalty Points. Maximiles has also launched a sustainability themed network called « Fidélité à ma Planète » (Loyalty to my Planet). En savoir plus
The partnership : Each member of the Maximiles loyalty program can convert their points to make a donation to Action Carbone. One Point equals a donation of 0,007€, and the minimum volume to make a donation is 2000 Points. The possible donations are on three levels :
for 2200 Points – a donation of 15€
for 2900 Points – a donation of 20€
for 4300 Points – a donation of 20€
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MERCEDES BENZ –Belleguic dealership Since March 2008
The partner : The Belleguic dealership is an independant Mercedes Benz retailer, located in Quimper. It is also a repairer for Mercedes Benz and Smart cars. Find out more
The partnership : The dealership is suggesting to its customers to offset their emissions from their car travel, assuming an annual mileage of 25 000 km, for three years.

NATIONAL/CITER - Since May 2007
The partner : A major player in the French and global market for car hiring, Nationl/Citer has a particular interest in sustainability and environmental responsibility issues, and is committed to fighting climate change – starting with a car pool of low-polluting vehicles. Find out more
The partnership : Since May 2007, National/Citer has taken a further step in environmental responsibility in associating itself with Action Carbone. The renting company is offsetting its own emissions and is encouraging its customers to donate 1.50€ per hire. In terms of being a « responsible » company, National/Citer regularly has campagns concerned with environmental sensitisation in all of its subsidiaries and online. Find out more

NEOVENT - Since January 2008
The partner : Founded around 10 years ago, Neovent is an event communication agency based in Paris and specialises in the conception and organisation of soirees, seminars, conventions and business travel. Find out more
The partnership : The signing of the partnership contract with Action Carbone came as part of Neovent’s aim to be able to offer « carbon neutral » events to their clients through the purchasing of carbon credits. They say that it seemed essential to them to « integrate an attitude that shows a sene of responsibility towards the environmental challenges we face. We wish to implicate our clients in this process in order to spread this message that we ourselves believe in so profoundly. ».

OPTIMUM EVENTS - Since March 2008
The partner : Optimum Events is a European event organiser that is active in the fields of conferences, seminars, teambuilding etc. Find out more
The partnership : The agnecy is proposing to its clients to offset the emissions from their event with Action Carbone.

OZEvent - Since March 2009
The partner :Ozevent is a start-up event management agency that is directed at organising sustainable and low-emissions events.
The partnership : Ozevent is calculating its annual emissions and offsetting them with Action Carbone. Also, they are calculating the emissions for each of the events they put on, offsetting them with Action Carbone and including this in the invoices.

PALAIS DES THES - Since July 2008
The partner : The Palais des Thés is a import and reselling company for top-of-the-range teas. Find out more
The partnership : The Palais des Thés is offsetting all of the emissions from the aerial transportation of their produce. Find out more

LA PARISIENNE - Since April 2008
The partner : The insurance company La Parisienne (Je m’assure à Paris) rewards all members who drive « clean » cars. In January 2008, they launched a insurance product unique in the market, exclusively for customers in Paris : it is a scheme which incentivises each new customer to use, in addition or instead of his or her car, all the other methods of transport that the city of Paris offers – Vélib’, buses, the metro or tramways... Find out more
The partnership : By signing its partnership agreement with Action Carbone, La Parisienne is engaging with the sustainability process more explicitely. This contract envisages that the emissions of every new customer who commits to polluting less are offset, which is funded in total by La Parisienne. This offsetting makes Je M’Assure A Paris the first car insurance product to be carbon neutral.

PEPLUM - Since May 2009
The partner: Peplum is a private travel agency that deals with completely custum-made, luxery voyages. Find out more
The partnership: Peplum has committed to offsetting all the air travel emissions incurred from the holiday packages it sells, and to proposing to its clients to offset the rest with Action Carbone themselves.

PEUGEOT - Since March 2008
The partner
The partnership : Apart from making a significant one-off donation, Peugeot has also committed to offset the annual emissions from their own car pool (estimated at being around 5000 tons of CO2 per year), and to propose carbon offsetting to their customers. Find out more

PLACE DES EDITEURS - Since September 2007
The partnership : The Place des Editeurs offset the emissions from the printing and distribution of the « Atals pour un monde durable » (Atlas for a sustainable world), by Michel Barnier, published by L’Acropole. The emissions were calculated with an internal accounting method in advance, and offset at the old rate of 15€ per ton of CO2.

POIVRE ET SEL - Since November 2007
The partner : Poivre et Sel is a group of travel organisors based in Lille, made up of the organisations Cap 5 Voyages, Différences Voyages, Eléis Voyages, Nord Evasion, Vacances Bleues and a partner based in Lyon Vision du Monde which specialises in equitable tourism. Find out more
The partnership : The group is offsetting part of its emissions by donating 10€ for every journey sold. One whole page of their catalogue is dedicated to Action Carbone, in order to allow the customer to understand the actions taken and to encourage each individual to engage voluntarily.

PRISMA PRESSE - Since July 2008
The partner : The Prisma Presse group is an editing house of high-run magazines (it is the second-largest magazine editor in France), one of the best known of which is the monthly GEO, which has been, for several years and in line with the group’s philosophy, sensitising the readership to sustainability and environmental issues. Find out more
The partnership : Prisma Presse offset the emissions from the transport of their employees in 2007, which came to 750 tons of CO2e. Currently, Action Carbone is carrying out a Bilan Carbone of one of the group’s subsidiaries, with a view to doing a Bilan Carbone of the entire network of outlets by the end of 2009.

PRO SKY FRANCE - Since June 2008
The partner : ProSky is a plane chartering company that was one of the most solicited in 2008 with 1500 flights in that year. Find out more
The partnership : As part of the partnership, ProSky advises its clients to make a donation equivalent to 2% of the cost of the charter to Action Carbone. Furthermore, ProSky is offsetting its emissions from work-related travel of their employees of ProSky France.

RECYPRINT - Since May 2009
The partner: An agency for sustainable printing, Recyprint offers specially adapted paper and suppliers that correspond most closely with demand, in a constant effort to excell in eco-performance and quality output. They are involved in every step of the production chain and encourage their suppliers, all of whom are signataries of the Recyprint charte, to adopt sustainable solutions to make their activity more environmentally friendly. They also offer global management of the products they sell. Find out more
The partnership: Together, Action Carbone and Recyprint have developed a calculation methodology that allows our partner to offer its clients to offet the emissions that their printing orders incur.


SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DE PRODUCTION -
The SEP (European Production Society) has taken a new path in audiovisual production. In offsetting the GHG emissions from the shooting of the four part program Vue Du Ciel, they became the first production company to have a fully carbon neutral TV broadcast. The emissions from the shooting of the program were accounted for and offset by supporting a different offsetting project for each of the episodes. Find out more

SOULSHAKE - Since February 2008
The partner : A large-scale printer, Soulshake is active in graphics and design, communication, event management, textiles etc, and emphasises economical and environmentally friendly production. Find out more
The partnership : Soulshake advises its clients to offset emissions with a fixed donation relative to their invoice by the following conversion :
<100€ => 2€
101€ - 300€ => 4€
301€ - 1000€ => 6€
1001€ - 3000€ => 14€
3001€ - 10.000€ => 26€

TECHNIP France - Since January 2009
The partner : Technip’s main area of activity is in energy, technology, engineering and project work for the petroleum and gas industry. Technip has an interest in sustainability, and in 2001 drew up a charter of Values and created an Ethics Commitee. In 2003, Technip signed the United Nations' Global Compact
Find out more about Technip
The partnership : With its significant one-off donation to offset a part of its emissions, Technip chose to support the Biogas project in India.

TERRES OUBLIEES - Since August 2008
The partner : Terres Oubliées is a team of nine people that has grown through its view of the world. It is implied that the word « marketing » means nothing for Terres Oubliées ; rather, they simply reflect a team at harmony with nature. This is no doubt why the agency is a real specialist in adventure and exploration trips within France. Find out more.
The partnership : As a result of this partnership, every traveller contributes partially but systematically to offsetting by donating 10€ to Action Carbone.

TRAVELDOO - Since November 2007
The partner : Traveldoo is a European software platform editor, wihich aims to simplify the online handling of business trips. It integrated an emissions calculator into its online booking and management solutions for work-related travel. Customers can also calculate the emissions impact of a journey, of trips by plane, by car or by train before booking. Traveldoo’s online reporting system is constantly being expanded by new indicators that quantify GHG emissions. Find out more

UGC ENTREPRISES ET COLLECTIVITES - Since March 2009
The partner : UGC’s business activity is the operation, production and distribution of cinema films. As part of this, UGC seels a range of special tickets for institutional clients through its department UGC Entreprises et Collectivités. Find out more
The partnership : UGC has commited to offset the emissions from the production of UGC Blue cards according to calculations previously carried out by Action Carbone, which resulted in a rate of 0.70€ per UGC Blue card. Find out more

VELI-CAB - Since June 2008
The partner : Véli-Cab is a company specialised in sustainable mobility (particularly the hiring of tricycles) and urban communication. Find out more
The partnership : This is mainly a partnerhsip of communication : for one month (July 2008), Véli-Cab covered their vehicles completely with Action Carbone’s colours, and since then has been displaying our logo its vehicles.

VOYAGES-SNCF.COM -
The partner : The French national train agency has been carrying out a study on Social and Environmental Responsibility, with the particular intention of contributing to a tourism sector that is increasingly aware and respectful of people and the environment. In 2006, Voyages-sncf.com created the EcoComparateur in partnerhsip with the ADEME to help its travelers make a more informed choice of their methods of transport and the emissions they incur. Find out more
The partnership : Voyages-sncf.com is offsetting its own emissions (from employee transport, buildings’ energy consumption) and is working on implementing such a system for online travel bookings. To go even further, Voyages-sncf.com has created the Trophée du Tourisme Responsable (the Responsible Toursime Trophy) with one aim : that this kind of tourism becomes mainstream. Find out more

YVES ROCHER -
The Yves Rocher group asserted its environmental commitment by creating a Head Office for Sustainability. The collaboration with Action Carbone thus marked the first step in a sustainability process at the heart of the group’s culture of action. A first phase of GHG emissions reductions had already been implemented due to the optimisation of transport between sites. To take this further, Yves Rocher is also carrying out a Bilan Carbone of all of its activity in France with a view to implementing, following the diagnostic phase, a proper emissions reduction strategy. The evaluation of the research labs of organic biology from the Quai Roosevelt to Issy-les-Moulineaux constituted the first phase in this ambiteous project. Find out more

One-off projects and events

CA CHEUVREUX March 2009
The partner : Our partner is a broker for european stock options of the Crédit Agricole group, the CALYON subsidiary and the group’s investment branch. Its team totals 110 analysts and economists, covering 760 securities, stock, stocks and shares. Its research groups are regularly ranked among the top 5 in Europe. Find out more
The partnership : CA Cheuvreux is calculating and offsetting the emissions from the organisation and implementation of the EMEA conference, held in Paris, from 23 to 25 March 2009.

DIALOGUE SUR TERRE
The partner : Dialogue Sur Terre is a project of four recently graduated INSA engineers, in which they are going on a discovery tour of some of the world’s different cultures. On this one-year trip, the group will live with, observe and engage with the inhabitants of village communities to analyse their way of life. In the light of future environmental challanges, the project aims to introduce as big a number of people as possible to sustainable ways of life by analysing and presenting those of 18 village communities in Africa and Asia. Find out more
The partnership : During their voyage, the Dialogue Sur Terre group will gather information on local NGO’s it comes across, that may be prospective project partners for in emissions offsetting. Also, Action Carbone did a Bilan Carbone of the voyage (which uses exclusively over-land travel and ships, ie no aviation), and Dialogue Sur Terre will try and offset these emissions with Action Carbone. The two parties are also exchanging visibility in terms of their respective communication channels.

ECOFESTIVAL NANTERRE 16 May 2009
The town of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine, Île de France, just west of Paris) has been hosting a flower market for the past 10 years. For its 11th year, it is evolving towards an eco-festival, which will be organised around themes such as sustainable transport, recycling, environmentally friendly construction and building, a fairtrade and organic market, gardening and biodiversity, and environmental sensitisation in general.
The partnership : The organisers are proposing that each of the exhibitors contribute to the offsetting of the festival’s emissions by donating to Action Carbone. We will also be present at the festival with out stand.

RALLYE AICHA DES GAZELLES - October 2007 et December 2008
« Le Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles » is an international and human adventure unique in its field. It is the only all-female Raid Rally, which, since 1990, brings together women of an age-range of 18 to 65 and of 33 nationalitiesin the Morrocan desert. It is the first Raid Rally to take an environmentally and socially sensitive approach by carrying out an environmental assessment of the rally and reducing its emissions, its impact in terms of water and energy consumption and waste production. Because speed is not a criterium, this rally’s CO2 impact is less than that of more « classic » rallies. The Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles is offsetting all its emissions with Action Carbone. With the commitment of its own partners and participants, the rally hopes to be able to call itself a « clean rally » in the medium-term and to set an exemple to other actors in automotive sports. Find out more

STUDENTS CHALLENGE - October 2007 et December 2008
The students went on a 12 day trek of Morocco between 27 December 2008 and 7 January 2009 to combine adventure, a sporting challenge, an inter-personal experience and an environmentally responsible program. As part of the UN’s program of reforestation, each student created an oasis of date palms for « Green Day » and provided it with solar powered irrigation to provide nutrition for the local Moroccan population. Each team also offset their emissions with Action Carbone. Find out more

UIC - March/April 2009
The partner : UIC is a global organisation of international cooperation on rail transportation aimed at promoting rail travel at a global level. Find out more
The partnership : As part of its ERTMS conference in Malaga from 31 March to 2 April 2009, UIC suggested that its delegates offset their emissions linked to their participation of the conference, particularly from air travel. Find out more

Our former partners

52WENDS
IMMOBILIO
FRAM
YVES ROCHER
AGGELOS
ALLÔ THALASSO
ALCYONE FINANCE
ATLAS BLUE
BIC
CIQSE
DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE MULTIMEDIA (Pub Eco)
DPE-EDITIONS
EDITIONS DU SALAR
ECOLOTRANS
ECOWIN
ENTREPRENEURS DU MONDE
ETYC.ORG
FRONT DE NEIGE
IMAGEA.ORG
INTERCLIMA+ELEC
LEVER DE RIDEAU VOYAGES
LGI-CONSULTING.COM
MCI
MONAGENCE.COM
MON NUAGE.FR
NEOMANSLAND
NOVATEAM
NOVAXEL
OBJECTIF DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE
OBJECTIF NATURE
OCEANE VOYAGES
ODYSSEE MONTAGNE
PARTIR OU
PIERRE ET VACANCES et AVORIAZ
QAT (Quand Agiras-tu ?)
REED EXPOSITIONS
SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DE PRODUCTION
SKYEUROPE
TANDBERG
TAPAGE COMMUNICATION
TECHNO PARADE
TEKIWEAR
THE NATURAL GUIDE
TRADING CENTRAL
TROPHEES PLANETE GAGNANTE 2007
TROUVER SON CADEAU
VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT
LES 2 MERS