Shifting demographics and the ecological transition are two of the primary challenges being faced by European societies. Our commitment to the elderly cannot be delivered to the detriment of life on the planet, and this is the principle Colisée strives to uphold via the mission to reduce the environmental impact of our operations.
Several levers of action are being activated to help integrate this ecological imperative across our network: low-carbon purchasing and food policies, improving efficiency and energy sobriety, buying renewables, development of a fleet of electric vehicles, etc. At the same time, the network will build upon its assessment process – the carbon evaluation review – as well as medium- and long-term objectives enabling the establishment of a transparent and credible carbon trajectory.
Validation of the carbon trajectory: Colisée’s efforts bear fruit
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For the third consecutive year, Colisée carried out its carbon evaluation analysing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by its operations1. Once again, this year’s review showed conclusive results: the rate of carbon intensity dropped by 10% in 2022 to a figure of 122t CO2-eq per million euros in revenue. The same applies to average emissions per resident of a European facility: this figure stood at 6.7 tonnes CO2-eq in 2021, and is now 6.2 tonnes.
Above all, the year 2022 was defined by a major collective success: the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), an international organisation which supports companies in their GHG reduction objectives and evaluates their carbon reduction strategies, has validated Colisée’s carbon strategy and its objectives for 2030. Fully aligned with those of the Paris agreement, these goals consist of reducing GHG emissions in scopes 1 and 2 by a fixed goal of 42% between 2020 and 2030. As regards the final scope, the objective is to reduce GHG emissions by 52% per million euros of revenues over the same time period.
The 2023 challenge: green energy for all
The Mission Committee’s report also highlights the challenges faced by all operators in Colisée’s position in terms of instituting their energy transition. While Belgian facilities have achieved their objective of 100% green electricity supply, the network in France, Italy and Spain has yet to follow suit. Several reasons explain the limited increase in green electricity between 2021 and 2022 (from 72 - 75%). In France, progress has been slowed by the integration of a significant number of new facilities into the network, although these have been fully supplied with green electricity in the intervening period. The international geopolitical context and the war in Ukraine have also triggered levels of inflation not seen for years, causing energy prices to spike. While France has implemented an energy price cap, this is not the case in Italy or in Spain – with costs having increased considerably, Colisée has preferred not to sign up to any new contracts.
This being said, the network’s teams have been fully mobilised in 2023 in order to pursue energy sobriety efforts and to achieve the 100% green electricity objective. The Mission Committee’s report highlights several initiatives in place since 2022: powering certain facilities with biogas, the 10-commitment energy sobriety plan implemented for the 2022-23 winter period (which featured the use of Ecowatt), staff training, the installation of charging stations for electric cars, and more.
1. The various aspects of our operations are defined by the ISO 14064 standard, and are broken down into three “scopes” as per the diagram above. The first involves direct emissions linked to an organisation’s activity (consumption of gas or fuel by company vehicles, etc.). The second scope covers indirect emissions associated with energy consumption, i.e. Colisée’s electricity consumption. The final scope covers other indirect emissions – this is the most significant aspect for Colisée, as it covers emissions linked to the purchase of goods and services, to staff and visitor travel and to the management of waste generated.
