Life Cycle Assessment

at ENGIE
Community of Practices
on Life Cycle Assessment
 “ With the massive environmental Key Figures
challenges facing ENGIE, one must
ensure that its expertise and know-

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how in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) are
shared throughout the Group. Uniform
practices make this possible across all
disciplines. ”
Valérie Bernis
Life Cycle Assessments External working groups and academic
Executive Vice-President, in charge of Communications, performed at ENGIE and industrial partnerships
Marketing and Environmental and Societal Responsibility.
Sponsor of the CoP LCA

“ The Group has always supported

Life Cycle Assessment in assessing
50
Life Cycle Assessment
practitioners or Life Cycle
10
Business Units having already
used Life Cycle Assessment
the environmental impact of our
Assessment users
activities on their whole life cycle.
It is a consensual and efficient tool
to benchmark our energies and to
support dialog with our stakeholders. ”
A standardized method for the quantification
Anne Chassagnette
Director of Environmental and Societal Responsibility
of environmental performances

“ The Life Cycle Assessment expertise

developed by ENGIE is based on common
state-of-the-art calculation methods and
helps BUs manage the environmental Quantification of Taking into account all Characterization
impacts on the whole input and output flows of those flows into
impacts from the design stage of any life cycle of a project. of the given activity environmental impacts
project. Having this expertise Can be applied to: • Energy consumptions • Human Health
in-house is a great advantage for the BUs • Products, services, • Raw materials use • Ecosystems quality
in the context of the energy transition. ” organizations or territories • Emissions to the environment • Resources
• Raw material extraction until (water, air, soil)
Raphaël Schoentgen the end of life of the system
Research & Technologies Director

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 What is a “Life Cycle Assessment”?

Life Cycle
Assessment scope
(full chain view)
Multicriteria assessment
including climate change,
water footprint, resources Electricity Electricity Final use
depletion, acidification, Fuel extraction Fuel supply production at distribution of the electricity
eutrophication, toxicity… the power plant

Scope of
Environmental
Impact Assessment
(site level only)
Application of Life Cycle Assessment
to all businesses of the Group

Life Cycle Assessment Life Cycle Assessment of tidal Life Cycle Assessment Life Cycle Assessment of electricity
of the GAYA project : a tool power pilot farm in the Raz of LNG as a fuel : anticipate produced by ENGIE : identify
to support decision making Blanchard : an answer from Futures the environmental impacts for the Environmental and Societal
Life Cycle Assessment is implemented in the
Énergies to the expectations of public of an alternative fuel supported Responsibility Division the environmental
GAYA project (dry biomass gasification and authorities by the cross-group mission Retail LNG hotspots and quantify the performances
methanation) to include environmental aspects Applied to the tidal power farm in Raz Blan- Ahead of a broad deployment of LNG as a
of the Group’s assets
in the design, optimization and operation of pro- chard, Life Cycle Assessment allows to quantify fuel for maritime and road transport, Life Cycle Life Cycle Assessment of one kWh of electricity
cesses. It also helps to check the compliance the environmental performances of the project Assessment allows to anticipate the potential gives a complete overview of all its environ-
of biomethane to sustainability criteria set in in order to meet the expectations of ADEME environmental impacts of this new activity, as mental impacts. This Life Cycle Assessment
Europe for alternative fuels. (French Energy and Environment Agency). Life compared to its competitors, and to identify the supports the communication of the Group on its
Cycle Assessment provides recommendations sensitive parameters to limit those impacts. environmental performance and the identifica-
as regards the environmental impacts of the tion of action plans at the site’s level.
construction work and operation.
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 3 main uses of Life Cycle Assessment at ENGIE Added values of Life Cycle Assessment for ENGIE

Design & Operate

Life Cycle Assessment helps design and operate our project with the lowest
enviromental impact possible by optimizing the right processes and technologies. Anticipate and minimize ter design
environmental impacts Be t
For instance, we provide advices to our customers as regards supply chain or
industrial processes.
Identify impact sources

tter manage
Prioritize action plans
Anticipate & Manage

Better act
Life Cycle Assessment can be used to anticipate and manage risks associated to
potential environmental impacts of ENGIE’s activities as well as for our customers. LCA
Monitor performances

Be
Benchmark of action plans
Life Cycle Assessment is often used to benchmark and rank the environmen-
Be
tal performances of processes and technologies developed and implemented by tt e te Identify positive and negative
ENGIE and its customers. r c o m m u n ic a impact of the products
on the environment

Life Cycle Assessment as a support to all

entities of ENGIE to assess their interactions Development of Life Cycle Assessment
with the environment uses within the Group

Life Cycle Assessment is performed since the 90’s at ENGIE

Strategic decision support
to the Codir as regards 2013 2013-2014
Assess environmental policies and
environmental impact investments in new assets New methods developed to assess impacts
of assets Launch of the Community of ENGIE’s activities on water resources
Share an up-to-date of Practices on Life Cycle (so called “water footprint assessments”),
Set the ENGIE international benchmark Assessment taking into account the local water stress.
of best practices
environmental policy LCA practice at ENGIE Application to electricity production

Support the BUs in the Environmental

Research and
Provide a complete 2015
building of their action and Societal portfolio of calculation
Technologies
plans Responsibility and modelling tools Implementation of
Division
Division Life Cycle Assessment
Provide NGO and public Support the BUs in the to support the definition
building of their action
autorities with ENGIE’s
plans
Beyond 2015 of action plans regarding
view on Life Cycle water resources on ENGIE’s
• Extending further the use of Life Cycle Assessment power plants
Assessment
throughout ENGIE
• Improving existing methods and tools to take into account
local environmental aspects
• Developing methods and tools to link Life
The Research and Technologies Division and the • relevant environmental assessments,
Cycle Assessment with economical aspects
Environmental and Societal Responsibility Divi- • methods and tools needed to tackle new issues, for the development of new technologies
sion provide Life Cycle Assessment to the Group
•p
 ost-calculation debriefing and new action plan
to support our BUs and customers. It covers:
definition.

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Contacts
Community of Practices on Life Cycle Assessment
lca@[Link]

Life Cycle Assessment at ENGIE

Reseach & Technologies Division-Crigen
[Link]-vernat@[Link]
Reseach & Technologies Division-Laborelec
[Link]@[Link]

Design and Production:

Environmental and Societal Responsibility Division
[Link]@[Link]

Life Cycle Assessment at SUEZ

CIRSEE
[Link]@[Link]
SUEZ Consulting
[Link]@[Link]
Cetaqua
dmarin@[Link]

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