Petzl - Impact Report 2025

The further we go , the more

complex the issue becomes

The f irst diff iculty lies in the scope itself . The more

the company ref ines its calculation methodology ,

the more it uncovers new sources of emissions that

need to be included . As a result , f igures become

harder to compare from one year to the next . Me

thodological changes add a further layer of com -

plexity . Industrial investment is a good exa -

mple . From an accounting perspective , the

purchase of a machine is amortised over

several years . But from an impact perspec

tive , the emissions linked to its manufacture

exist from the moment it is produced . SBTi

now requires this impact to be accounted

for in the year of purchase rather than

spread over time

To these external factors are added the realities on

the ground The logistics hub project in Asia for

example is intended to favour maritime transport

but in some countries products arriving by sea are

held in customs longer than those arriving by air

That s exactly the kind of operational constraint you

discover as you move forward explains Ophélie

The global geopolitical context is also changing very

quickly pandemics customs duties and more All

of this has a signif icant impact Air freight sometimes

remains the only way to deliver quickly to customers

who no longer want to hold stock

So this is far from being a linear issue And it is a

reminder that when it comes to carbon we learn a

great deal as we go

The journey matters

more than the f igures

The carbon footprint is not a new exercise for us .

We have carried it out every year since 2020 in or

der to understand where our emissions come from

and act on them .

In 2021 , we decided to track the carbon intensity

of our products — in other words , emissions rela

tive to the number of products sold . The thinking

was pragmatic : in a mature market , the challenge is

to ensure that the products sold

are , wherever possible , more

sustainable than those they re

place .

Since then , Petzl has continued

ref ining its methodology in order

to improve the scope of analysis

and get as close as possible to the reality of our

emissions We have brought in experts notably the

consultancy INUK and decided to commit to the

Science Based Targets initiative SBTi undoubtedly

the most demanding international framework of its

kind It sets strict transparency rules and def ines re

duction pathways aligned with global climate goals

Committing to this process means accepting a

greater degree of challenge It also means taking

a risk that our carbon footprint may increase as

our analysis becomes more accurate But the f inal

f igure matters less than the trajectory The aim is

always to improve our understanding and continue

making progress This is a vision shared by the en

tire CSR team including Ophélie Rey Ricord the

engineer leading this work

“ Our choice is

clearly one of

transparency . ”

Ophélie Rey Ricord

Environmental engineer

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