Everything you need to know to build a climate strategy.
When Henry and Clément Van Vyve decided to relaunch Meurisse in 2020, they weren’t just reviving a chocolate brand. They were reconnecting with a family legacy and giving it a new, purposeful direction.
Discover how the Carbon Disclosure Project helps EU companies meet CSRD, cut emissions, and build a credible climate strategy.
Discover what carbon accounting is, how CO₂e and Scopes 1–3 work, and how all companies can benefit from it.
Discover what the Greenhouse Gas Protocol is, how it standardises carbon accounting, and why it’s essential for measuring and reporting GHG emissions
Discover practical steps for how companies can reduce their carbon footprint. Start your climate action plan today.
Learn how to comply with ESRS. This guide explains reporting obligations for companies wanting to comply with the CSRD.
Learn about the 15 scope 3 categories, how they impact your GHG, and how to address them in your carbon footprint assessment.
Learn how to calculate your company’s carbon footprint, from data collection to emissions, and start building an effective climate strategy.
Understand what a carbon footprint is, what contributes to it, and how companies can measure and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
How do you reduce emissions when air travel is at the core of your mission? At the COIB, Benjamin Wery is navigating this challenge with honesty and pragmatism, focusing on what can be changed—without relying on offsets.
What are scope 2 emissions? Learn how they cover indirect GHG emissions from purchased energy and why they're key to managing your impact.
In this article we explain what Scope 1 emissions cover, why reporting them matters, and how to calculate them step by step.
This article explores what Scope 3 emissions are, why they matter, and how you can measure, report, and reduce them. You’ll learn about reporting regulations, calculation methods, best practices, and tools like carbon management software that can support your efforts.
In the textile industry, transparency isn’t just a goal—it’s a daily challenge. At Texet Workwear, Kim Vandeneede is building step-by-step systems to make sustainability measurable, traceable, and trusted across the entire supply chain.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere right now. From your business tools to even WhatsApp, AI seems to have become a must-have rather than an extra feature. At Tapio, we’re building carbon management software to help companies measure and reduce their carbon footprint, so we want to use AI responsibly. In this article, we will explain how.
If your company operates in the construction sector and wants to win more public tenders and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, the CO₂ Performance Ladder is an unmissable certification.
This article will examine the CO₂ Performance Ladder, how it works, and how you can get certified.
Are you an ESG consultant wondering how to take your support even further? How can you broaden your offering to include other dimensions of the ecological and social transition?
To help you see things more clearly, we're going to take a look at the skills you need to be an ESG consultant.
The Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (VSME) is a reporting framework designed to help non-listed micro, small and medium-sized businesses communicate their sustainability efforts more easily and transparently.
As the urgency to address climate change grows, companies worldwide are searching for effective ways to reduce their environmental impact and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future. One valuable tool in this effort is avoided emissions.
To understand how much an activity emits, you must multiply an activity data with an emission factor. Emission factors (EF) can be physical, referring to physical measurement units (e.g. litres, kilos, kilowatts, etc.), or monetary.
The Net Zero Initiative is a science-based framework designed to bring clarity to net-zero ambitions of companies.
What are emission factors? How do I pick the right one? Where can I get emission factor databases? Read the answers in this article.
As a business, you face the double challenge of managing fluctuating energy costs and meeting carbon reduction targets. These challenges demand proactive energy management strategies that align with both financial and environmental objectives to meet these objectives, allowing to save on energy costs and cut carbon emissions.
Communicating about your carbon report and carbon strategy can be challenging. We’ve created the Carbon Strategy Page (CSP) to facilitate companies’ communication on their carbon strategy quickly and transparently. Discover more about it in this article.
20 carbon experts share the challenges of data collection. Team engagement, effective governance, and better management of time and resources - explore the proposed solutions they offer to facilitate data collection.
In addition to regulatory obligations, the growing expectations of citizens and employees are forcing companies to make an ever greater commitment to the climate and the environment.
In this article, you'll discover the key steps and golden rules for effectively mobilizing your team and guaranteeing the success of your climate strategy.
Discover the 9 practical resources you can use to raise awareness among your teams and make sure that your climate initiatives are successful.
Homeworking is becoming increasingly popular for its environmental benefits, but its impact is more complex than we might think. Discover homeworking's rebound effects in this article.
Do you want to make your company more sustainable, but the costs seem prohibitive? If your company is based in the Walloon region, you have access to Chèques-entreprises to finance your sustainability strategy, including the reduction of your carbon footprint.
Your company has adopted a climate strategy. But you're reluctant to communicate it for fear that your initiatives will be seen as greenwashing. Indeed, it's an understandable fear. According to a study by the European Commission, 53% of environmental claims in the European Union are vague, misleading, or unfounded, and 40% are unjustified. The following 7 tips will help you avoid the greenwashing trap.
Many companies want to be more sustainable but don't know where to start. Others have already taken action but don't know how to go further. And still, others want to include their value chain in their climate strategy but don't know how to tackle this challenge. In this article, we'll present the reasons behind these difficulties and how a new tool by Tapio, the Maturity Assessment, can help you overcome these challenges and start taking action.
You've analyzed your company's carbon footprint, and you're not sure how to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions? Do you work in a company where you use computers, laptops, or smartphones on a daily basis? In this article you will discover why extending the lifespan of your company's IT equipment has a positive impact on your company's carbon footprint.
In this article we will present all the criteria that are used to understand which companies have to report under the CSRD.
In response to the challenges of the ecological transition, numerous regulations and methodologies have been introduced to encourage companies to assess and reduce their carbon footprint. One of the best-known is the Bilan Carbone® methodology, developed by ADEME, the French Environment and Energy Management Agency.
In the following paragraphs, we'll explain what the Bilan Carbone® methodology is, and when it should be used.
If you're reading this article, you might be considering the idea of conducting a carbon report for your company. However, you might still be uncertain about whether it's something you truly want or need to do, as well as how to go about it and what exactly it entails. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll tackle all of these questions (and more).
The CSRD is a new directive that will standardise sustainability reporting for some companies operating in the EU.
We’ve all seen at least once a label on a product or website claiming to be “carbon neutral”, only to discover that that neutrality was achieved through carbon offsets and not a real reduction of their carbon footprint. The market of carbon offsets has been growing increasingly, but recently we’ve seen it slowing down among raising doubts on the effectiveness of this practice.
In this article we will explore what carbon offsets are and discuss how effective they are compared to a carbon reduction strategy.
Are you an SME or a large company located in Flanders? Do you want to know what subsidies you are entitled to at each stage of your climate strategy? Then keep on reading! In this article, we will demonstrate why money should not be considered as a barrier to action, and give you the necessary tools to accelerate your climate transition and inspire change.
Despite new opportunities, climate transition also brought at surface some insidious tendencies. Greenwashing is one of them and has become more sophisticated than ever. What is greenwashing? What do you risk legally? What forms does it take? What should you do to avoid falling into the trap? We will explain it all to you.
For many SMEs and large companies, the climate transition is linked with additional costs and is barely impossible to overcome. However, there are premiums and subsidies available to help you implement your climate strategy. What are they? How do they apply to your strategy? We explain everything in this article.
Calculation and monitoring of carbon emissions are becoming increasingly widespread within companies. There are several methods for realizing a rigorous carbon balance to standardize the calculation of carbon footprints.
Are you an SME or a large company located in Wallonia? Do you want to know what subsidies you are entitled to from the Walloon Region at each stage of your climate strategy? This article is for you. In spite of the current crisis, there are aid schemes to help you accelerate the climate transition.
Your level of knowledge influences your carbon footprint. Currently, one of the main barriers to action at the population's level is the lack of knowledge and maturity on climate issues. But knowledge alone is not enough. It must be followed by concrete actions or the current immobilism will continue.
More than ever, customers are now demanding that companies report their GHG emissions. Protocol standards simplify the understanding of total emissions, assigning responsibility to the right company by emission source, and identifying reduction opportunities.
For the last centuries, we've been exploiting our planet's natural resources. Meanwhile, natural disasters, such as the intensification of floods, droughts, and the increase of the sea level, are signaling us that we have to change something in the way we live.
Are you still confused about what a carbon report can bring to your company? Do you want to be aligned with the international climate ambitions and sustainability legislations? This article will help you understand why you should start a low-carbon journey.
In order to accelerate the ecological transition, investments in the European Union have to reorient themselves towards sustainable activities. That’s why the EU has developed the EU Taxonomy, a tool that can be used to define and compare sustainable activities.
More and more people are demanding businesses to start taking responsibility for their environmental impact. One way to do that is to calculate the emissions of companies and create a carbon reduction plan to reduce them. Although some argue that carbon accounting isn’t an effective tool, we believe that it can bring many benefits to businesses looking to reduce their impact on the environment.
When we read about the number of tons of CO2 that we emit, it might be difficult to understand the scale of it. Through practical and visual examples, we can better understand the impact of human activities on the climate and strive to reduce our carbon footprint with a precise goal in mind.
In 2015, the Paris Agreement set an ambitious global target to limit the increase in global temperature to less than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. The European Union (EU) is the first powerful economic bloc to respond by unveiling the Green Deal.
SBTi encourages and helps companies around the world to set reduction targets of Greenhouse Gas emissions in line with scientific recommendations.