Why this approach?

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At WeLOOP, we chose to carry out our first Organisational Life Cycle Assessment (O-LCA) for several reasons:

• To better understand and assess the environmental impacts associated with all our activities.
• To strengthen the transparency of our organisation towards our stakeholders (employees, clients, partners…).
• To identify concrete levers for action to initiate a continuous improvement process.
• And also because we support our clients on these topics every day: it seemed essential and consistent to apply to ourselves the tools we recommend.

This first O-LCA is not third-party verified but has been reviewed internally. It serves as a structuring working basis. It will allow us to embed our approach over the long term, improve ourselves, and repeat this exercise with even greater accuracy in the coming years, ultimately aiming for external verification.

Our methodological choice: the OEF approach

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Rather than carrying out a simple Carbon Footprint, which is limited to greenhouse gas emissions, we opted for a more comprehensive approach. Although commonly used, this method remains restrictive as it only considers one type of environmental impact. It therefore does not reflect the true complexity of the effects generated by all the activities of an organisation.

That is why we chose to rely on an Organisational Life Cycle Assessment (O-LCA), based on the Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF) method developed by the European Commission. This multi-criteria approach allows us to have a more comprehensive and precise view of our environmental footprint.

This method is based on ISO 14040/44 and ISO 14072 standards, and enables us to:

• Evaluate the environmental impacts throughout the organisation’s life cycle.
• Take into account the direct and indirect contributions (energy, mobility, procurement, digital services, etc.).
• Avoid impact shifting from one category to another.

Our choice of the OEF approach reflects our commitment to rigour, transparency, and alignment with European practices in environmental accounting.

Definition of the scope

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Study modules

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In accordance with the OEF method, our analysis was structured around 9 modules representing the main sources of impacts, chosen according to our service delivery model and our daily activities within WeLOOP:

Some elements were excluded from this first OEF due to a lack of reliable data or sufficient visibility:

Data collection and modelling

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Primary data were collected throughout 2024 using several tools:

• Employee questionnaires: remote work days, commutes, eating habits
• Consumption monitoring over a representative 3-month period
• Invoice analysis (energy, water, purchases, etc.)

Key results

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Environmental assessment

We carried out a comprehensive environmental assessment based on 16 indicators defined by the OEF method. We identified the most significant indicators and then pinpointed the modules contributing the most to these impacts, in order to more effectively target our reduction actions.

Focus on the climate change indicator

Average impacts of our main services

The consequential environmental benefits resulting from our activities, which contribute to a net reduction in overall impacts, have not been assessed.

What concrete actions?

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We have implemented several measures and recommendations over the past few years, such as:

• Thermal renovation of part of the building
• Soft mobility (a habit encouraged by the employees themselves)
• Use of electric cars whenever possible for business travel
• Reduction of long-distance trips and preference for train travel
• Data storage server based in France (o2switch)
• Daily waste sorting and composting

We wish to continue our efforts with:

• Continuous optimisation of heating
• Further building renovations
• A continuous reduction in business air travel
• 100% electric car business trips