Environmental pillar
Digital technology accounts for a significant proportion of global CO2 emissions (4%), and this figure is constantly rising, especially since the advent of AI. At JEMS, we are committed to to reduce our direct and indirect emissions by 50% by 2030 through a plan of proactive decarbonization compliant with SBTi trajectory. Our products, services, and offerings incorporate a unique data industry methodology that minimizes energy consumption and demonstrates our concrete commitment to sustainable and responsible digital technology.
Ecovadis GOLD Label
The label GOLD Ecovadis obtained by JEMS is the result of a rigorous assessment based on four key pillars: the environment, human and social rights, ethics, and responsible purchasing. With an overall score of 73/100, JEMS demonstrates its commitment to reducing its environmental impact and improving its social and ethical practices.
I. Climate change and responsible digital technology
By joining the SBTi initiative, JEMS has committed to setting clear, measurable, science-based targets to reduce 50% of its GHG emissions by 2030. This commitment represents a crucial step in our environmental responsibility approach and demonstrates our desire to adopt sustainable practices in the long term.
We are signatories to the manifesto Planet Tech’Careat the initiative of our union Numeum. This initiative commits us to measuring and reducing our environmental impact, as well as raising awareness among our employees and stakeholders.
We are joining the Institute for Responsible Digital Technology in order to obtain Level 1 certification and Lucie certification in 2025.
A) Awareness raising
We raise awareness and train all our employees in environmental responsibility(plus de 40% déjà sensibilisés).
30% of employees have been made aware of climate change through la Fresque du Climat et du Numérique.
An ambitious training program in ecoconception of our employees has been deployed to the entire workforce of the JEMS group.
We have trained our employees in digital accessibility with our partner OPQUAST. These individuals work across the entire digital product value chain: Marketing, UX/UI Design, Development, and Quality Validation. OPQUAST is a repository of best practices for web quality that includes RGAA, GDPR, and eco-responsibility.
B) Responsible digital technology
Over the years, we have also developed a methodology for modeling and organizing data to set up reusable data assets, which allows for maximum factorization of processing and thus limits their carbon footprint.
We are working on assessing the climate impact of our projects.
II. Resources & Circularity
We favor the purchase of refurbished electronics over 90% and we are committed to extending the lifespan of our equipment to more than four years.
This revaluation as well more than 50% of our electronic waste by donating them to charities or recycling them.
We print all our documents on recycled paper.
All administrative processes (pay slips, orders, purchases, invoices, faxes, signed contracts, etc.) are dematerialized.
With a footprint of 1.83 tCO2e per employee in 2023 (compared to 2.1 tCO2e per employee in 2022), our goal of reduction in our GHG emissions is 50% by 2030.
We distribute mugs to all employees so that we no longer need to buy disposable cups, which means more than 400 kg of waste avoided annually since 2019.
