The EDF group’s GHG report scope includes the following businesses and their subsidiaries, based in France and more than thirty other countries: EDF, EDF PEI, Dalkia, Edison, Enedis, Électricité de Strasbourg, EDF Trading North America, EDF Energy Services, EDF in the UK, Framatome, EDF Renewables, Norte Fluminense, MECO, Luminus, EDF China. The main companies not controlled by the EDF group and included in scope 3 of the Group GHG report are as follows: Shandong Zhonghua, Datang San Men Xia, Fuzhou, Sloe, Nam Theun, Sinop, Enercal, Électricité de Mayotte, Generadora Metropolitana, Elpedison and Ibiritermo.
The emissions of companies not taken into account in the 2020 EDF group GHG report were considered to be non-significant as they account for significantly less than 5% of the emissions covered.
The following table presents trends in the Group’s GHG reports between 2018 and 2020.
EDF group greenhouse gas report (MtCO2 e) | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope-1 emissions | Scope-1 emissions 2018 36 | Scope-1 emissions 2019 33 | Scope-1 emissions 2020 28 |
| Scope-2 emissions | Scope-2 emissions 2018 0.5 | Scope-2 emissions 2019 0.3 | Scope-2 emissions 2020 0.3 |
| Scope-1 emissions | Scope-1 emissions 2018 111 | Scope-1 emissions 2019 119 | Scope-1 emissions 2020 107 |
The following table presents the 3 most significant scope-3 items:
Significant scope-3 items(MtCO2 e) | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emissions from electricity purchased and sold to end customers | Emissions from electricity purchased and sold to end customers 2018 21 | Emissions from electricity purchased and sold to end customers 2019 23 | Emissions from electricity purchased and sold to end customers 2020 22 |
| Emissions from gas sold to end customers | Emissions from gas sold to end customers 2018 65 | Emissions from gas sold to end customers 2019 72 | Emissions from gas sold to end customers 2020 60 |
| Scope-1 and -2 emissions from minority investments | Scope-1 and -2 emissions from minority investments 2018 10 | Scope-1 and -2 emissions from minority investments 2019 10 | Scope-1 and -2 emissions from minority investments 2020 10 |
Further methodological details of this data are provided in section 3.7.2.3 “Further details of other environmental, social and societal data included in the non-financial performance statement”. The EDF group’s detailed GHG report is published on theEDF edf.fr ⓦ(1).
Scope-1 emissions fell by 16%. This fall was due, firstly, to the shutdown of various fossil fuel-fired facilities, including the Cottam coal-fired plant that closed at the end of 2019, and secondly, reduced operation of fossil fuel-fired facilities, particularlyCCGs, due to the impact of the sanitary crisis on demand.
Scope-3 emissions fell by 11%. This fall was mainly due to the fall in sales of gas to end customers, which accounted for nearly 56% of Group scope-3 emissions in 2020.
To achieve the greenhouse gas emission reduction goals it set itself (see section 3.1.1.1 “Group commitments”), the EDF group implements action plans inline with the EDF group’s CAP 2030 strategy (see section 1.3 “Group strategy and goals”). This action plan is based on about 20 projects overseen by the Group’s Executive Committee and coordinated by the EDF group Carbon Neutrality Strategy project (see description of climate governance in section 3.1.3.1 “Governance bodies”).
By 2030, and in line with the CAP 2030 projects, the main actions enabling the EDF group to achieve these emission targets covering all three scopes are as follows:
This set of measures allows the EDF group to secure its 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction trajectory, in line with its commitments. The following sections provide a more detailed description of the Group action plan’s most significant measures.
Since 2017, EDF group has been engaged in the "Powering Past Coal Alliance",which promotes the phasing out of coal in EU countries by 2030 and in the rest of the world by 2050 in the wake of the Paris Agreement. In 2019, EDF group went further and committed to stopping coal power generation by 2030 in all geographical zones.
For more than 20 years, the Group has not settled for merely disinvesting from coal but has established itself as one of the electricity companies that decided on, implemented and supported the closure of the highest number of coal and oil units in Europe. Between 1995 and 2020, this saw EDF group permanently shut down more than 30 coal-fired units and 42 high-power oil-fired units in Europe, respectively accounting for 6.3 and 7.2GWe in withdrawn capacities, totalling 13.5GWe, i.e. the approximate total installed electrical capacity of a country like Bulgaria or Finland. This coal (and oil) phase-out policy resulted in reduction of the European electrical sector’s annual greenhouse gas emissions by more than 30MtCO2 e.
These closures were all backed up with measures to reassign employees within theGroup and actions to develop new local economic activities (see section 3.4.3.2 “Redeployment and individual support”).
The fossil fuel-fired power plant most recently shut down by the EDF group was the coal-fired plant at Cottam in the UK. This 2,000MWe power plant (4 coal-fired units)was permanently shut down in September 2019, representing a reduction of approx.1.6MtCO2 in the Group’s direct emissions compared to the previous year.
