In March 2023, we received our certificate for step 3 of the CO₂-Performanceladder. Which is nice, but that does not mean we are all done with it! In the meantime, we have started working on the actions in our action plan. For instance, two of our offices now supply 100% Belgian green electricity and we have passed the 15% mark for electric vehicles in our leasing fleet. In addition, this festive year - we are turning 50 - we will put all our efforts into collective transport and encouraging carpooling to our events.

Results of our action plan

We have prioritised several measures at Antea Group, each contributing to achieving the CO₂ reduction target. Some of these measures we have since implemented:

  1. We are on track for a 100% electric leased car fleet by 2029. The share of electric cars in our leased car fleet has increased to 17%, meeting our targets of 10% and 15%. In addition, the average CO₂ emissions of our fuel vehicles in the leased car fleet have fallen to 92gr/km, also achieving our targets of dropping below 160, 140 and 120 gr/km.
  2. Furthermore, short air traffic has also decreased by more than 10% (-81%) and rail traffic has increased sharply (+20%) compared to 2019. The ratio of train traffic to short-haul air traffic has increased from around 0.3 to 2.3. Our new guideline for business travel should ensure that trains will continue to be preferred over short flights in the future. We also try to encourage collective transport for internal events through a carpool form and offer the possibility to use shared mobility through our own pool cars and a Cambio subscription.
  3. Finally, we converted our own energy contracts for the Namur and Hasselt offices to 100% green and Belgian. Even though this only covers a small part of the total energy consumption, the starting shot has been fired! We continue to work towards 100% green Belgian electricity in all our offices and for our vehicle fleet.

What about those targets?

  1. Reducing our CO₂ emissions:
    1. Scope 1: 80% CO₂ reduction: we expect to achieve an even 83% reduction by 2029 thanks to the full electrification of our leased car fleet.
    2. Scope 2: 100% CO₂ reduction: here, too, we are on track provided that we run our offices, as well as our electric cars, on 100% Belgian green electricity.
  2. Reducing energy consumption of scope 1 activities by 90%: Again, this target is on track if we realise the above measures. 
  3. Replacing 10% of short-haul air traffic with train traffic: This target was achieved!