One Click LCA & Bouygues — cutting global embodied carbon

One Click LCA will support Bouygues Bâtiment International to implement Bouygues Construction’s Climate Strategy which aims to reduce the group’s embodied carbon emissions by 30% by 2030.

April 15 — Helsinki, Finland. One Click LCA, the world’s leading construction carbon platform, has been chosen by Bouygues Bâtiment International, the international arm of Bouygues Construction and one of the foremost global construction contractors, to support the implementation of the Group’s Climate Strategy. The strategy covers all continents and sets an ambitious target of reducing indirect supply chain emissions, also known as embodied carbon, by 30% by 2030.

89% of Bouygues Construction’s total greenhouse gas emissions are indirect emissions that arise either in the supply chain or from the use of delivered assets. As a company committed to sustainability, Bouygues Construction has realized the necessity of significantly reducing these indirect emissions, especially embodied carbon, and sought a global partner.

Bouygues Bâtiment International has partnered with One Click LCA to improve the reliability of measuring and reporting on embodied carbon, to train and support the global workforce, and to facilitate working with suppliers and subcontractors to design and implement low carbon solutions.

“We’re very proud of our role in supporting Bouygues Bâtiment International to implement the ambitious climate strategy addressing this megaton-class decarbonisation challenge in all continents,” said Panu Pasanen, CEO of One Click LCA Ltd.

“We are aware of the climate emergency and of our responsibility as builders. We are delighted to be supported by the One Click LCA team in this challenge with 36 training sessions for 136 employees across the world in less than 3 months. This represents a concrete and positive step to reach our ambitious objectives for the climate globally,” said Christelle Kouamé, Sustainable Design and Construction Manager at Bouygues Bâtiment International.

One Click LCA is working with Bouygues Bâtiment International (BBI) to achieve their target in the following ways:

Low-carbon design tool and database: One Click LCA’s unique concept design tool, Carbon Designer 3D, helps assess design options quickly and easily. In addition, One Click LCA’s global database allows BBI teams to identify and assess low carbon options.
Carbon reporting and LCA: One Click LCA enables reporting on the carbon impact of projects in all countries of operation, generating full life-cycle assessment results and speeds up reporting through its Building Information Model integrations.
Comprehensive training and support: A program of 30+ training sessions and custom reporting guidance have been rolled out for operational teams to help build capacity.

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For more information contact:

Panu Pasanen, CEO, One Click LCA Ltd, panu.pasanen@oneclicklca.com

About One Click LCA

One Click LCA is a Helsinki-based tech company decarbonizing construction and manufacturing with world-leading, easy-to-use, and automated life-cycle assessment (LCA) to calculate and reduce the environmental impacts of building, infrastructure, and renovation projects — as well as construction and other manufactured products. It also enables manufacturers to generate and publish third-party verified EPDs, and allows assessment of circularity, life-cycle cost, and soon also biodiversity. One Click LCA is used in +170 countries. Its decarbonization platform includes a unique global database with +200,000 LCA datasets, and it supports +80 standards and certifications, including LEED, BREEAM, GRESB and other national regulations. One Click LCA was founded in Finland in 2001, and has a team of +180 people on all continents. In November 2023, One Click LCA announced €40M growth equity from PSG Equity and InfraVia Capital Partners. Learn more at: oneclicklca.com

About Bouygues Bâtiment International

Bouygues Bâtiment International, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, has specialized in complex construction projects on the international stage for more nearly 50 years. On all five continents and in nearly 30 countries, the company can rely on a perfect knowledge of the local economic environment thanks to a network of well-established offices. Bouygues Bâtiment International intends to become a low-carbon leader in the construction sector by 2030. Learn more at: www.bouyguesbatimentinternational.com.

Notes to editors

Embodied carbon refers to emissions from the supply chain or use of delivered assets.
Within the global construction sector, these emissions arise from the extraction of raw materials and manufacture, transportation, installation, maintenance, repair, and end-of-life disposal of building products.
According to the World Green Building Council’s 2019 report Bringing Embodied Carbon Upfront, the construction sector is responsible for 39% of all global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is comprised of:
- operational carbon, resulting from the use of energy to heat, power, and cool buildings and infrastructure, which currently accounts for 28% of global carbon emissions, and
- embodied carbon, which accounts for 11% of all global greenhouse gas emissions.