Fighting to limit climate change

Our latest commitment has been to align our climate change objectives with the COP21 Paris agreement and to the Science Based Targets Initiative.

To address all the challenges we are facing, an industry-wide collaboration is necessary. This is why we are proud to have joined 155 CEOs from companies representing over 5 million employees in the #OurOnlyFuture campaign, calling for policies which pair economic recovery with ambitious climate actions ; and the Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign.

DIAM commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 46% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.
DIAM commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services and use of sold products by 46% within the same timeframe.

DIAM Carbon footprint was reduced by 38% between 2019 and 2020. This drop is explained for the most part by the Covid crisis which led to a reduction of the volume sold by 27% and to several months of lockdown in our sites, but also by the efforts made by DIAM to reduce its use of virgin plastic, increase its share of renewable electricity consumption, limit air freight transportation, and develop ecodesign products. These efforts have been pursued in 2021 and the increase of our carbon footprint of 7% compared to 2020 has been contained below the growth of the sales on this period (+11%).

The issue of raw materials is crucial in our business and often features among the 1st questions clients ask us. However, the solution rarely comes from miraculous novel materials. Errors, such as pollution displacement can result from a lack of in-depth analysis. Solutions may emerge from innovative designs and functionality switches as with perfume refill fountains for instance. In plastics, “bio” does not necessarily mean better, but “recycled” does: it halves the impact vs. virgin plastic!
One DIAM employee is fully dedicated to the sourcing of new materials to help move forward on this challenge.

To date, very few POS displays are actually recycled in proper conditions enabling a true circular economy. It is not easy and costs money, but has great favorable impact.
DIAM already dismantles and recycles over 500 tons worth of products every year. We must find a way to extend such recycling to the full range of our operations worldwide. Together with retailers, brands and producers, we can do it!

This is the impact of the electricity consumption of POS products in the stores.
Our efficient lighting solution can save over 50% for the same lighting (number of lumens) delivered where it matters. To go even further is possible. It would mean for brands to review their light usage and for stores to switch massively to renewable electricity. Many brands and stores already lead in that direction.

Transportation and logistics should be a no brainer, using best in class technology, it has very low impact, even on very long distances. But when time-to-market shortens, it is often convenient to ship by air freight to save time. This is very impactful and finding alternatives for transportation is crucial. For example, in 2019, we decided to substitute our distribution line between Istanbul and France (80% of our Turkish production) from truck to direct sea shipping. This resulted in a 250 tCO2eq. saving in the first year!

Thanks to energy efficiency measures and the sourcing of renewable energy, we save over 5 000 tons CO2 eq. every year. Our direct carbon impact only represents 2% of the total.