Axens, a French mid-sized company and leader in energy transition both in France and globally, has published its first CSR report. This publication aims to clarify its social and environmental commitments in 2023 and the associated roadmap to achieve them. With a governance structure where CSR is integrated, Axens has set a core mission to contribute to the decarbonization of mobility and the industrial sectors of chemicals and energy, by supporting its clients in accelerating their energy transition. This CSR report makes the actions of Axens tangible in its commitment to reducing its carbon and environmental footprint. It also illustrates the strategy implemented by the company to support its clients' transformation through its multiple technologies, in achieving their CSR and climate objectives.
We offer our clients a wide range of technologies in the form of licensed processes, catalysts, and adsorbents, as well as specific equipment through which they optimize the environmental performance of their activities, improve their energy efficiency, and reduce their carbon intensity. Our CSR roadmap fits seamlessly into the strategy we are implementing. It is primarily aimed at providing technological solutions to address the challenges of climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, both for our clients and in our factories, reducing our resource consumption, particularly water, and promoting the circular economy in the production and use of our products, as well as in our markets. It is through our technological DNA and the daily commitment of our teams working closely with our clients that we can contribute to a more sustainable future for the industries in our sector.
A sustainable and responsible development strategy based on technological ingenuity
Axens structures its CSR strategy around two pillars: the expertise of its teams and a culture focused on technological ingenuity. At the same time, it remains fully committed to its traditional activities related to refining, petrochemicals, and natural gas, for which the company develops more energy-efficient technologies and solutions to reduce the energy consumption of operations. Axens has also gradually expanded into applications that enable the production of ultra-low carbon fuels and chemicals. It now offers its clients an increasingly comprehensive and innovative range of solutions, equipment, and services. Thus, the ambition of Axens is to enhance its impact in its traditional fields of expertise while supporting its clients in transforming and optimizing the performance of their assets. These adjacent areas or new applications include plastic recycling, biofuels, synthetic fuels, CO2 capture, gas and water treatment, as well as digital transformation. To successfully implement this strategy, Axens leverages continuous Research and Innovation, through close collaboration with IFPEN, its parent company.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): a foundation for the CSR commitments of Axens
As a signatory of the UN Global Compact, Axens has identified 7 priority Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that align with both its CSR strategy and its development ambitions. Concrete achievements for each of these goals are detailed in the report. These objectives are overseen by the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, ensuring that the CSR strategy is integrated at all levels of the company. Particular attention is given to employee health and safety, a crucial aspect for Axens as an industrial player, with 2,200 employees, 13 sites and offices worldwide, and 7 industrial sites located in France, the USA, Canada, and Saudi Arabia. The social and environmental ambitions of Axens are embedded at the core of its entire value chain.
The 7 SDGs for which Axens has defined a commitment in 2023 are:
About Axens
The Axens Group (www.axens.net) offers a complete range of solutions for the conversion of oil and biomass into cleaner fuels, the production and purification of major petrochemical intermediates, the chemical recycling of plastics, natural gas treatment and conversion options, water treatment and carbon capture. Their offer includes technologies, equipment, furnaces, modular units, catalysts, adsorbents and related services. Axens is ideally positioned to cover the entire value chain, from feasibility studies to start-up and monitoring of units throughout their lifecycle. This unique position guarantees optimum performance and a reduced environmental footprint. Axens' international offering is based on highly qualified human resources, modern production facilities and an extensive global network for industrial, technical support and sales services. Axens is an IFP Energies Nouvelles Group company.
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