1. Visualize trajectories
A trajectory represents the potential reductions made possible by the actions selected. It's a graph that shows whether or not the objective has been reached. Let's take a look at the page options:
Objective (box 1): selects the target with which you wish to compare the effects of the scenario's actions
ex: view “All scopes with growth” objectiveScenario (box 2): selects the scenario to be displayed in the graph
ex: display “focus vehicles” scenarioObjective completion (box 3): this is the result of the scenario and the objective! The percentage (here -46%) represents the emission reduction. It needs to be compared with the target above (-30%).
ex: shows whether the “focus vehicles” scenario meets the “All scopes with growth” objectiveObjective completion with projected growth (box 4): this is the result of the scenario and the objective, taking into account the emissions generated by the projected growth of the company! The percentage (here -20%) represents the target completion rate.
Chart type (box 5): to select the view to be displayed. The options are :
Reduction by action
Reduction by year
Emissions per year
Nb: only the Reduction per year and Emissions per year charts display the emissions generated by the projected growth. The Reduction per action doesn't take growth emissions into account. It allows an absolute view of each emission impact.
2. Adjust the trajectories
Under the graphs is a table summarizing the selected actions. It allows you to :
understand the impact of actions in the “Details” section
modify actions (start and end dates and tracking metrics) to adjust trajectories.
Time to finalize actions!
Once you've made your final choices, you can download the Climate Strategy report by clicking on “Download the report” at the very top of the page.
Congratulations, you've established your climate strategy! 🎉
Appendix: calculation details with projected growth
Appendix: calculation details with projected growth
To summarise:
The percentage of growth is applied to the impact of the actions. So if an action initially had an impact of -100 tCO2eq and growth is 5%, it will have an impact of -105 tCO2eq.
In detail:
Let's take a concrete example,
Initial assumptions
initial emissions: 100,000 tCO2eq
start year of trajectory: 2025
end year: 2028
action A: replace steel with recycled steel
reduction: -30,000 tCO2eq
period: 2026 - 2028
action B: introduce teleworking
reduction: -3,000 tCO2eq
period: 2026 - 2028
Total emissions without reduction, applying an annual growth rate of 10% (tCO2eq)
2025: 100,000
2026 : 110 000
2027 : 121 000
2028 : 133 100
Calculation steps with 10% annual growth
1. Calculation of the percentage reduction for each action
reduction per action [%]
= reduction per action [t] / initial emissions [t]
action A: -30,000 / 100,000 = -30
action B: -3,000 / 100,000 = -3%
2. Calculation of the reduction for each action taking growth into account
reduction per action with growth [t]
= final emissions with growth [t] * reduction per action [%]
action A: 133,100 * -30% = -39,330
action B: 133,100 * -3% = -3,993
3. Calculation of annual reduction
the impact of each action is smoothed over the period of the trajectory
the impact of each action is added to the other actions
annual reduction with growth [t]
= sum for each action (reduction per action with growth [t] / number of years)
2026: (-39,330 / 3) + (-3,993 / 3) = -14,441
2027 : (-39 330 / 3) + (-3 993 / 3) = -14 441
2028 : (-39 330 / 3) + (-3 993 / 3) = -14 441
Final emissions:
per action: 133,100 - 39,330 (A) - 3,993 (B) = 89,777 tCO2eq
per year: 133,100 - 14,441 (2026) - 14,441 (2027) - 14,441 (2028) = 89,777 tCO2eq