Acorus
Discover how Acorus used Climate Dividends to boost employee engagement in the company's transition and to negotiate better debt interest rates.
Acorus
For almost 30 years, the Acorus Group has specialized in eco-renovation. This French mid-sized company maintains, renovates and rehabilitates real-estate assets to improve the lives of occupants, the durability of assets and their value. Always with an environmental approach to minimize the impact of its worksites and reduce the carbon footprint of its buildings. With 1,900 committed employees, Acorus recorded consolidated sales of 285 million euros in 2024, and continues to grow.
Motivations to join
Philippe:
We joined the Climate Dividends initiative from the beginning 3 main reasons.
First - to measure our avoided emissions. For a while, having an activity that avoids emissions, we wanted to measure them but couldn’t find a reliable metric to do so. That's why we joined the initiative from the beginning.
Second - to engage with our financial partners on the topic, both our banks and our shareholders. Climate Dividends are a great way to have precise and insightful discussions on our company's positive impact with those partners.
Third - to engage our employees in our decarbonization mission. We have discovered that the perspective to maximize our positive impact was much more exciting and engaging for our employees rather than just focusing on reducing our footprint. Both efforts are obviously complementary, but Climate Dividends helps us motivate everyone!
Lower debt interest rates
Philippe:
We had the idea to include Climate Dividends in our contractual relationship with our banks. A small fraction of our acquisition debt includes an environmental incentive and we recommend using Climate Dividends for this incentive. This environmental incentive allows us, depending on the targets we reach every year, to lower our debt interest rates.
This incentive is not "massive" right now, but it’s a start and we expect all debts of this type in the future to include such indicators. It’s a good way to prepare for the future!
Benefits of using Climate Dividends
Don’t be "reduced" to your sole carbon footprint anymore. Prove your climate contribution through a standardized Protocol and a transparent and audited process.
Our experienced team supports you through the removed or avoided emissions assessment and we provide dedicated resources and tools - sectoral methodologies, use cases, Excel templates…
Communicate and report your positive contribution to global decarbonisation to external and internal stakeholders without the risk of being accused of greenwashing. Strengthen your brand image with a strong communication asset.
Use Climate Dividends as solid proof of your climate performance to attract impact investors more easily (easier environmental due diligence) and to lower your cost of capital (green bonds, lower banking fees).
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