Why Orange Chose Sweep for Sustainability Software
Orange Group, one of the world’s leading telecommunications and digital service providers, aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2040.
This is not a simple task when dealing with 291 million customers.
Orange has chosen sustainability data management software company Sweep to help its progress towards net zero.
Christel Heydemann, Orange Group’s CEO, says: “Sweep stood out among 22 sustainability software vendors, including major global players.
“They won because they were simply the best.”
Orange’s sustainability challenges
Orange is an enormous global telecoms provider offering 4G, 5G and high-speed broadband services.
It has operations across nearly 200 countries and territories and hundreds of millions of customers.
This broad reach means that the company has a lot of data impacting its sustainability figures.
To achieve its net zero emissions by 2040 goal, Orange aims to reduce its total COâe emissions by 90% and offset the remaining 10% by sequestering carbon in natural sinks.
How Sweep will help
Orange will leverage Sweep’s Carbon and Supply Chain modules in pursuit of this goal.
The modules feature collaborative functionalities including customisable surveys for supplier engagement.
These surveys will, in turn, help Orange’s suppliers to reduce their carbon emissions.
Sweep’s software will also serve as the company’s main interface for regulatory reporting.
Rachel Delacour, Sweep’s CEO and Co-Founder, says: “Sweep has been identified as a leader in sustainability reporting by global software analysts.
“That’s why we are proud to support Orange Group in its ambitious transition plans.
“As one of the world’s most successful telecoms companies, Orange is setting an example of how to create long-term business value beyond its own operations, as well as long-term value for our planet”.
Orange’s sustainability progress
Orange has already made concrete changes to reduce its environmental impact and achieved an emissions reduction of 37% in Scopes 1 and 2 in 2024.
Originally the company aimed to achieve a 30% reduction by 2025, putting it more than a year ahead of schedule.
By 2030, it aims to achieve a 45% reduction across Scopes 1, 2 and 3 before progressing to net zero emissions by 2040.
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Orange extended access to its 5G network to all its 4G customers, significantly cutting energy usage for the amount of data traffic.
It also worked with La Poste to extend the lifespan of network equipment used across the Games through reuse.
“The Olympic Games Paris 2024 have been a unique opportunity to showcase our technical expertise and a true demonstration of the solutions offered to our business clients. I am proud that this top-quality equipment finds a second life with La Poste,” said Aliette Mousnier-Lompré, CEO of Orange Business.
“This partnership illustrates our commitment to a sustainable and connected future. At Orange Business, we are dedicated to helping our clients and partners in their environmental transition and reducing their carbon footprint.”
Orange is working more widely towards a circular economy with collection, repair and refurbishment services being rolled out for mobile phones.
It is also growing its use of renewable energy and achieved 46.6% use in 2023.
Orange Nature was launched in 2021, the first European single-investor carbon fund.
It will invest €50m (US$58.8m) in global carbon capture projects including reforestation and restoring natural ecosystems.
