ALTEN, world leader in engineering and IT services, is proud to have maintained its “Platinum” rating awarded by the EcoVadis platform in August 2024. The excellent score of 84/100, an improvement of 2 points compared to 2023, rewards the Group’s commitment to sustainable development.

Since 2009, ALTEN has chosen to compare its ESG performance with best practices via the EcoVadis platform. Constantly improving since then, the rating provided by EcoVadis illustrates the efforts made by ALTEN Group to respond to current social, environmental and societal issues.

Our 3 Pillars of Commitment to Sustainability

01 Human

We celebrate our diverse workforce, representing over 100 nationalities. Our commitment is to cultivate an inclusive environment where every employee can thrive and make meaningful contributions. We prioritize skill development and actively support our talented individuals in their personal and professional growth. 

Inclusive community

Committing to offering equal employment opportunities, creating a discrimination-free working environment and aiming to create and maintain a climate of tolerance and openness through awareness-raising among its employees and stakeholders.

Feminisation of scientific professions

Promoting gender diversity, in particular in the scientific professions. Proactive policies such as recruitment, mentoring, training, performance evaluation and the creation of role models are being implemented to make progress in this area.

Talent management

Valuing skills and never hesitating to entrust responsibilities to young talent. Offering each employee a career path based on merit, with customised support plans tailored to individual expertise and aspirations.

02 Environment

Our mission is to minimize our environmental impact while promoting sustainable growth. We are dedicated to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, a target that shapes our operations and strategic initiatives

Carbon trajectory

Commiting to reduce by 59.8% in absolute value greenhouse gas emissions from scope 1 and 2, and scope 3 emissions by 55.8% in intensity, to achieve the Net-Zero Emissions target by 2050.

Environmental footprint

Using renewable energy, improving the buildings" energy efficiency, promoting sustainable mobility, reducing paper consumption, raising awareness on biodiversity preservation.

Committed actor

Supporting suppliers in their environmental responsibility and committing to having a positive impact on the communities around us by supporting programmes run by foundations and associations in the public interest.

03 Sustainable Innovation

At ALTEN, we view sustainability challenges as opportunities to drive research and innovation. With 31% of our R&D focused on sustainable innovation, we are dedicated to turning these challenges into solutions that create value and propel progress. 

Green IT

Reducing software energy usage by working on code sobriety, eliminating unnecessary functionalities and encouraging reasoned digital consumption in data management.

ALTEN Labs

Through the SMART DIGITAL program, the Group deploys highly complementary research fields across all our customers" sectors, systematically integrating a long-term sustainability approach.

Sustainable industry

Integrating eco-responsibility from product design right through to energy consumption in factories. With the "Smart Factory 4.0" innovation program, ALTEN explores all the founding themes of Industry 4.0, focusing on the transformation of industrial sites. The technologies implemented are integrated with one another to ensure more efficient production in economic, ecological and human terms.

Our Sustainability Journey

01 Environmental Trajectory

ALTEN is determined to reduce its carbon footprint, setting ambitious objectives for 2030 and 2050. These objectives were validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative in 2023 and align with the Paris Agreement, reinforcing our commitment to a sustainable future. 

02 Assessments

03 Extra-Financial Performance

04 Certifications

Together, Building A Better Future

Since ALTEN’s adherence to the United Nations Global Compact in 2010, we have continuously worked to strengthen our social and societal footprint while ensuring to limit our company’s environmental impact. Aware of our role and responsibility, we commit ourselves daily to all our stakeholders. 

“Our international development and our leading position in the Engineering and Technology consulting market give us a social, societal, and environmental responsibility towards all our interlocutors and stakeholders, whether they are employees, staff representative bodies, customers, shareholders, suppliers, partners.”

Simon Azoulay-ALTEN’s Chairman and CEO

Innovation for environment

ALTEN develops innovative solutions to preserve biodiversity. The “AIπGen” project anticipates environmental impacts on health, and in collaboration with STMicroelectronics and Schneider Electric, we innovate to reduce the impact of wind turbines on wildlife. In the UK, ALTEN is looking to develop a tool based on machine learning to analyze satellite images and identify oil palm plantations. 

Innovation for sport

ALTEN’s Sports Science team is dedicated to optimizing the strategies of high-level athletes, while developing equipment and systems specially adapted to each discipline. We rely on physical data from competitions, as well as on the biomechanics and physiology of athletes. With a team of experienced engineers, ALTEN is able to support the greatest athletes using innovative technologies explored in our ALTEN Labs.  

Strengthen the culture of innovation

The ALTEN Labs allow our consultants to commit each year to sustainable innovation projects, thereby enhancing their skills and cultivating an engineering culture focused on sustainability.