Carine de Boissezon
Chief Impact Officer 

Editorial

The energy transition, essential to achieving carbon neutrality, is an imperative that no stakeholder can afford to ignore. Its challenges must be understood within a complex and interconnected context: securing supply, controlling costs, safeguarding economic competitiveness and fighting against energy poverty. In this complex landscape, EDF fully embraces its role as a committed stakeholder, taking action as part of a just transition approach grounded in ambitious climate goals and shared progress. 

As an industry serving other industries, EDF is in a unique position to make the energy transition a driver of sovereignty and competitiveness. Our mission is to contribute to this shift by enhancing the performance of industrial sectors, by taking action to improve the resilience of territories and providing support for the most vulnerable areas. This commitment is founded on clear values: the safety of our facilities, unwavering respect for the safety and health of our teams, close supervision of our supply chains and corporate social responsibility practices with our employees. Placing people at the heart of our work means fully involving our employees in pursuit of this trajectory, providing them with opportunities for training, career transitions, and the ability to shape their own future. This is the concrete expression of our Raison d’Être: “To build a Net Zero energy future with electricity and innovative solutions and services, to help preserve the planet and foster well-being and economic development.” 

The success of the energy transition will not only be measured by the reductions in carbon emissions, but also by our ability to make it a driver for collective progress and to be good stewards for future generations.
 

Contents

Anticipate the social impacts of the transition

■ Combating energy poverty ■ Implementing our social responsibility ■ working for the resilience of territories ■ exercise our duty of vigilance

Maximize the opportunities of the just transition

■ Supporting our customers in decarbonisation ■ Building attractive career paths ■ Supporting the momentum for sustainable transition in local areas ■ Transforming practices through collective action

Engage in dialogue with stakeholders

■ Consultation: a lever for successful transition ■ Addressing societal challenges with civil society ■ Promoting societal dialogue around projects ■ Mobilising internal stakeholders

Contribute to a systemic transformation

■ Supporting the transition through financial innovation ■ Mobilising the ecosystem for an inclusive and sustainable energy transition

Just Transition Report - EDF