On their own, they represent half of these greenhouse gas emissions from industry in France, i.e. 10%. The leaders of the 50 most polluting industrial sites in France are expected this Tuesday, at the Élysée, by Emmanuel Macron. While COP 27 (UN climate conference) is currently taking place in Egypt, the Head of State wants to encourage their decarbonization, without risking relocation.
Decarbonize and preserve jobs
“We are in a globalized world with extremely aggressive approaches from other countries which put manufacturers in a certain form of tension”explained a presidential adviser, noting the means deployed by China and the United States to attract industrialists who want to decarbonize. “We have to ensure that investments are made on our industrial sites in France, it is critical both for employment and sovereignty” states, he added, otherwise the sites will be “term doomed”. “What we are looking for above all is both to decarbonize the sites and also to offer them an industrial future”, underlined the Élysée, noting that they represented 30,000 jobs and saying seek “to convince their leaders to embark on massive investments”, which can amount to billions of euros.
Industry accounts for 20% of greenhouse gas emissions in France, particularly in the metallurgy, chemicals, glass and cement sectors.
The 50 most polluting industrial sites in France
- Vicat – Montalieu site, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Isère (38)
- Lafarge Ciments – Teil site, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ardèche (07)
- Trimet – Site of Saint Jean de Maurienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Savoie (73)
- Lafarge Ciments – Val d’Azergues site, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône (69)
- Solvay – Tavaux site, Burgundy-Franche-Comté Jura (39)
- Ciments Calcia – Site of Beffes, Centre-Val de Loire Cher (18)
- Cements Calcia – Site of Villiers-au-Bouin, Centre-Val de Loire Indre-et-Loire (37)
- Ciments Calcia – Couvrot site, Grand Est Marne (51)
- Solvay – Dombasles site, Grand Est Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
- EQIOM – Heming site, Grand Est Lorraine (57)
- Novacarb – Laneuveville-devant-Nancy site, Grand Est Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
- Borealis – Site of Ottmarsheim, Grand Est Haut-Rhin (68)
- Saint-Gobain PAM – Pont-à-Mousson site, Grand Est Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
- Alsachimie – Chalampé site, Grand Est Haut-Rhin (68)
- Sorcy lime kiln company – Sorcy site, Grand Est Meuse (55)
- ArcelorMittal – Florange site, Lorraine Grand Est Moselle (57)
- Vicat – Xeuilley site, Grand Est Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
- HOLCIM – Site of Altkirch, Grand Est Haut-Rhin (68)
- Butachimie – Chalampé site, Grand Est Haut-Rhin (68)
- Cristal Union – Bazancourt site, Grand Est Marne (51)
- ArcelorMittal – Dunkirk site, North Hauts-de-France (59)
- Boulonnais limestone and dolomites – Réty site, Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais (62)
- Versalis France – Mardyck site, Hauts-de-France North (59)
- EQIOM – Lumbres site, Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais (62)
- Roquette Frères SA – Lestrem site, Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais (62)
- Aluminum Dunkirk – Dunkirk site, Hauts-de-France North (59)
- Glass factory of Arques – Site of Arcques, Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais (62)
- Tereos – Origny site, Hauts-de-France Aisne (02)
- Tereos – Lilles site, Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais (62)
- Borealis – Grandpuits site, Ile-de-Fance Seine-et-Marne (77)
- Dugny quarries and lime kilns – Dugny site, Ile-de-Fance Seine-Saint-Denis (93)
- ExxonMobil Chemical France – Gravenchon site, Normandy Seine-Maritime (76)
- TotalEnergies – Gonfreville site, Normandy Manche (50)
- Yara France – Le Havre site, Normandy Seine-Maritime (76)
- Borealis – Grand-Quevilly site, Normandy Seine-Maritime (76)
- Ciments Calcia – Ranville site, Normandy Calvados (14)
- Ciments Calcia – Airvault site, New Aquitaine Deux-Sèvres (79)
- Ciments Calcia – Bussac-Forêt site, New Aquitaine Charente-Maritime (17)
- EQIOM – Rochefort site, France New Aquitaine Charente-Maritime (17)
- Cements Calcia – Beaucaire site, Occitanie Gard (30)
- Lafarge Ciments – Site of Port La Nouvelle, Occitanie Aude (11)
- Lafarge Ciments – Martres Tolosane site, Occitanie Haute-Garonne (31)
- Lafarge Ciments – Site of Saint Pierre La Cour, Pays de la Loire Mayenne (53)
- Lhoist France West – Site of Neau, Pays de la Loire Mayenne (53)
- ArcelorMittal – Site of Fos, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
- Naphtachimie – Lavéra site, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
- LyondellBasell – Berre site (Aubette chemical plant), Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
- Lafarge Ciments – La Malle site, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
- Vicat – Site of Peille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Alpes-Maritimes (06)
- Air Liquide Hydrogen – Lavéra site, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Bouches-du-Rhône (13)