Streamline Your French Carbon Footprint Declaration with Paperform

For businesses operating in France, the Bilan Carbone (carbon footprint assessment) isn't just good practice—it's a regulatory requirement for many organisations. Companies with over 500 employees (or 250 in French overseas territories) must conduct and report their greenhouse gas emissions every four years under Article L. 229-25 of the French Environmental Code.

This French Carbon Footprint Declaration template simplifies the complex process of collecting emissions data, calculating your carbon footprint across Scopes 1, 2, and 3, and preparing the documentation needed for ADEME (Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Énergie) submission.

Built for French regulatory compliance

This template is designed specifically for French businesses navigating environmental reporting obligations. It captures essential company information including SIRET numbers, addresses mandatory emission categories, and structures your reduction plan in line with French regulatory expectations. Whether you're a manufacturing company, logistics provider, retail chain, or professional services firm subject to Bilan Carbone requirements, this form guides your team through the data collection process systematically.

Calculate emissions with built-in logic

Rather than wrestling with spreadsheets, this form uses Paperform's calculation engine to automatically compute emissions totals across different categories—from energy consumption and company vehicles to business travel, freight, and employee commuting. You can input activity data in familiar units (kWh, litres of fuel, kilometres travelled) and let the form handle the conversion to CO2 equivalent tonnes.

Coordinate data collection across departments

Carbon footprint assessments require input from multiple teams—facilities management, fleet coordinators, procurement, travel managers and finance. With Paperform, you can share a single branded form that everyone can access, embed it in your intranet, or send targeted links to specific departments. All submissions flow into one dashboard where you can review, export, and compile the complete picture before finalising your regulatory report.

Connect your workflow with Stepper

Once you've collected emissions data, you need to act on it. Use Stepper to automatically route completed assessments to sustainability managers, trigger approval workflows for reduction plans, log submissions in project management tools like Notion or Monday.com, and send summary reports to executive stakeholders. Stepper keeps your environmental compliance workflow moving without manual handoffs or forgotten follow-ups.

Secure, compliant, and audit-ready

With SOC 2 Type II compliance, data residency controls, and robust access management, Paperform ensures that your environmental data is collected and stored securely. Export submissions as PDFs for regulatory filing, maintain clear audit trails, and rest assured that your sensitive company information meets the same security standards as your financial and HR systems.

Whether you're preparing your first Bilan Carbone or streamlining an established reporting cycle, this template gives you a professional, efficient foundation for French carbon footprint compliance—without the complexity of traditional environmental software.