LCL is committed to achieving healthy growth with sustainability at its core. For the company, sustainability is more than just a concept—it’s a driving force for meaningful action. It aims to embed sustainability into every facet of its operations, striving to grow its business while creating positive impacts for its customers, partners, society, and the planet.
Like many companies, LCL faces various challenges on its ESG transformation journey to becoming a sustainability leader. One of their primary obstacles is reducing CO2 emissions while continuing to grow, with a goal of cutting emissions from their data centers by 42% by 2030. Additionally, they aim to source 40% of their energy from self-generated green sources across all LCL data enters by 2030.
LCL’s remarkable transformation started with a foundational materiality assessment to identify key priorities, followed by the adoption of an ESG framework. This created a comprehensive ESG roadmap, paving the way for their first ESG report in June 2022. As the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) came into force in 2024, LCL deepened their transformation journey, intensifying efforts to embed sustainability across all aspects of their operations. A pivotal step was the double materiality assessment, which redefined 14 key sustainability themes material to the company. Building on this, they released a more robust second sustainability report, showcasing significant improvements in transparency and reporting depth. Through a comprehensive CSRD gap analysis, LCL aligned their policies, actions, and targets with the Directive’s requirements, marking a transformative shift toward more comprehensive and accountable ESG practices that position the company for long-term impact.
