Partnership with France’s ADEME integrates climate disclosures from 4,500+ French companies reported under a national mandatory framework into the Climate Data Utility

April 15, 2026 (Paris) – Sylvain Waserman, Chairman and CEO of France’s ADEME and Mary L. Schapiro, Chair of the Climate Data Steering Committee (CDSC), today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to expand global access to high-quality, standardized climate-related data through the Climate Data Utility (the Utility).

Through this landmark partnership with ADEME, and with the support of the French government, the Climate Data Utility will expand its global public repository of company-level climate data by integrating greenhouse gas emissions and targets data from over 4,500 French companies. This integration marks the first time climate disclosures collected under a national mandatory reporting framework will be made available through the Utility – a significant step toward expanding the platform’s coverage to jurisdictionally-sourced data.

“France has been at the forefront of climate disclosure, and this partnership demonstrates how jurisdictions can play a critical role in expanding the availability of reliable climate-related data,” said Mary L. Schapiro, Chair of the Climate Data Steering Committee. “With ADEME, we are helping ensure that decision-makers have better access to the information they need to understand and manage climate-related financial risk.”

“This partnership marks an important step in extending the use of climate data collected by ADEME through the mandatory greenhouse gas emissions assessments (BEGES) framework,” said Sylvain Waserman, Chairman and CEO, ADEME. “With the integration of French company-level climate disclosures into the Climate Data Utility, ADEME is building on our long-term commitment to open climate data by expanding that data’s global accessibility, increasing its reach and impact.”

“By making nationally-collected corporate climate data accessible through the Climate Data Utility, France demonstrates its commitment to strengthening the transparency and usability of climate disclosures,” said Bertrand Dumont, Director General of the French Treasury and member of the Climate Data Steering Committee. “As the first jurisdiction to take this step, France is also calling on other countries to follow suit in order to enhance the quality and comparability of climate disclosures across markets.”

Accessible, high-quality, and comparable climate data is critical for companies, financial institutions, policymakers, investors, academics, and other stakeholders to assess climate-related risks and opportunities. France has been a leader in advancing climate data transparency, most notably through its support for open, structured, and digitized reporting via ADEME’s Bilan d’Émissions de Gaz à Effet de Serre (BEGES) database. The database’s digitized format makes the data readily accessible and enables seamless integration into the Climate Data Utility, supporting broader use.

The BEGES database is based on reporting required under Article 173 of France’s Energy Transition Law, which mandates certain French companies and public entities to disclose greenhouse gas emissions, targets, and related information. Companies that are not required to do so can also choose to publish their greenhouse gas emissions data on the platform on a voluntary basis. France is the first country to contribute this type of nationally collected corporate climate data to the Utility, setting a precedent for other jurisdictions.

The Climate Data Utility – formerly the Net-Zero Data Public Utility – is a centralized public repository that brings together corporate climate disclosures from multiple sources. By making data accessible in a consistent format, the Utility helps users compare information across companies and markets.

As new country-specific disclosure requirements are implemented around the world, the Utility aims to work with additional jurisdictions to ensure core climate data points identified by the CDSC as critical to the public good are made accessible in a common location and format, enhancing the data’s discoverability, comparability, and usability. 

The BEGES data is expected to be available on the Climate Data Utility in Summer 2026.

About the Climate Data Steering Committee (CDSC)

The Climate Data Steering Committee (CDSC) was established in 2022 by French President Emmanuel Macron and United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions Michael R. Bloomberg. Chaired by Mary Schapiro, the CDSC brings together global policymakers, regulators, and international organizations, informed by data providers and civil society, to improve access to standardized climate data.

The CDSC works to ensure that key company-level data disclosed by the private sector is accessible for use by a broad set of stakeholders, including through the development of the Climate Data Utility, a global, centralized, open repository for corporate climate data.

Visit climatedatasc.org or climatedatautility.org for more information.

Media Contacts:

press@climatedatasc.org