How BNP Paribas launched its application “Yuka” with Sopht

In today’s economic landscape, companies, particularly sector leaders, are increasingly aware of their environmental responsibility.

But how can this commitment be implemented when operating on an international scale, with complex IT systems and hundreds of applications?

This is the challenge that BNP Paribas took on by partnering with Sopht to make its digital infrastructure more responsible.

A strong commitment to responsible digital

This banking group, committed since 2018 to reducing its environmental impact, particularly through fighting plastic pollution and promoting soft mobility, extended its climate strategy to its IT teams in 2021. This proactive approach enabled its IT department to obtain the prestigious NR2 label in late 2023, recognizing its ability to combine technological performance and energy efficiency. Digital is now seen as a central lever for a more sustainable future.

The challenge: measuring and reducing the environmental impact of applications

With a vast and complex application portfolio, the challenge was significant: how to identify the most energy-intensive applications? How to raise awareness among teams and give them the means to act? The idea emerged to create a true “Yuka for applications”, an intuitive tool to measure the environmental impact of each application.

Sopht and the EcoScore

This is where Sopht came into play. The project was built in several phases:

1. Identifying data sources and mapping applications
2. Multi-source data collection: implementing a collection strategy for identified points
3. Defining the EcoScore: methodological alignment with ESG teams and tool configuration
4. Management dashboard: extending the collection scope and deploying to application owners

The EcoScore is an innovative tool, represented by a logo based on a 5-color scale (from A to E), which measures the environmental impact of applications. Its calculation is based on precise metrics of application portfolio performance, taking into account energy consumption, waste production, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Promising results and significant savings

Thanks to this solution implemented with Sopht, the banking group has achieved concrete results and identified major improvement opportunities:

• Over 100 applications are now monitored by several teams
• A potential reduction of 28% in CO2 emissions has been identified
• A potential cost reduction of €126,000 per year has been highlighted

As the group’s Green IT Manager emphasizes: “From the earliest design stages of our digital assets, we are committed to controlling the environmental impact of our IT infrastructure. With this in mind, we partnered with Sopht to implement a solution for measuring the carbon footprint of our applications, in line with our sustainable development commitments.”

This testimony perfectly illustrates how a structured approach and appropriate tools, such as those offered by Sopht, can transform an environmental commitment into concrete and measurable actions, paving the way for a more sustainable and efficient IT infrastructure.