As Low-carbon Business Development Manager at VINCI Energies France – Facilities Sud Centre Est, Nicolas Galet leads a network of experts in a new field: carbonologists, whose role is to accelerate decarbonisation in the field.

The engineer explains that “The long-term objective is for every employee in our business units to assimilate our current low-carbon approach so it can be offered to all our customers for their own decarbonisation.”

Having begun his career with the Eiffage Group, he joined Actemium Lyon Process Solutions in 2016. Four years later, Pierre-Yves Dehaye, CEO of VINCI Energies France – Facilities Sud Centre Est, offered him a “visionary project” to make carbon the new unit of measurement for business activity while retaining a resolutely commercial focus. He would become the project’s linchpin. Nicolas Galet’s task included building a network of carbonologists. They have a double mission to lead by example and be proactive with customers in terms of carbon.

The “Carbonologist-in-Chief” believes that “Carbon support is a jumping-off point for addressing all the other environmental issues such as water, the circular economy and biodiversity. The appeal of this role is the real impact it has on transforming business models, on our employees, on our customers and ultimately, on the planet.”