Turn your professions into a lever for impactful transformation
Axys: your partner for integrating CSR into the core of your business
CSR should not be limited to a dedicated department: it must permeate all strategic business lines in order to have a tangible impact and contribute fully to the ecological and social transition.
Purchasing, finance, HR, marketing… each function has key levers to generate a positive impact: reducing emissions, optimizing resources, and promoting inclusion. Making your business lines key players in responsible transformation means securing your performance, anticipating ESG risks, and creating sustainable value.
With Axys, a firm specializing in sustainable transformation, we turn your business lines into drivers of your CSR strategy. We support your Purchasing, Finance, HR, and CSR departments in integrating sustainability into the heart of decisions and processes, in compliance with regulations (CSRD, EU Taxonomy, duty of care).
Through targeted CSR training and awareness-raising initiatives, we help your teams adopt responsible practices and generate a positive impact across the entire value chain.
Our CSR convictions
Transforming Business Functions: From Compliance to Positive and Lasting Impact
Every business function has levers to make sustainable transformation tangible, far beyond regulatory requirements. Procurement can reduce up to 70% of Scope 3 emissions (ADEME), while finance guides decisions by integrating ESG externalities. Human Resources play a key role by developing ESG skills and anticipating work adaptation in a +3°C world.
This evolution is no longer optional: it is essential to align strategy, operations, and sustainable impact, secure performance, and meet the challenges of ecological and social transition.
Reliable ESG Data is Key
to Driving and Financing
the Transition
Reliable ESG data is key to succeeding in your CSR strategy and driving sustainable transformation. Structuring and automating data collection helps anticipate regulations such as CSRD and access sustainable financing. Specifically, companies that invest in integrated ESG reporting systems are 30% more likely to implement credible Net Zero plans.
In short, the reliability of ESG data forms the foundation of any CSR strategy to manage performance, anticipate ESG risks, and strengthen stakeholder trust.
Integrating CSR at the Core of Business
Functions to Improve
Performance
Integrating CSR into business functions generates tangible results: +20% in HR performance, +9% in supplier relationships, and +8% in Governance.
More broadly, companies that place sustainability at the heart of their model achieve +13% profitability while reducing operational risks by up to 30% (France Stratégie, EcoVadis).
CSR should not be viewed as a cost but as a strategic investment: a driver of sustainable growth, a lever to anticipate ESG risks, seize opportunities, and foster innovation.
Our CSR supports
Axys supports you in the operational transformation of your organization’s key functions to integrate CSR into the heart of your strategy and generate a lasting impact. Our approach aims to turn your departments into drivers of performance, resilience, and responsible innovation.
Responsible Purchasing: Sustainability and Inclusivity
We support you in all your projects aimed at transforming the Purchasing function into a real lever for sustainability and inclusiveness throughout your value chain, thanks to concrete solutions:
- Structuring the Purchasing function around responsible purchasing to align strategy and sustainable impact.
- Management and continuous improvement of commitments to responsible purchasing.
- Inclusive sourcing: ESS, ESAT, local suppliers to strengthen social and territorial impact.
- Reducing the carbon footprint of purchases: decarbonization of Scope 3 and support for reduction plans.
- Operational support: vigilance plan, audits, and regulatory compliance
Sustainable Finance: Resilience of the Business Model
We support you in all your projects aimed at meeting global performance challenges and strengthening the resilience of your business model through several types of support:
- Non-financial reporting and CSRD/VSME compliance to meet regulatory requirements and enhance transparency.
- Selection and implementation of ESG data management solutions to ensure reliable data collection and automated reporting.
- Calculation and reporting of the EU Taxonomy to align your activities with European sustainability criteria.
- Implementation of multi-capital accounting to integrate environmental, social, and economic impacts into your decisions.
- Redesign of the management model to align strategy, operations, and sustainability.
CSR function: the foundation
of sustainable performance
We support you in structuring your CSR function, whatever your level of maturity, to make it a real lever for sustainable performance, resilience, and responsible innovation, thanks to concrete solutions:
- CSR maturity assessment to identify your strengths and areas for improvement.
- Definition of CSR governance to clarify roles and ensure effective management.
- Help in choosing business tools and specialized partners to optimize your processes.
- Promotion of the initiative through reports, labels, and certifications (e.g., EcoVadis).
- CSR First Steps Program for companies that are just starting out and want to structure their approach.
CSR Training and Awareness: ensuring
your teams develop their skills
We provide tailored support in training and raising awareness among your executive committee, line managers, business experts, and employees in order to integrate sustainability into the heart of your strategy and practices. Our programs cover all your needs:
- Introductory awareness of the fundamentals of CSR to lay the groundwork.
- Specific modules on key issues: biodiversity, climate, diversity & inclusion, human rights in the value chain.
- Definition and structuring of CSR strategy: action plan, materiality analysis, links between CSR, performance, and innovation, ISO 26000 standard.
- Regulatory breakdown: CSRD, VSME, CS3D, duty of care, MACF.
- Professional training courses: Responsible purchasing, Sustainable finance, Responsible digital technology, CSR management.
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Vincent MARTEGOUTTE
Partner BU Purchases
Our support for Sustainable Transformation
structure your
CSR function :
We put our expertise in organizational transformation at the service of your CSR function.
The goal? Master key topics, steer your strategy, and activate your ecosystem to make your CSR function a lever for a resilient and innovative organization committed to responsible transformation.
Sustainable purchasing
The correct definition, prioritization and monitoring of non-financial performance indicators are essential for reporting on CSR initiatives. And to assess the progress made.
Sustainable Finance
Relevant definition and monitoring of non-financial performance indicators are essential for reporting on CSR measures implemented and assessing progress made.
Since the NRE law and, more recently, the PACTE law, issues relating to Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have been shaking up the operational models (partnership vigilance, circularity, etc.) and financial models (cost of capital, expenditure on reducing carbon impact, etc.) of large organizations.
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We answer your questions
Where to start when structuring a CSR strategy?
To develop a CSR strategy that has a real and positive impact, start by assessing your ESG (environmental, social, economic) impact. Identify your priority issues through a materiality analysis and align them with your purpose and business objectives. Next:
- Set clear and measurable goals (CO₂ reduction, diversity, responsible purchasing).
- Involve stakeholders (employees, suppliers, customers) from the outset.
- Define a roadmap with concrete actions together with your business experts.
- Communicate and train your teams to ensure buy-in.
A well-structured CSR strategy improves overall business performance by an average of +13% in profitability and reduces operational risks by up to 30% (France Stratégie, EcoVadis).
How can you perform a dual materiality analysis and use it as a strategic management tool?
The dual materiality analysis is based on two axes:
- Materiality of impact: your effects on the environment and society.
- Financial materiality: how ESG issues affect your performance.
Why is this strategic?
Companies that integrate double materiality improve their access to sustainable financing and their ESG ratings, which can reduce the cost of capital by 10 to 20% according to sector studies. It also enables them to prioritize investments, anticipate operational risks across their value chain, and identify opportunities.
What are the concrete benefits of a responsible purchasing policy?
Adopting responsible purchasing generates tangible benefits:
- Reduce supplier-related risks (environmental, social, reputational) across its entire supply chain
- Strengthening the resilience of supply chains in the face of crises (health, climate, social, geopolitical)
- Carbon impact: responsible purchasing is a major lever for reducing Scope 3 emissions, which often account for a large proportion of a company’s total emissions.
The purchasing function plays a central role in the transformation of businesses. Adopting a responsible purchasing policy means choosing a more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient approach to development.
What is the role of the CFO in sustainable finance and the ESG transformation of the company?
The CFO is now a key player in the sustainable transition:
- ESG reporting manager: ensuring data reliability and compliance (CSRD, ESRS, IFRS S2).
- Management of climate and regulatory risks in financial statements.
- Access to sustainable financing (green bonds, sustainability-linked loans).
- Aligning investments with ESG strategy.
The CFO becomes a Sustainable Business Partner, ensuring the reliability of ESG data and regulatory compliance, while reducing climate-related financial risks.
How can CSR data be made more reliable and integrated into systems?
To ensure the reliability of CSR data:
- Centralize information in a single repository.
- Automate collection via your ERP or dedicated tools (EPM, ESG solutions).
- Ensure traceability and auditability to meet regulatory requirements.
- Train your teams in data quality and standards (ESRS, GRI).
Reliable data is essential for credible reporting, avoiding greenwashing, and driving sustainable performance to ensure ecological and social transition.