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Social responsibility
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Action plans
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Implementing an Energy Management System
(ISO 50001)
In early 2014, the Group, by implementing an efficient energy management
system in partnership with all parties involved and raising awareness
among all its employees, became the first French retailer to obtain
ISO 50001 certification for all its consolidated sites: stores, warehouses
and head offices. Carrefour’s goal is to take this approach even further
by adopting a specific management system for controlling energy
consumption for each format.
KEY FIGURES
In 2014, the energy consumption (electricity, fuel and
gas) of the Group’s stores dropped by
31.1
% (compared
with 2004 levels, perm
2
of sales area)
Goal achieved:
30
% reduction by 2020 compared with
2004 per m
2
of sales area
BREAKDOWN OF STORE ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Electricity
87.3%
Gas
10.3%
Fuel
2.4%
AVERAGE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION IN HYPERMARKETS
Food refrigeration
35%
Air conditioning
25%
Lighting
24%
Food preparation and other areas
16%
Average consumption from a survey.
CHANGE IN STORE ENERGY CONSUMPTION
2014
2013
2012
% vs. 12
Energy consumption – Electricity, Gas and Fuel
(in kg/m
2
of sales area)
552.0
572.2
582.6
(5.2)%
Like-for-like BUs (scope: 100% of 2014 consolidated sales, excl. VAT).
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2014 figures verified with a result of reasonable assurance.
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Reducing emissions from cooling
Refrigerants used to run the positive and negative refrigeration systems
represent the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions
generated by the stores’ activity. To reduce these emissions, the Carrefour
group launched a strategy composed of three phases aiming to:
■
reduce consumption of refrigerant fluids in particular by identifying
and reducing leaks, with the goal of limiting them to 10% of the gas
used in its facilities;
■
eliminate hydrofluorocarbons fluids (HFC): Carrefour has also pledged
to stop using HFC fluids in its new cooling facilities as of 2015 in the
majority of its stores in Europe;
■
gradually equip the Group with closed refrigeration units that can
run on natural fluids.
The Group has launched a diagnostic analysis aimed at measuring fluid
leak rates and identifying their causes so as to introduce corrective
measures. Between 2012 and 2014, the quantity of refrigerant gas
refilled in cooling and air conditioning facilities following leaks dropped
by 4% per m
2
of sales area.
Carrefour is developing alternative systems that use natural fluids like
carbon dioxide (CO
2
), which have a lower impact on climate change and
the ozone layer. Moreover, CO
2
requires very tightly-sealed refrigeration
facilities which significantly reduce leaks. The new-generation equipment
consumes both less fluid and 10% to 20% less electricity.
After the first conclusive tests, when replacements were needed the
Group began to gradually convert facilities that ran on fluorinated fluids
to ones that use scalable mixed CO
2
solutions or 100%CO
2.
This makes
Carrefour a pioneer in its European countries, having rolled out natural
solutions to 170 stores in seven countries as of the end of 2014. Roll-
out of the solution in Brazil also began in 2014, with three stores now
equipped with hybrid systems.
The Group is also developing a fully-integrated air conditioning solution,
which consists of producing cold at a single point for both air conditioning
and food refrigeration. This technique allows stores to eliminate their
consumption of chemical fluids and reduce their energy consumption. A
test took place in Italy in 2014, and three more are planned for Belgium
and France.
2014
2013
2012
% vs. 12
Quantity of refrigerant refilled due to leakage
(kg/1,000m
2
of sales area)
48.7
47.7
50.8
(4.2)%
Like-for-like BUs (scope: 96% of 2014 consolidated sales, excl. VAT) - excluding: HM: AR/SM: AR.