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2014 Registration Document
Social responsibility
2
Action plans
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Reducing Carrefour’s energy waste
and carbon footprint
The Group has set itself an ambitious goal of reducing its CO
2
emissions
by 40% by 2020 in comparison with 2009 in four European countries
– France, Spain, Italy and Belgium. This represents 38% of the Group’s
emissions. The Group is committed to reducing its emissions everywhere
it operates. Through this commitment, the Group is striving to limit its
impact on climate change.
As the Carrefour group’s carbon footprint shows, greenhouse gases
(GHG) linked to store activities are mainly attributable to the energy
the stores use and the refrigerant fluids that keep food cold. These are
the two areas in which the Group is concentrating its efforts.
Carrefour’s policy directly contributes to reducing its carbon footprint.
It includes reducing kWh/m², addressing refrigerant leaks, using natural
fluids to refrigerate food, optimising the transportation of goods, and
adopting a demand-side management approach introduced in 2014
to offer energy producers greater flexibility in consumption. This allows
the producers to regulate production more effectively and thus avoid
more GHG-emitting modes of production.
In 2014, total greenhouse gas emissions (direct and indirect) were
3.58 million t. CO
2
eq. vs. 3.60 million t. CO
2
eq. in 2013, a drop of 0.5%.
Emissions are calculated according to the guidelines in the international
GHG Protocol standard.
KEY FIGURES
45
stores equipped with 100% CO
2
-cooled refrigeration
units
30.5
% reduction in CO
2
emissions linked to refrigerant
and energy consumption by stores in France, Spain,
Belgium and Italy compared to 2009 levels (goal: -40%
by 2020)
GHG EMISSIONS BY SOURCE (IN T. CO
2
EQ.) IN 2014
Scope 1
Refrigerants, Gas and Fuel
1,629.8
45.5%
Scope 2
Electricity
1,643.4
45.9%
Scope 3
Logistics
308.6
8.6%
Like-for-like BUs (scope: 100% of 2014 consolidated sales, excl. VAT).
5
2014 figures verified with a result of reasonable assurance.
GHG EMISSIONS BY ZONE (IN
T.CO 2EQ.)
France
20%
Europe (excluding France)
36%
Asia
25%
Latin America
19%
Like-for-like BUs (scope: 100% of 2014 consolidated sales, excl. VAT).
5
2014 figures verified with a result of reasonable assurance.
2.2.2.4
Waste Reduction/logistics:
optimising the supply chain
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Reducing kilometres travelled
and optimising volumes
The Group is continuing with its programmes to optimise the number of
kilometres travelled and improve logistics.
Cooperation between the logistics and store teams has helped to adapt
order and delivery processes, for example by pooling deliveries to different
store formats in all Group countries. A logistics transformation programme
is underway in France to reduce kilometres travelled by bringing loading
sites and delivery sites closer together with a system of multiformat,
multiproduct warehouses.
In 2012, Carrefour carried out assessments on the optimisation of
distribution lorry loads which led to a project to optimise the loading
volumes. In 2014, a volume indicator was adopted to measure loading
by cubic volume and not only by floor space, boosting loading volume
by +1 to 28%. The loading volume is also being improved by efforts to
reduce and redesign packaging and delivery aids (see below), and in
France, by launching a new stackable metal crate.
The Group has also stepped up the implementation of delivery run
optimisation tools by its carriers in Poland, Argentina, and Italy, countries
with a large proportion of small stores. France, Spain, and Romania will
complete this transition in 2015.
In France, as part of the Group’s Waste Reduction plan, the French
logistics teams have adopted a programme called Opti’Transport, one
of the goals being to optimise and reduce the carbon footprint of the
Supply Chain. The programme calls for operational changes across the
entire chain, including:
■
revising the rules for pallet preparation;
■
adapting and optimising delivery frequency;
■
bringing twin-deck lorries (beam trailers) into use on routes between
warehouses (low rotation).