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66 2014 Registration Document
Social responsibility
2
Results
Concerning CO
2
emissions regarding our logistics activity, CO
2
emissions
related to downstream road transport (shipping of merchandise between
warehouses and stores) are taken into account. A conversion rate equal
to 2.6667 kg of emitted CO
2
per litre of fuel consumed, established with
ADEME (the French Environment and Energy Management Agency) is
used. This indicator counts CO
2
emissions related to the transport of
goods between warehouses and stores. The following CO
2
emissions
are not taken into account:
■
emissions generated by spotters;
■
emissions generated during inbound transport of goods to the
warehouse;
■
emissions related to direct deliveries (direct “producer-to-store”
transport of goods without going through a warehouse);
■
emissions related to customer and employee journeys;
■
emissions related to outbound rail transport (mainly in France) and
maritime transport.
Note that “store/warehouse” return trips are only taken into account for
fleets hired for Carrefour’s exclusive use.
For the
Logistics KPI
(CO
2
emissions per unit of transport), in the vast
majority of cases CO
2
emissions related to the transport of goods are
calculated on the basis of distance travelled since there is no actual data
on service providers’ fuel consumption and average consumption by type
of vehicle. Countries where logistics are handled mainly by suppliers are
also excluded from the reporting scope.
Also, pallets (transport units) used for backhauls are not included in the
total number of pallets used in downstream transport.
In some cases, the KPIs may involve an estimation (as with the energy
and water consumption indicators, which are calculated on the amount
billed at an average price per kWh or cubic metre). In other cases, the
BUs must specify and justify the relevance of the assumptions used in
making estimates.
For the
Energy KPI
, the quantity of energy published corresponds to
the quantity purchased and not the quantity actually consumed for fuel
and gas (15% of the energy consumed by the stores).
For the
Water KPI
, the published quantity of water corresponds mainly
to the quantity of water purchased. Depending on the country, water
collected by some stores through drilling may not be counted when
there is no charge for its withdrawal. In addition, in some cases, there is
an insignificant overvaluation of consumption (consumption of water for
the shopping centre, costs related to and indissociable from the costs
of water consumption).
Refrigerant Fluids KPI
: any leaks that may have occurred prior to a
change of equipment are not quantified in the reporting. They correspond
to emissions generated between the last maintenance operation and
replacement of the unit. The impact is insignificant at Group level thanks
to both regular monitoring of the units and the staggered timetable for
their replacement. Note that the mass balances are not systematically
carried out each time the fluid is reloaded or at year-end. For BUs that
purchase and store fluids in advance, reports on year-N consumption
include fluid still stored in containers.
Waste KPI
: the chosen reporting scope included BUs that use waste
collection companies, which provide information about the tonnage of
waste removed. Generally speaking, when waste is collected directly
by local authorities, no information is available. When waste is collected
and grouped at the warehouses, the corresponding quantities are not
systematically included in the reporting.
Considering the methodological limitations outlined above and the
difficulties in gathering data, the reporting scope may vary depending
on the indicator. For each indicator that pertains to a limited scope, the
scope is specified. For analysing any changes in the indicators, we factor
out all BUs for which we lack data for one of the comparison years.
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Product Data
Number of listed organic products:
the number of listed organic or
eco-friendly products reported pertains to the number of identified organic
items, labelled by outside third parties, among own-brand products
whose sales during the year were not zero. The number of Group listed
products corresponds to the sum of the listed products sold in each
country. With regard to fabrics, colours are differentiated but not sizes.
Fair-trade products:
since the fair-trade product label does not exist in
all countries where the Group operates, this indicator includes unlabelled
products for which the procedure used is similar to that required for
labelling. This applies in particular to direct purchases of products sold
in China.
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Human Resources Information
Employees at the end of the period:
those employed by the Company
under an employment contract (excluding interns and suspended
contracts) as of 31 December.
Workplace accidents:
for some BUs for which data is obtained based
on the payroll tool, the number of workplace accidents with stoppage is
estimated according to the hours of absence due to a workplace accident.
Limitation related to current legislation:
the definition of certain
indicators (workplace accidents, employees declared as disabled
workers) is defined by the laws in effect in each country, which may
cause discrepancies in the method used.
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Methods of data collection,
consolidation and control
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Reporting period
Reporting is performed once annually for the management report
submitted to the Board of Directors for approval.
The period used for the annual reporting is the calendar year (1 January
to 31 December) for human resources indicators.
Starting in 2012, to meet the requirements of Article 225 of Grenelle II,
the indicators corresponding to the stores, merchandise and logistics
are now calculated over a 12-month, year-on-year period running from
October to September. In the analyses, these figures are considered
comparable with the data presented over a calendar year for previous
years.