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Reducingand recoveringwaste
Carrefour works with its suppliers to
reduce packaging at the sourcewhen it is
not needed to pack, transport, protect
or preserve the products. For example,
cardboard boxes used for transport are
gradually being replaced by reusable
plastic trays. Significant efforts have also
been made to reduce the use of paper,
check-out bags and plastic.
Inevery country, Carrefour’s teams look for
solutions based on a circular economic
model and local wastemanagement, with
one clear objective: recover 100% of its
waste. The company takes an overall
approach, covering theentire lifecycleand
all sources of waste, such as themethani-
sation of organic waste produced by
stores and the creation of partnerships
with eco-organism.
Raisingcustomer awareness
In stores or at home, Carrefour provides
customerswithwaste reduction solutions.
These includepromotionsonnon-standard
products and those with short use-by
dates, more loose product sales, transfor-
ming fruit and vegetables into soups,
events and dedicated websites to teach
customers how to effectively manage
their refrigerator, recipe suggestions for
leftovers, and incentives tosort and recycle
different products.
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/
3
OF GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION
INTENDED FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION IS WASTED
EVERY YEAR
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
DIDYOU
KNOW?
Carrefour
is the first French
retailer to have
received
ISO 50001
certification.
The international
standard
recognises the
Group’s effective
energy policy.
Installation
of closed
refrigeration
units resulted
in an average
18% reduction
in energy
consumption
in a store.
The installation
of energy-efficient
lighting resulted
in a 50% to 80%
reduction in
associated energy
consumption.
Over 280,000
tonnes of
cardboard boxes
and paper were
recycled in 2014.
64.8% of store
waste was
recycled in 2014
(+10.7% vs 2012).
In 2014,
Carrefour
received the
Prix Anti-Gaspi
(anti-waste
award) from the
French Ministry
of Agriculture,
recognising the
Group’s efforts to
fight food waste.
As a result of
the company’s
policy, energy
consumption at
Carrefour stores
fell 31.1% over
10 years (2014
vs 2004).
By 2017,
Carrefour
will deploy
200 delivery
lorries that
run on
biomethane
in large French
cities (Paris,
Lyon, Bordeaux,
Marseille and
Lille).
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