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Social responsibility
CSR at Carrefour
CSR strategy overview
2.1.2.2
For Carrefour, doing its job well means offering its customers quality
The 39 companies that signed this commitment – which represents
products and a diversified range of food, acting and making 1,200
billion euros in turnover and 4.4 million employees around the
investments to limit the depletion of natural resources, and world – offered their supported to the chair of the COP21 and to the
guaranteeing the sustainability of its products and services.
governments in attendance for signing its ambitious global agreement.
This agreement set the course for the reduction of greenhouse gases
This commitment is carried out by the women and men at Carrefour
that parallels the goal of a +2°C maximum increase in world
(see chapter
2.3.1).
In addition to the action plans related to Human
temperature, as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Resources, three main focal points are leading Carrefour’s CSR strategy:
Climate Change.
working to eliminate all forms of waste
(detailed in section
2.3.2 of
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protecting biodiversity
(detailed in section 2.3.3 of this chapter)
;
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On October
16, 2015, Carrefour announced its commitment by signing
providing support to the Company’s partners
(detailed in
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in support of the “Caring for climate” platform, launched in 2007 by the
section 2.3.4 of this chapter)
.
United Nations Global pact. The signatory companies showed their
commitment on several issues, concerning for example the reduction of
As part of this strategy Carrefour has made various commitments,
CO
2
gas, the adoption of targets, and the publication of annual
covering all social, societal, and environmental aspects, from the
performance figures. Within this framework, Carrefour committed
reduction of CO
2
emissions to waste recycling, including a complete
specifically to setting an internal price on carbon in order to influence
halt to deforestation connected to the supply of wood, soy, beef and
the investment decisions that encourage CO
2
reduction.
palm oil, and training programmes for Carrefour partners
(detailed in
section
2.2.2 of this chapter).
In 2015, emphasis was placed on the Going even further, in December
2015 Carrefour signed the Science
selection of new commitments linked to the environment and the Based Targets Initiatives, along with 114
other companies from
reduction of food waste, in cooperation with the COP21
(detailed in
around the world. The objective of this initiative, conducted by Carbon
section 2.1.2.3 of this chapter).
disclosure project, WRI, WWF, and the Global Compact, is to encourage
companies to commit to objectives based on scientific measures, and
Commitments to climate
2.1.2.3
to check and validate the companies’ CO
2
emissions targets on the
basis of rigorous, scientifically recognized criteria.
“Acting for climate is not just an option. Collective mobilization is
Beyond the Group’s long-term commitment to these initiatives,
imperative. If quality products become rare or completely disappear, our
Carrefour had promoted collective climate change solutions
business will also be threatened”.
Georges Plassat, Chairman and Chief
throughout the year and during the COP21: organising a Food and
Executive Officer of Carrefour, at the Business and Climate Summit
Climate round table in October
2015, participating in discussions on
(Paris, May 20, 2015).
deforestation and agroecology at the COP21, promotion of fresh
products coming from agroecology, working on food waste in stores,
Carrefour mobilisation for an ambitious
etc. Carrefour also supported other efforts launched as part of the
agreement at the COP21
COP21, such as the Hulot Foundation project My positive Impact
(
http://www.mypositiveimpact.org/).
Climate change is a collective challenge and Carrefour is motivating its
CO
2
emission reduction targets for the Group
partners to work together to find solutions to limit climate change. In
2015, due to the political landscape and the international agenda
linked to the COP21, there were many opportunities to embrace this
The Group’s targets for the reduction of CO
2
emissions were set in
commitment.
connection with its climate change commitments throughout 2015
and with the main challenges posed by the agro-food industry. In fact,
The Business and climate summit, the 20
th
of May
2015, gave policy
we make out for Carrefour:
and economic decision-makers a unique opportunity to hold
discussions on the best means of implementing low-carbon solutions
direct sources of CO
2
emissions (scope 1): gas and fuel
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on a global scale. For this occasion, Carrefour has demonstrated the
consumption, use of refrigerants in cooling production plants and
willingness of the Group to develop technological, organizational, and
air conditioning;
financial solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and
indirect sources of CO
2
emissions (scope 2): mainly the
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adapting to the consequences of climate change.
consumption of electricity;
Furthermore, Carrefour was one of the French companies to sign the
external indirect sources of CO
2
emissions (scope 3): related to
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Business Climate Pledge in November 2015.
merchandise transport and to the CO
2
impact of merchandise sold
and distributed by the Group.
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