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Social responsibility
Action programs
Carrefour encourages the implementation of recovery solutions aimed Food-related products with no resale value (damaged packaging or
at the resale of recyclable waste, like cardboard, plastic, organic waste used-by-date products, for example) are turned into organic waste,
or wood. For example, in 2015, 68% of cardboard/paper waste was
representing 14% in 2015, a figure that has been constantly on the
recovered, amounting to 2 pt less than in 2014.
rise since 2013 with the development of methanisation and
composting services.
% of evolution
Waste recycled by type of waste
2015
2014
2013
between 2013 and 2015
TOTAL
(in thousands of tons)
412.6
401.8
379.0
8.9%
Cardboard/paper waste
68%
70%
74%
Food donations
10%
10%
9%
Organic waste
14%
12%
9%
Other waste
(wood, neon, ink cartridges, cooking oils,
8%
8%
8%
metals, food waste donated to animal associations)
Like-for-like BUs (scope 90% of 2015 consolidated sales, excl. VAT) – excluding: HM: AR / SM: AR, IT.
Finally, to facilitate sorting and recycling of Carrefour products by customers, the Group has set up collection points at its hypermarkets and
supermarkets. The waste that is recovered in-store from customers largely consists of batteries.
Quantity of recycled waste – returned by customers
% of evolution
(tons)
2015
2014
2013
between 2013 and 2015
Batteries
0.8
0.9
0.9
(7.2)%
Other end-of-life products
10.6
6.1
7.3
45.7%
Key developments
Finally, assistance was sought from an outside firm to help the Market
stores find local partners to increase their waste sorting capacities.
Various initiatives were implemented at local level in 2015, depending
on voluntarily formed partnerships and national regulations in force.
Carrefour Romania installed 20
recycling stations in its car parks with
the organisation Sigurec. Consumers can thus recycle 10 different
In France, several initiatives were launched. A tool was established to
types of waste in return for store vouchers.
help compile wastage data and better oversee waste recovery. The aim
is to define a waste production model to understand which criteria In Poland, in-store organic waste is sent to composting plants. More
have the greatest impact on production. Elsewhere, new sorting outlets
than 80
stores had adopted this approach by the end of 2015.
were developed in 2015, enabling the sorting of hangers, pallets, office
paper and hard plastics.
Combatting climate change
2.3.2.3
Action plan
Commitment
Targets
Key indicator
2015
2014
progress
Combatting climate change
Reduce our CO
2
emissions
% reduction
(29.7)
(28.5)
by 40% by 2025, and by 70%
in CO
2
emissions
by 2050,
vs
. 2010
versus
2010
Legend:
Action plans in progress
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