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Social responsibility
Action programs
Antigaspi Transport
Action plan
Commitment
Targets
Key indicator
2015
2014
progress
Combatting climate
Reduce our CO
2
emissions
% reduction
(14.3)
(15.1)
change
linked to transport by 30%
in CO
2
emissions
by 2025,
vs
. 2010
per shipping unit
(kg/pallet),
vs
. 2010
Legend:
Action plans in progress
Carrefour’s Policy
Preventing pollution
The reduction of CO
2
emissions linked to transport is a key Supply
Developing more CO
2
efficient solutions also involves modernising the
Chain target. Carrefour is working on three levels to reduce CO
2
fleet, with less polluting and less noisy lorries, notably in France.
emissions: by optimising the use of shipping space (aluminium pallets,
The issue of noise pollution came to the forefront in 2015. Carrefour
packaging, palletising, etc.), optimising kilometres travelled (Supply
France has set a number of objectives, such as introducing silent
Chain transformation project, shipping optimisation tool, etc.) and
night-time deliveries in cities (Certibruit, Club Démeter) for the
non-diesel alternative means of transport (biomethane, river, rail,
comfort of local residents; responding to the needs of local authorities;
electric, hybrid, etc.).
and supporting the development of urban stores by creating added
Optimising loading capacity
value. In this regard, in 2015, three stores were awarded
noise-reduction labels, and ten more were being remodelled across
The Group is pursuing its programmes to optimise the number of
France.
kilometres travelled and improve the efficiency of its logistical
operations. Cooperation between the logistics and store teams has
Working in partnership with shipping suppliers
helped to streamline order and delivery processes, by pooling deliveries
The
Cercle des transporteurs
is a platform for interaction and
to different store formats in all Group countries, for example. A
collaboration that was originally initiated between Carrefour France
logistics transformation programme is underway in France, with the
and its strategic shipping suppliers in 2011. Its purpose is to develop
aim, among others, of reducing kilometres travelled by bringing
and test shipping innovations, while integrating CSR principles.
loading and delivery sites closer together, through the implementation
Twenty-two private shipping suppliers, who together provide a third of
of a system of multiformat, multiproduct warehouses.
Carrefour Supply Chain France’s shipping activity, are represented by
In 2012, Carrefour carried out assessments on the optimisation of
the Circle. The Circle’s Charter lays the foundations for a sustainable,
distribution lorries, by measuring the volumetric loading rate. This led efficient and competitive collaboration with its strategic partners, by
to the initiation of a project designed to optimise the loading volumes
defining areas for joint progress.
of store distribution lorries. In 2014, a volumetric indicator was
The
Objectif CO
2
Charter, a commitment that Carrefour first signed
adopted in France, to measure the volumetric loading by rate (and not
with ADEME in France in 2011 and which was subsequently renewed
just the floor loading rate), boosting the volumetric loading rate by an
in 2014, covers Carrefour’s own fleet, and the Group encourages its
average of 20%. As of 2015, these two indicators are now monitored at
carriers to commit to it as well. All shipping suppliers in Carrefour’s
Group level to engage all Group countries in the calculation and
Circle of Shippers have signed the Objectif CO
2
Charter whose logo is
monitoring of the floor and volumetric loading rate of their lorries.
“Shippers commit to a CO
2
target”. Carrefour’s Supply Chain totals 356
Loading capacity efficiency is also being improved by efforts to
shipping suppliers who have signed the Charter, representing
optimise the configuration of pallets (circuits, grouping) and, in
approximately 71% of shipping operations. Through this Charter,
France, by the launch of a new stackable metal crate.
shippers make a three-year commitment to an action plan that
In order to optimise loads in France in keeping with the Group’s
involves modernising vehicle fleets, improving their vehicles’
Antigaspi plan, the Supply teams adopted a programme called aerodynamics, improving the monitoring of consumption, setting up
Opti’Transport in 2013, one of the goals being to optimise and reduce eco-friendly driving courses for drivers, and deploying on-board
the carbon footprint of Supply Chain activities. This programme computing or route optimisation software.
envisages operational changes affecting the whole chain: reviewing
Developing alternative and multimodal solutions
rules for preparing pallets, adapting and optimising delivery frequency,
In the area of alternative shipping methods (
i.e.
waterway, rail and
using stackable crates in order to increase loading volumes,
multimodal solutions combining rail/road or canal/road), Carrefour
introducing direct supplier/store deliveries when warranted by
has continued its efforts in countries with the required infrastructure.
volumes.
In France, for upstream shipping (from suppliers to warehouses)
multimodal means of delivery have been developed:
2,800
containers were shipped by river (
versus
2,500 in 2014),
●
representing 50% (
versus
45% in 2014) of imported products,
representing nearly 575,000
fewer kilometres by road;
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