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Social responsibility
Action programs
Carrefour’s performance
% of evolution
Amount of water consumed
2015
2014
2013
between 2013 and 2015
m
3
by sq.m. of sales area
1.55
1.59
1.68
(7.9)%
m
3
(in thousands)
14.0
14.0
14.5
(3.7)%
Like-for-like BUs (scope 89% of 2015 consolidated sales, excl. VAT) – excluding AR/BE.
Key developments
A campaign to raise the awareness of all employees was also initiated.
Thanks to its water rationing programme, Carrefour Brazil was able to
In order to cope with growing water scarcity in Brazil, Carrefour Brazil
reduce its water consumption levels by 20% in 25 stores. As a result of
implemented certain measures to reduce its consumption levels in
these experiences, Brazil will be used as an example of good practice in
2015, as well as a process of business continuity planning in case the
water management across the entire group.
drought intensifies. Measures included the formation of a committee
and an online tool to monitor store consumption in real time (“Web
water”).
Reduce the impact related to packaging
2.3.2.5
Action plan
Commitment
Targets
Key indicator
2015
2014
progress
Reduce the impact
Work with suppliers
Key indicator
-
-
related to packaging
to optimise/reduce any
under definition
impacts related to packaging
Legend:
Challenge
Carrefour’s Policy
Furthermore, Carrefour provides collection systems for household
packaging for its customers. As examples, we can cite the car park
Carrefour is working on packaging at several levels. First and foremost,
initiatives in Romania
(detailed in section
2.3.2.2. of this chapter)
,
the reduction of the environmental impact of Carrefour’s product
online check-out collection in Brazil, or eco-organisations in France
packaging manifests itself in various ways: reductions in the size,
(for more information:
www.pourmoipourtous.fr)
, in Spain, in Italy and
weight and colour of packaging, re-shaping, and the use of renewable
in Belgium.
and recycled materials. In Spain and in France, as part of new product
development, product managers must respond to 10
questions with a Finally, Carrefour is committed to eliminating single-use plastic bags
view to reducing materials, optimising the packaging-to-product ratio at check-out which are replaced by reusable bags. Carrefour stopped
and printing methods used, simplifying opening/closing devices, and handing out free plastic bags in all its French hypermarkets in 2007,
so on.
and in all its stores worldwide in 2012, except in Argentina and Brazil
(where regional legislation and customer demands have slowed the
Spain and France have both initiated specific projects involving a
process). In 2015, 1,288 millions of disposable plastic bags (97% in
wholesale review of the packaging of Carrefour products. In order to
Argentina and Brazil) were purchased by Carrefour stores and
limit waste, these countries are replacing the boxes and crates used for
distributed free of charge at check-out (
versus
1,204
millions in
the transportation of fruit and vegetables with reusable plastic trays.
2014). In Argentina and Brazil, Carrefour is working with partners to
They are also pursuing the deployment of ready-to-sell secondary
definitively eliminate their use.
packaging, which serves as a display stand, thus enabling primary
packaging to become increasingly basic and light. For a supplier of
Carrefour’s Performance
Carrefour Quality Line salmon fillets, the secondary packaging is made
Carrefour still does not have performance indicators on the issue of
of hard plastic instead of traditional expanded polystyrene fish casing.
packaging, and has chosen instead to systematically reduce the impact
In France, warehouses have continued to introduce 100% recyclable
of packaging during the product design and development phases. The
cardboard pallets. Weighing only 3.3
kg (compared to the 20
kg of
final aim is to work with suppliers to optimise and reduce any impacts
wooden pallets), this recyclable cardboard version reduces waste while
related to packaging.
improving handling conditions and reducing the tonnages transported.
In Brazil, all external cardboard packaging for yoghurts has been
Key developments
discontinued.
In France, the packaging change working group’s accomplishments
include:
the drafting of new criteria on the packaging of Carrefour products;
●
the introduction of new processes to validate Carrefour product
●
packaging;
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