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Social responsibility
Action programs
Developing local apiculture and biodiversity
2.3.3.5
Apiculture
Action plan
Commitment
Targets
Key indicator
2015
2014
progress
Developing local apiculture
Encourage Carrefour
Key indicator
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and biodiversity
countries to adopt a local
under definition
approach to apiculture
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Challenge
Carrefour’s Policy
During the design phase, store architecture is chosen to optimise
energy consumption, preference is given to natural, eco-friendly
Carrefour’s aim is to integrate biodiversity into the design of its car
materials, and renewable energies are considered whenever possible.
parks and green spaces and increase the presence of beehives and
Each project is designed to integrate seamlessly into the natural or
beekeepers near its stores. Carrefour aims to support local apiculture
urban landscape and to minimise environmental impact. During the
and beekeepers in all Group countries. By establishing beehives, stores
construction phase, companies that worked on construction sites for
can sell locally produced honey and raise awareness among both
Carrefour stores in 2015 signed the Green Site Charter, whose
customers and employees of the need to protect biodiversity and the
recommendations include sorting waste, cleaning earth-moving
role of bees as pollinators in supporting plant species.
machinery’s wheels, and limiting noise disturbances. For the
Carrefour’s Performance
operations phase, environmental criteria are included in rental
agreements and specifications for outfitting stores, calling for
In 2015, Carrefour set the goal of rolling out this approach to the entire
energy-efficient equipment, eco-friendly materials, and waste sorting.
Group: a key indicator will be defined in 2016 to specifically assess
An environment addendum has been signed for each new lease since
progress in this area.
September
2013. The shopping centre renovation plan, which
Key developments
Carrefour undertook with the creation of the Carmila company at the
end of 2013, enables environmentally-friendly solutions to be
In France, 14 Carrefour hypermarkets have installed beehives on the
incorporated into new improvements. For example, replacing shopping
roof or in the vicinity of the store. The honey harvested is available for
centre lighting with LEDs should generate up to 50% energy savings. In
sale in these stores. Three shopping malls, one Carrefour store, and
addition, landscaping improvements are incorporated into renovated
one Carrefour
Market
, as well as the head office in Les Ulis, have also
sites with planting of local species.
installed beehives on the roof or in the vicinity. In total, some twenty
hives have been established in France. Carrefour Belgium also installed Finally, service stations managed by Carrefour are equipped with
three beehives on the roof of its Wavre-Bierges store in 2015.
facilities designed to prevent environmental risks and odours. The
Group constantly monitors the regulatory compliance of its facilities
Carrefour is conducting other bee-related initiatives, supporting
and closely tracks fuel inputs and outputs to control the risk of leakage.
French beekeepers by offering Carrefour Quality Line AOP honeys from
Corsica. Three honeys are available:
maquis de printemps
,
Carrefour’s Performance
châtaigneraie
and
miellats du maquis
, from nine Corsican beekeeper
Since 2014, Carrefour France has aimed to have all new construction
partners. Since 2004, a beekeeping line was established in Poland to
and expansions BREEAM Construction certified. The target level for
protect the pollinators. The honey it produces comes from the Roztocze
shopping centre expansions is Very Good. For new stores, the target
region.
level is Good. Currently, in France, three sites are BREEAM certified for
Local biodiversity
the design phase; one of which is certified as Very Good and the other
two as Good. Two sites currently under construction are pending
Carrefour’s Policy
certification at the targeted Very Good level. In 2015, 12 building
permits were filed with BREEAM certification: 10 at the Very Good level
In France, as part of its real estate activity (via Carrefour Property)
and two as Good. These projects will receive their certification in
Carrefour has implemented charters on environmentally friendly
several years. Some sites in France are also BREEAM In-Use certified,
practices, including the Eco-Design Charter, the Green Site Charter,
which applies to the operations phase. Currently, two sites are BREEAM
and the Biodiversity Charter. Guided by these framework documents,
In-Use certified, one of which as Excellent and the other as Very good.
Carrefour strives to integrate environmental best practices into each
phase of a building’s life cycle.
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