CARREFOUR - 2015 annual activity and responsible commitment report

By placing innovation

and practicality at the

centre of the Group’s values,

Carrefour and its employees

compel the commercial

and social model of the

business to evolve every day.

A commitment to sustainable retail is about implementing an

ongoing improvement initiative that involves all of theGroup’s

professions inevery countrywhere it operates. Byplacing inno-

vationandutilityat thecentreof itseconomicmodel, Carrefour

and its employees are helping the commercial and social

model of thecompany tomove forwardeveryday. By embracing

new store concepts, offering new product ranges, committing

to the social inclusion of isolated populations, fighting against

waste, and taking action to preserve biodiversity, Carrefour is

developing its activities in a responsible way by measuring

its role and contribution to Society. To succeed at thismission,

the Group puts its full force behind developing its activities

withthegoal of achievingsustainablegrowth.

Themeaning ofmulti-local

The Group works everywhere as a responsible, supportive,

energetic actor. Inevery countrywhere it’s located, theGroup’s

decentralisedmodel turns its stores into development drivers

for their areas. Asbusiness and jobcreators, the stores contribute

to placing value on local product ranges and establishing

partnershipswithfarmers, breeders, artisansand local SMEs.

The store teams are involved in the area’s social, cultural, and

community life. In connection with larger actions carried out

by the Carrefour Foundation, they also participate in collective

initiatives, in particular against food insecurity for the most

deprived.

Resources and climate

As an official partner of the United Nations Conference on

Climate Change (COP21), held in Paris in 2015, Carrefour set

an ambitious goal for itself: to reduce its CO

emissions by

40% by 2025 in comparison with 2010. This is part of a

longer-termgoal of achievinga70%reductionby2050.

To accomplish this, the company takes action to limit the use

of resources andcontainglobalwarmingbyoffering innovative

solutions at all levels: by working upstreamwith suppliers and

by managing the supply chain and the stores and raising

customerawareness.

Year after year, Carrefour is turning innovation into a driving

force for progress and expanding initiatives in every field,

including energy, waste, packaging, agroecology, and

transport.

Concretesolutions

Thanks toa targeted investment programme, Carrefour deploys

solutions in its stores to reduce energy consumption, such as

installing low-energy-consumption lighting, refrigeration-

appliance closures and the use of natural fluids in refrigeration

units. Logistics optimisation makes it possible, for example,

to reduce the distance necessary for the transport of merchan-

dise and to create partnerships with numerous community

organisations in order to organise donations and collections

of products removed from sale. The Group also relies on

the expertise of partner associations, like the WWF, for the

development of responsible supply channels, sustainability

standards for certain raw materials and the promotion of

responsible consumptionamong customers andemployees.