Carrefour - 2017 Registration Document

2 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Combatting waste CARREFOUR | 2017 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 45 Combatting energy waste Carrefour’s policy Carrefour’s policy is to reduce the energy consumption of stores and gradually move away from the use of fossil fuels. This will help the Group make the transition to low-carbon energies and keep its energy costs in check, despite energy price inflation in several countries. The Group continues to invest along these lines, through measures including low-energy lighting, night-time covers and doors for cooling units, natural coolants in refrigeration systems, heat recovery on hot water systems, and insulated walls and roofs. The Group monitors the most efficient techniques and technologies available for refrigeration systems, air conditioning systems, lighting, etc. It shares best practices and keeps track of changes in consumption and corresponding costs. Each country is free to make its own choices and investments. The internal carbon price encourages the use of technologies with lower GHG emissions. The Group’s operating countries are also working on a list of five priority steps to be taken to implement low-energy technologies. The recommended steps include substituting high-emissions HFC fluids in commercial cooling systems, installing doors on cooling units and using electronic speed controllers, LED lighting and submeters. Carrefour has also started offering customers charging stations for electric vehicles. At end-2017, 47 charging stations had been installed in France at 26 sites. Carrefour’s performance Carrefour has set the target of reducing energy consumption by 30% per square metre of sales area by 2025 compared to 2010. The Antigaspi policy has brought about a total drop of 16.3% in the amount of energy consumed since 2010 (after change in method), achieved largely through technologies implemented in stores. % change in energy consumption per sq.m. of sales area compared with 2010* ; 2017 2016 Change TOTAL (16.3) (15.4) +0.9 point Scope: Like-for-like BUs (100% of 2017 consolidated scope). ; 2017 figures subject to reasonable assurance checks. * 2010 data restated. In-store energy consumption – electricity, gas and heating oil ; (kWh/sq.m. of sales area) 2017 2016 Change TOTAL 529.3 535.3 -1.1% Scope: Like-for-like BUs (100% of 2017 consolidated scope). ; 2017 figures subject to reasonable assurance checks. Highlights This year, all of the Group’s countries of operation received carbon price training. This provided an opportunity to reiterate the climate and energy goals set. In China, Carrefour began rollout of closed cooling units at four pilot stores. Consumption figures from these stores confirm reductions approaching 15%. Installation of solar panels at a Shanghai store brings savings of 55 MWh per year, and Carrefour received LEED Gold certification for the energy-saving design of a Beijing store. Carrefour France opened its first hypermarket to use a combined cooling and air conditioning system which runs on CO 2 . In Poland, Carrefour has fitted one of its stores with 84 solar panels and 16 wind turbines. Did you know? Carrefour’s programme on take-up of natural refrigerants in Europe earned an excellence award at the ATMOsphere Europe Conference run by Shecco, a global market accelerator for climatefriendly cooling systems and global publisher of news on natural refrigerants.