REAP report 2012

Annual Report 2012

Retailers’ Environmental

Action Programme

FOREWORD

Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe DBE, CMG, FCISPresident, EuroCommerceExecutive Director (Corporate & Legal Affairs),Tesco Plc

Dick BoerPresident, ERRTChief Executive Officer, Royal Ahold

REAP Annual Report 2012

Sustainability is a long term challenge for the retail sector and our continued

engagement in the Retailers’ Environmental Action Programme (REAP) is

evidence of our commitment to making a difference. This report shows the

impressive progress that the sector has achieved.

Retailers today are increasingly competing on a number of fronts. As a result of the economic

downturn retailers have had to adapt to meet customers’ needs and be even more innovative to

retain their loyalty. The hard work we have put in to developing our businesses is reflected in the

prominent role the retail sector plays in the European economy. It employs almost 20 million

people, directly accounts for 4% of EU GDP and represents 20% of Europe’s SMEs.

Our sustainability plans and strategies have also had to adapt to the economic climate, without

compromising the good work and the tremendous progress achieved so far. This has meant that

today, more than ever all the three aspects of sustainability (environmental, social and economic)

must be taken into consideration if we want to achieve a mass revolution in green consumption.

Rio+20 did not deliver the results that businesses or the public were expecting. However some

common agreements were reached at the discussion table about the importance of cooperation

between business and the public sector; cross sector ‘coalitions of the willing’. This principle

is embedded in REAP and we are privileged to be successfully working with the European

Commission on this key programme. Europe can lead the world by showing that this sort of joint

collaboration and knowledge sharing will be the basis of change towards a more sustainable

economy.

Over the last year, the fourth year of REAP, waste reduction has been the focus of our work for

two key reasons. Firstly increasing energy and commodity prices mean that it makes financial

sense to reduce waste in our stores, the supply chain and to help our customers to reduce waste

too. Second, waste can become a resource. Only through a smart use of resources can we keep

on offering valuable products to our customers, run a sustainable business and preserve the

environment. You will see some examples of what different members of REAP have done in this

report.

With our ongoing engagement in REAP we are restating our commitment to be agents of change

in the quest for a more sustainable lifestyle. We are more than ever determined to play our part,

because it makes sense to our business, to our people and to the world we live in.

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FOREWORD

Retailers are without any doubt key players in the European economy -

commerce generates 11% of the EU's GDP and every day traders carry out more

than one billion transactions.

Indeed, most of us visit at least one retailer every day, be it a small grocery shop in the centre,

a big supermarket on the outskirts or a virtual shop on the internet. Retailers create a vital

link between supply and demand, which puts a tremendous responsibility on them in terms of

influencing consumer choice.

Retail companies face a wide range of challenges today. Most importantly, the current economic

climate has a direct impact on consumer decisions and preferences. Retailers need to respond

not only to an ever increasing interest in sophisticated and tailor-made products and services,

but more-and-more consumers pay particular attention to the green credentials of goods. Given

their importance, retailers need to assume responsibility not only to seize the opportunity of

this increasing demand for green goods, but also to provide consumers with truly responsible

choices. Another major trend is digital retailing. It's fascinating to see how traditional 'physical'

retailers have also started to conquer the virtual space. It is a trend that requires a profound

rethinking of the traditional retail business model towards a more resource-efficient future.

As demonstrated in this report, retailers are going beyond picking the low-hanging fruits, such

as investing in more energy efficient stores and optimised logistics. For example, many have

expanded their range of fish from sustainable sources and have made more sustainable textiles

available on their shelves. I strongly encourage you to progress along this path, so that the EU

retail sector keeps up its contribution to a truly resource efficient and green economy in line

with its economic importance. It is in everybody's interest: the people, the planet, and your own

businesses.

Karl FalkenbergDirector-General DG EnvironmentEuropean Commission

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ABOUT REAP

In March 2009 European retailers decided to contribute proactively to the

Commission’s Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan and

launched the Retailers’ Environmental Action Programme (REAP). REAP is

a voluntary initiative aimed at helping reduce the environmental footprint

of the retail sector and its supply chain, working towards the promotion of

more sustainable products and providing better information to consumers.

The ambition of REAP is to serve as a common platform for exchange and

dialogue between relevant stakeholders, whether being suppliers, consumer

bodies, environmental organisations, or policy-makers. These goals are achieved

via two specific tools: the Retail Forum for Sustainability and the Matrix of

environmental Action Points (MAP).

The Retail Forum for Sustainability

The Retail Forum for Sustainability is a multi-stakeholder platform set-up to exchange views and

best practices, identify key challenges and possible solutions, as well as existing opportunities

and barriers. It was launched in March 2009 by ERRT and EuroCommerce, with the support of

then Commissioner for Environment Stavros Dimas and Commissioner for Consumer Affairs

Meglena Kuneva. The European Commission has maintained its support for the Retail Forum in

the following years.

Several topics of interest to the retail sector are open for analysis each year and following every

meeting, an issue paper is drawn up by the Secretariat (ERRT and EuroCommerce) in collaboration

with the European Commission taking into account the input from all stakeholders involved. The

papers provide an overview on the issues and include recommendations for businesses and for

policy makers. To date, the Forum has addressed the following topics:

• Energy efficiency of stores

• Optimisation of distribution systems

• Marketing and effective communication

• Timber and timber management

• Life-cycle data on daily use products

• Measurement and reduction of carbon footprint of stores

• Labelling

• Packaging optimization

• Waste minimisation

• Sustainable fish

Conclusions from the discussions are available on the REAP web site at:

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/industry/retail/issue_papers.htm.


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ABOUT REAP


Textile and water footprint are amongst the issues that are being or will be discussed in the near

future, while an update of previous issue papers will be run in parallel.

The MAPThe Matrix of environmental Action Points is an open, dynamic list of commitments on

environmental targets made by individual retail companies and associations. Existing members

may choose to initiate additional actions and new members may add new initiatives at any time.

The actions are grouped into three categories:

• What we sell: includes actions aimed at selling lower impact, better performing products and

services.

• How we sell: includes actions aimed at limiting environmental impacts from retailers’ own

distribution activities (stores, distribution centres, transport and goods) as well as limiting

environmental impacts of operations through the supply chain.

• How we communicate: includes actions aimed at informing and influencing the consumer to

make better choices and decisions in consuming, owning and using more sustainable products

and services.

The MAP, with its impressive list of retailers’ actions for the environment, is available at:

http://www.eurocommerce.be/doc.aspx?doc=Environment/MAPREAP4-11-11.doc

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CONTENTS


Foreword

About REAP

Contents

Members

Asda-Walmart

Auchan

C&A

Carrefour Group

Colruyt Group

Delhaize Group

El Corte Ingés

Eroski

Ikea

Inditex

Kaufland

Lidl

Marks & Spencer Group

Mercadona

Mercator

Metro Group

Rewe Group

Royal Ahold

Sonae

Tesco

APED

CCC-CEC

Euro Coop

FCD

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“Sustainability is a long term challenge for the retail sector and

our continued engagement in the Retailers’ Environmental Action Programme (REAP) is evidence of our commitment to making a difference.

This report shows the impressive progress that the sector has achieved”

Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe

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Mr. Julian Walker-PalinHead of Corporate

Sustainability+44 780 062 32 63

[email protected]

For further information:www.asda.com/sustainabilityhttp://aislespyblog.asda.com/

environment

ASDA


Sustainability 360Asda & Walmart take an holistic view of sustainability - ‘Sustainability 360’, ensuring we engage our operations, colleagues, suppliers, customers and communities

Three commitments guide our path:

1) To use 100% renewable energy2) To create zero waste3) To sell products that sustain people and the environment Asda embedded these commitments into our Sustainability 2.0 Strategy 2010 to 2015. This strategy has made bold commitments in all three areas but particularly in our products and sup-ply chain. Our Sustainable Agriculture plan commits to support farmers and their communities; produce more food with less waste and fewer resources; and sustainably source key agricultural products.

EnergyOur existing stores now emit 31.8% less carbon versus 2005 and our new store mod-el emits 42% less carbon.

Our transport fleet emits 42% less carbon versus 2005. We will reduce by 60% by the end of 2015. Our carbon footprint has re-duced by a massive 17.7% in absolute terms in three years.

SuppliersOur Sustain and Save Ex-change enables Asda and over 200 suppliers to collab-orate to reduce energy, water and waste impacts.

ProductsAs part of Walmart, we are leading their global project to support the goal that all their own label products use sustainable palm oil by 2015. All of the 16,000 tonnes of palm oil and palm kernel

oil used in Asda products is sustainable palm oil from the Roundtable for Sustain-able Palm Oil (RSPO) scheme. Nearly 20% (2928 tonnes) comes directly from segre-gated sources and the rest is covered by GreenPalm cer-tificates, including our palm kernel oil. GreenPalm is the interim solution to fully seg-regated sustainable sources.

Overall, we aim for sustain-ability to be both accessible and affordable for our cus-tomers.

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Mrs. Anne-Virginie [email protected]

For further information:www.groupe-auchan.com/developpement_durable.html

AUCHAN


Groupe Auchan commits itself to being a responsible stakeholder amongst the supply chain, acting to reduce its environmental footprint and promote sustainable consumption

The commitments presented by Auchan France to the Retail Forum are examples of this policy

Six pictograms allow con-sumers to find products ac-cording to their sustainable qualities: saving water, saving energy, produced locally, etc. Auchan France also acts to reduce packaging material on its own brand products: 1390 tonnes were saved in 2011.

Moreover, since 2008, 87% of waste has been recycled from the stores. Auchan im-plemented an innovative method: the methanization of fermentable waste. It is a 100% biological process that degrades organic waste from products that could not be given to charitable asso-ciations. The biogas derived is used as fuel by a motor producing electricity and as 100% natural fertiliser (di-gested sludge), 10,532 tonnes of waste were converted to methane in 2011. Apart from these commit-ments, Auchan France has developed a wide range of actions. Since 2008, each store has its own sustainable development committee that plays a key role of pedagogy

and coordination amongst employees.

The sale of a large range of bulk and loose products, es-pecially organic products, is another solution developed to save packaging and make the items more affordable.

In 2011, Groupe Auchan also formalised its Forest Policy. It is a concrete and precise plan established with the NGO The Forest Trust (TFT). The purpose is to trace wood sup-ply and to support suppliers on their road to FSC (Forest

Stewardship Council) certifi-cation.

A platform has also been cre-ated gathering the different countries and activities of the Group to share good practic-es and set up common goals in the field of sustainable development. A great chal-lenge regarding the disparity amongst the countries and the decentralised character of the company.

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Mrs. Clair BowmanEnvironmental Manager

[email protected]

For further information:http://www.candacr.com/en

C&A


Our approach to waste within our supply chain and operations is to prevent, reduce, reuse and recycle. We continuously look for ways to achieve this by working with our stakeholders, through partnerships and our colleaguesC&A Europe pursues the goal of reducing the use of single-use carrier bags. In March 2008 we introduced carrier bags with a recycled content of 80%

This high recycled content has avoided the production of around 2,900 tonnes of new plastic in 2011. Along-side recycled reusable bags, we also provide customers with durable cotton bags. Since the introduction of our Bio-cotton bag over a 1 mil-lion cotton bags have been purchased by our customers. For every one of these spe-cial Bio Cotton bags, which is sold, the C&A Foundation do-nates 30 cents to organic cot-ton farming projects in India.

C&A has worked on ways to reduce packaging associated with the products we sell. For example since June 2012 we have removed plastic bag wrapping from all deliveries across Europe (except in Tur-key for white and more sen-sitive goods such as leather). In 2010 a total of about 254 million clothes hangers were collected in Europe, of which 50% are reused in our stores. This is equivalent to a sav-ing of 3,325 tonnes of plastic, 1,330 tonnes of metal and

around 2.74 million kWh of electricity. About 121 million clothes hangers, amounting to roughly 3,025 tonnes of plastic, were returned to the material cycle.

Further up the supply chain, C&A has committed to Zero Discharge of hazardous chemicals from its supply chains and the life cycles of clothing products by 2020. This is together with other brands signatories of the Joint Roadmap(www.roadmaptozero.com).

The objective of this com-mitment is to lead the ap-parel and footwear industry towards zero discharge of hazardous chemicals for all products across all pathways in our supply chains by 2020.

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Carrefour Group press relations+33 157 32 89 [email protected]

For further informationwww.carrefour.com/cdc/responsible-commerce/sustainability-report/

CARREFOUR GROUP


Promoting corporate social responsibility in the supply chain Initiated 20 years ago, Car-refour’s approach to sustain-ability is fully integrated into the Group’s strategy. Indeed, as part of its corporate so-cial responsibility, Carrefour Group is indeed incorporat-ing sustainability into its everyday business practices: reducing the impacts of its activities on the environ-ment, assuming its responsi-bility towards employees and communities and running its business in an ethical man-ner while stimulating local economies.

In 2011, Carrefour made sig-nificant progress regarding its several commitments within the REAP forum. A specific achievement was reached re-garding suppliers engagement towards sustainability. Being the leading European retailer and the second largest world-wide, Carrefour has a special responsibility to promote sus-tainable trade. Playing a very

specific role between produc-ers and consumers, the Group is also committed to promote corporate social responsibil-ity within its supply chain. In order to achieve this objec-tive, the Group has designed a sustainability self-assessment tool dedicated to its own brand suppliers. This tool was devel-oped with the support of the French Environment and En-ergy Agency (ADEME - Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energie) and WWF France (Carrefour Partner since 1998). It contains 49 criteria among four areas: company management and policy, en-vironmental responsibility, social responsibility and eco-nomic performance. It has the following objectives:raising awareness amongst Carrefour suppliers regarding sustainability;strengthening the collabora-tion between Carrefour and its suppliers;enabling suppliers to better

know the different actions they can take to be more sus-tainable and innovative with Carrefour’s support.

First launched in 2006 amongst 78 French suppliers, the sustainability self-assess-ment tool was extended in 2009 to all suppliers of Carre-four own brand food products in France. Following the very positive feedback in France, Carrefour decided to deploy this approach to all Carrefour brand suppliers worldwide in 2010 and 2011: about 6,300 suppliers of own-brand prod-ucts now have access to Car-refour’s sustainable develop-ment self-assessment tool in 15 languages.

Throughout this global tool, Carrefour has developed a unique far reaching approach, enabling main stream suppliers to contribute to better supply chains and engaging them to progress towards sustainability.

Our commitments Our progressPromoting a wide range of organic products

48% increase of organic food items bearing Carrefour brand in the world compared to 2008

Promoting sustainability in our supply chain

6300 suppliers having access to our sustainability self-assessment

Preserving marine resources 39 Carrefour brand items MSC certified in France

Fighting deforestation 100% of outdoor furniture FSC certified (or in process) in our European purchase office

Stopping distribution of free disposable check out bags

100% of integrated stores in Europe banning free disposable check out bags

Reducing stores CO2 emissions by 40% in Spain, Belgium, Italy and France

25% fewer CO2 emission by square meter compared to 2009

Achieving 30% greater energy efficiency 22% greater energy efficiency compared to 2004

Increase certified or recycled paper in our commercial publications

100% of our catalogues using certified or recycled paper in Europe

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Mrs. Mieke VercaerenAdviser Public Affairs

+32 2 360 10 [email protected]

For further informationwww.colruytgroup.com/

colruytgroup/static/greenLine_e.shtml

COLRUYT GROUP


Together we create sustainable added valueColruyt Group wants to inspire its environment through conscious choices and initiative. Thus, entrepreneurship becomes the motor of a sustainable evolution. Therefore the group makes efforts in all links of the chain

Direct impact:

Energy(Re)build stores and distribu-tion centres energy-efficient-ly after concept eco store Bio-Planet (e.g. OKay Welle, Bio-Planet Wépion)More power created from re-newable energy sources (sun and wind) than annual con-sumption By 2020 emit relatively 20% less CO2 than in 2008. By 2015 consume relatively 10% less energy than in 2009.

WasteOver 241 tons lightly dam-aged or nearly expired food for Belgian Federation of Food Banks. Make packagings smaller and thinner or find reusable alter-natives to avoid waste.76% of inevitable waste re-cycled, an increase of 2.2% (80% by 2017).71 tons of plastic, metal and drink cartons (PMD) waste collected in offices and stores.

Mobility22 million less car kilometres per year thanks to over 5,000 employees with company or electric bike, public transport season ticket or carpooling for commuter traffic.Course ecological driving for drivers of service or company car holders.On average, trailers loaded at 95% of capacity to limit lorry kilometres. 1,346 tons less CO2 emission per year thanks to transport by ship or by train instead of lorries.€ 2 million invested in cov-ered landing quays and silent trailers for ecological deliver-ies before morning and after evening rush hours.Test hydrogen created from sun and wind for fork-lift trucks at distribution centres.31 delivery vans and compa-ny cars on compressed natu-ral gaz (CNG).Applied for 11 permits for CNG filling stations, on top of 4 existing stations.

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PurchaseBy end 2012, only use barn eggs in 1,000 private label products.

Buy pork from suppliers only using green powerBesides social audits also start environmental audits at Asian non-food suppliers.

ConsumptionOffer sustainable products, e.g. Veggie Eger for vegetar-ian products, Eco-Select for ecological non-food articles, BioTime for organic products or the Collibri stamp for prod-ucts from the south.Offer customers inspiration to waste less food with the culinary newsletter “Cooking with leftovers” and to cook vegetarian with cookery book “Veggie Today”.

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Mr. Philippe H. HeymansVice President of Sustainability Delhaize Europe [email protected]

For further information:http://www.delhaizegroup.com/en/Sustainability.aspx

DELHAIZE


Delhaize Group continues its journey to sustainability and sets the foundations for its 2020 strategyDelhaize Group has been working on sustainability for decades. Over the period 2009 - 2011 we worked as a global business to build strong group-wide sustainability programmes, in line with its strategy. The next steps in its journey will be defined by its 2020 sustainability strategy that will be embed-ded into its business in 2012

Delhaize Group’s key achieve-ments in 2011 cover the 3 key focus areas Products, People and Planet.

Healthier productsImprovements in the Group’s European private brand prod-uct ranges include the in-troduction of new ranges at Delhaize Belgium (Delhaize Kids) and Alfa Beta in Greece (NutriLife) and an increase from 60% to 80% of the prod-ucts with GDA labels. Organic represents 1.7% of the group food sales and Mega Image (Romania) in-creased its assortment from 35 to over 150 products. Fair trade sales in Belgium grew 40% since 2009.

Healthier peopleWhile Alfa Beta implemented a Prevention Health Screen-ing Program to help employ-ees understand the impor-tance of preliminary tests, Mega Image extended its Healthier Associates Program to all employees. Overall in the Group, 79% of employees participated in a documented performance dialogue, these were 75% in Belgium, 89% in Greece and 60% in Romania.

Healthier planetGroup transport efficiency increased even as sales grew. Green House Gas emissions from product transport fell 6.6% from 2010 and 2.6 mil-lion transportation kilome-

tres by trucks to our compa-ny-operated stores were cut, with Belgium only account-ing for 178,000 km in the re-duction.

At Alfa Beta 87% of our in-stallations use ozone-friendly refrigerants; this reaches 91% at Mega Image and 94% at Delhaize Belgium and our energy consumption per m² in Europe decreased by 17.1% since 2008. Taking recycling food waste to the next level, resulted in 5,916 tonnes re-cycled at Delhaize Belgium.

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Mr. Francisco Nuñez+34 91 406 85 68

[email protected]

For further information:www.elcorteinglescorporativo.es

EL CORTE INGLÉS


Results of a planEnvironment is part of the operational principles of El Corte Inglés. So, in 2008 we implemented a plan focused on environmental improvement: GHG emissions, utilities (electricity, water, materials), waste, products, supply chain, training and information

We use this REAP annual report to expose some of the results obtained

As development of the “Sus-tainable Procurement Policy and Head of Fishery Products”, we offer products caught with friendly fishing methods. All the fresh salmon, and 50% of trout, is GlobalGAP certi-fied. Moreover, El Corte Inglés is the first Spanish chain to sell canned and frozen fish with the Marine Stewardship Council ecolabel (MSC).

In 2011 single-use supermar-ket plastic bags were reduced by 60,82%, by several mea-sures such as: extensive va-riety of reusable bags, train-ing courses for employees, customers information, and charging customers for single use bags used in food depart-ments and bazaar.

Clothes treated with sand-blasting have been replaced by 100% in 2011.

Last year, reduction of the electricity consumption by 1.47%, due to technical im-provements in lighting and air conditioning.

At least two free charging points for electric vehicles are installed in every new store since 2011.

The measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases have lowered overall emissions by 24.68% (35.88% considering emissions per square metre), from the base year 2008.

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Mrs. Gotzone Artabe LarraskituResponsable de Medio Ambiente+34 63 80 65 040

For further information:http://www.eroski.es/es/conoce-eroski/memoria-eroski-2011/

EROSKI


Eroski is a Spanish supermarket chain and co-operative within the Mondragón Corporation group. The company was founded in 1969 in the regions of Biscay and Gipuzkoa

Reported initiatives For the eight commitments re-ported in the MAP 2012 the fo-cus is mainly set on optimised use of resources, reduced emission, sustainable products, packaging optimisation, ener-gy efficiency, optimised trans-port, improved waste man-agement and environmental awareness of employees and customers. Eroski published a Strategic Environmental Plan 2010-2012 with the core ob-jective to optimise the use of resources by process efficiency.

Major achievements in 2011Towards the overall objective to reduce carbon emission these are the main results achieved. Regarding prod-uct impact, new packaging systems are applied for own brand, having reduced emis-sions by more than 950 CO2 eq tonnes for 100 products. Moreover, sustainable prod-ucts (e.g. FSC, MSC labelled, certified cotton) as well as local products and suppliers are promoted with the aim of reducing the environmen-tal impact of the references sold. EROSKI currently de-velops specific software for LCA (life-cycle assessment) of

products. In order to increase energy efficiency in stores, EROSKI is currently working on the installation of new measures mostly for systems with higher consumption rate (cooling, lighting and air con-ditioning). These measures such as floating condensa-tion, demisting elements in negative cooling cabinets, HEF (High-efficiency fans), optimised cooling cycles, temperature sensors, doors andsizzles for refrigeration devices/

rooms/freezer islands, auto-mated control, skylights as well as interior lighting based on Green Light Initiative and LEDs, have been implemented in 80% of the stores. To opti-mise transport EROSKI uses reverse logistic flows, bio-fuels, additives in fuels, eco-driving, efficient urban distri-bution since 2008 and electric vehicles in domestic services. Sub companies are trained in regard to environmental management. Waste from stores was further decreased by 20%, thanks to food dona-tion to NGOs and nonprofit associations, and the recycling rate of inorganic fractions was

further increased to 100% in 2011. Also the valorisation rate (to e.g. methanisation or inverse logistic) was increased to 80% in 2011. By training our staff, environmental cam-paigns for customers and the consumer magazine aware-ness regarding environmental is continuously increased.

Other interesting initiatives EROSKI has initiated an awareness raising campaign in order to reduce CO2 emis-sion together with ECODES. This includes packaging that reduces carbon emission by using fewer raw materials, maximising the capacity and concentrating contents (e.g. EROSKI softener bottle). By introducing a reusable bag more than 7 million single-use plastic bags are avoided. Transport is organised via a route optimiser which en-abled an average reduction in the number of kilometres of ~ 5%, saved 5 million li-tres of fuel and prevented the emission of 14,400 t CO2/year. Furthermore EROSKI's new opened stores are more eco-efficient by closing cooling furniture, under-floor heating or centralised control of elec-tric installation, which saves ~ 203 t CO2 /year/store. Fur-thermore closing of the cool-ing furniture will be installed in every store by 2015.

2011 Target Achievements• new packaging systems applied in 100 own brand

products reduced more than 950 CO2 eq tonnes • almost 5% less of energy consumption comparing with

previous year • saved 5 million litres of fuel and prevented the emission

of 14,400 t CO2 /year • more than 7 million single-use plastic bags are avoided

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Mrs. Katarina MaaskantIKEA EU Affairs


For further information:www.IKEA.com

IKEA


People and planet positiveHighlights of achievements during 2011-2012

DrivingEnergy efficiencyDuring 2011 energy effi-ciency across all IKEA stores improved by 4% compared to 2010, helping us save 6.2 mil-lion euro and demonstrating how sustainability improve-ments can deliver strong business benefits. This was mainly achieved through im-proved energy efficiency of store equipments, such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and smarter use of commer-cial lighting.

We are also enabling custom-ers to save energy in their homes. During 2011 nearly half of all kitchen hobs sold at IKEA were induction hobs, and the share of LED bulbs and lamps we sell are in-creasing significantly.

Speeding up invest-ments inRenewable energyAs a step towards using only energy from renewable sources in our global opera-tions, we have invested in a new wind farm with 30 wind turbines in Sweden. This is one of the largest land-based wind power projects that have started so far in Europe during 2012.

More than half of our build-ings’ energy need comes from renewable sources. So-lar panel installations on 40 IKEA buildings in seven coun-tries and 60 wind turbines produced an equivalent of 12% of the electricity needed to run all IKEA stores and dis-tribution centres.

Significantly moreSustainable cottonIKEA works with WWF and other local partners to help cotton farmers in India, Paki-stan, China and Turkey to practice a more sustainable cotton cultivation. More than 100,000 farmers now use techniques that significantly reduce the need for chemi-cal pesticides, fertilisers and water. The share of more sus-tainable cotton in the IKEA range increased significantly in 2011, to 23.8% of our to-tal cotton use, compared to 13.4% last year. The goal is 100% by 2015.

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Addressing the environmental impacts along the whole value chain

Inditex new environmental plan ‘Sustainable Inditex 2011-2015’ sets new lines of action and goals to continually improve the environmental performance of all Inditex business areas

Sustainable productsSustainable Inditex 2011-2015 aims at reducing the environmental impacts of our products and encourages the use of sustainable fibers. Over this year, we have measured and managed the water and carbon footprint of our prod-ucts, seeking to reduce and optimize the consumption of water and energy in all Inditex operations and value chain. The purchases of sustainable fibers like organic cotton and tencel have been increased. Inditex is also working with organic and conventional cotton farmers to evaluate the environmental impact of both cotton systems. In this regard, Inditex is collaborat-ing with Textile Exchange and Better Cotton Initiative.

Responsible manufacturingThe evaluation and monitor-ing of the environmental per-formance of Inditex suppliers is carried out through the In-ditex Green Code and the In-ditex Water Strategy. Through a set of criteria, we can easily identify and control the en-vironmental risks along the

supply chain and establish adequate programs for envi-ronmental improvement. Inditex is also an active mem-ber of international organiza-tions concerned on sustain-able manufacturing like the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and the Leather Work-ing Group (LWG).

Cleaner logisticsThe IEMA and Pro Kyoto proj-ects set the guidelines to reduce the GHG emissions from logistic operations. All Inditex logistics centres have an Environmental Manage-ment System certified in ac-cordance with the ISO 14001 and all logistics extensions are made taking into account sustainable criteria with re-gard to insulation, lighting, air-conditioning, renewable and cogeneration sources, use of bicycles for internal transportation, etc. The new Tordera logistic center has achieved a LEED Gold Pre-liminary Certificate.

Eco-efficient storesInditex stores have the most innovative technology in en-ergy management and sav-ing. Since 2007, over 800 eco-

efficient stores have been built around the world and the objective is that in 2020 all Group's stores are eco-ef-ficient. The eco-efficient store makes it possible to save 30% on electricity and 50% on water consumption.In stores opened before 2005, eco-alterations are be-ing carried out to achieve a reduction in electricity con-sumption of up to 30%. In the period 2010-11, 97 stores have been renovated in Spain, and over the next four years, another 852 stores will be renovated in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and Germany.All Inditex stores have wood-en furniture with an FSC or PEFC certificate, just like the paper bags and the garments labels. Plastic bags are manu-factured with d2w that facili-tates biodegradation.

Mr. Antonio Álvarez SánchezEnvironmental Department Director+34 981 18 54 [email protected]

For further information:www.inditex.com

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Mr. Hergen Blase Head of Sustainability

Department [email protected]

For further information www.kaufland.de/

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KAUFLAND


Guidance for sustainable consumption

Social and ecological responsibility is an integral part of Kaufland’s corporate policy, which starts with the responsible design of our product range

Consumers increasingly pre-fer to buy products with seals of approval. In addition to a great variety of organic products, which have been labelled for many years at the shelves for our customers, we offer a wide range of products in our stores which contribute to the protection of people and the environment. Those in-clude goods with recognised labels such as the Blue Angel, FSC products from respon-

sible forest management, Fairtrade products, MSC cer-tified fish and seafood from sustainable fisheries.

Globe as an information signIn order to make this variety of products more visible for our customers, we developed an overall shelf wobbler, which has been introduced to all our stores: the so-called “Kaufland-Weltkugel“ (globe). As a sign on the shelves,

this special label points to products, whose life cycle particularly considers social and ecological aspects. In this manner, we provide our customers in our stores an important guidance to shop sustainably. Thus, we assume our responsibility as an inter-face between manufacturers and consumers and specifi-cally contribute to the pro-motion of a sustainable con-sumption.

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Mr. Florian Schütze Head of Sustainability +49 713 294 29 52 65 [email protected] For further information: www.lidl.de/verantwortung

LIDL


With its motto, On the Way to Tomorrow, Lidl is showing its ongoing commitment to constant improvements in the areas of environmental conservation and climate protection, employees, community involvement, as well as in its assortment.

Recycle with us!The PET bottles from our own brands, Freeway, Saskia and Mixxed Up have consisted of 50% recycled PET materials since February 2012. For this reason, only the bottles with a refundable deposit accepted in our stores are recycled in a closed recovered substance cycle. Furthermore, thanks to new technologies, we have been able to reduce the weight of our Freeway and Saskia PET bottles by at least 30% in the last few years.

Closed recovered substance cyclesAs far as non-returnable bottles are concerned, the Deutsche Pfandsystem GmbH deposit system has been making an important contri-bution to the reintroduction of such bottles into circula-tion for many years – in fact, the return and collection ra-tio of non-returnable bottles has reached an average of 98% in Germany. The auto-mated bottle-return facilities in our shops help to keep the percentage high and means that the most important precondition is provided to ensure that bottles are col-lected, recycled and reused.After collection at the bot-tle-return facilities, the used bottles are compressed into bales and transported to our recyclers in Germany. Here they are crushed and pro-cessed and, by means of a chemical-physical procedure,

transformed into a material which can be used again in the production of bottles. The greater the use of such a re-cycled material in the bottle production, the fewer other resources are needed.

Reduction in the weight of packagingAn essential element in the ecological evaluation is also the weight of the empty bottles. Thanks to modern manufacturing processes and bottle designs, it has been possible to reduce the weight of our Freeway and Saskia PET bottles by at least 30% in the last few years. It has also been possible to not only maintain the functional-ity and usability of the bottle, but to actually improve it.

Energy efficiencyDue to modern production fa-cilities, a lot less energy and water is needed for the man-ufacture and filling of bottles than in earlier years. We are

constantly investing in new production methods and, thanks to our numerous pro-duction and distribution cen-tres throughout Germany, we are able to keep the transport routes as short as possible in order to conserve energy and resources.

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Mr. Rowland HillSustainable Development

Manager+44 208 718 68 85

[email protected]

For further informationhttp://corporate.

marksandspencer.com/howwedobusiness

MARKS & SPENCER GROUP


Our Plan A sustainability programme continues to deliver

We’ve reduced our environmental impacts and delivered real benefits for our customers, employees, shareholders, suppliers and local communities

138 out of our 180 sustainability commitments have been delivered and have generated a net financial benefit to date of £185m

What we sellWe continue to improve the sustainability of raw mate-rials with 84% of wood and 100% of wild fish coming from sustainable sources. We implemented a Gold/Silver/Bronze sustainability benchmarking standard for food suppliers to improve ethical and environmental performance, with a target of 100% engaged by 2015, with 25% at gold level.Since 2007 we’ve reduced packaging by 26%, and the number of single use food carrier bags by 78%.

How we sellTo support our drive for con-tinuous improvement, two new Sustainable Learning Stores opened in Sheffield and London, with successful new features being included in our future standard speci-fications.

Since 2007, energy usage in our operations has been reduced by 28%; carbon emissions from refrigera-tion and air conditioning re-duced by 54%; and the fuel efficiency of our delivery fleet improved by over 28%.

These actions have helped to reduce operational carbon emissions.

On 1 January 2012 all M&S operated stores, offices, warehouses, and delivery fleets in the UK & Ireland became carbon neutral.We achieved our commit-ment to send no waste to landfill from our operations and construction activities.

CommunicationWe are helping our custom-ers to choose sustainable products by having at least one Plan A quality in 50% of all products by 2015 and 100% by 2020. We have achieved 31% to date.A further 3 million garments were donated through the M&S & Oxfam Clothing Ex-change and building on this success we launched a new ‘shwopping’ campaign to en-courage customers to donate unwanted garments to Ox-fam whenever they visit our stores.

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Mrs. Margarita Muñoz [email protected]

For further information www.mercadona.es

MERCADONA


Working to do more with lessWhat we sellMercadona’s close relation-ship with its suppliers makes it possible to establish col-laborations between them. Knowing that what some may consider “waste” others may consider a resource, during 2011 the company launched a new line of houseware items made from recycled plastic obtained from other suppliers: plastic from crop covers, cutouts from pack-aging processes, and other sources of plastic “waste” are turned into buckets, basins, waste bins, etc. This way it is possible to improve the effi-ciency of the manufacturing processes, reduce the use of resources, and reduce waste.

Also, from 2011 onwards Mercadona only sells concen-trated liquid and powder de-tergents and fabric softeners, and is increasing the range of other concentrated cleaning products to further optimize its processes and reduce the use of natural resources and waste.

How we sellMercadona put in place a program to reduce consump-tion of single-use bags, based on an information campaign

among customers to encour-age them to re-use the bags they already have. This pro-gram was finished in 2011, achieving a total reduction rate of 90% in the consump-tion of single-use plastic bags.

CommunicationMercadona regularly dedi-cates a section to environ-mental and sustainability ac-tions in its Annual Report. In

addition to this, after the suc-cessful launch in 2010 of the special Environmental Report it was decided to publish it bi-annually. The 2011-2012 issue, reflecting Mercadona’s actions with environmental relevance, will be available in 2013 at the company’s web-site, www.mercadona.es

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Mr. Srecko BukovecProject director


For further information:http://lp2011.mercator.si/en/

sustainability-report/

MERCATOR


In 2011, we upgraded our sustainability activities with a medium-term Mercator Group Sustainability Strategy for the period until 2015

The appointment of the Mercator Group Sustainable Development Council marks the start of our systematic and focused efforts in this field which is highly important for both Mercator and the broad environment of our operations

Key activities in sus-tainable developmentWe are systematically estab-lishing a relation with our natural environment through energy-efficient construction or refurbishment of stores and office buildings, efficient use of energy and careful waste management, as well as by thoughtful consider-ation of other relevant as-pects.

Consumption of electric-ity was cut by 1.77% in 2011 relative to 2010, or by 4.29 kWh/m², as a result of the measures for efficient use of energy such as closing of refrigeration equipment, re-placement of conventional lamps with LED fixtures in Mercator visual identity light-boxes, and other organiza-tional measures according to the adopted Manual on Effi-cient Energy Use at the stores of Mercator, d.d.We started the calculation of carbon footprint as a method

to establish a comprehen-sive system of environmen-tal impact management. The calculation will be made for the entire company opera-tions, sustainable stores and

selected Mercator own-label products, in order to identify the areas that are the most detrimental to the environ-ment and energy intensive. We reduced noise emissions, optimized the waste man-agement of radioactive fire alarm devices, installed more environmentally friendly re-

frigeration equipment at new facilities and inspected all static tanks for storing haz-ardous fluids.We continued to install waste bins for separate waste col-lection at our retail units. Communication solutions that make the customer's choice easier and which raise the awareness of the impor-tance of a sustainable con-duct were developed.

Environmental management systemInternal and external audit of the environmental manage-ment system were carried out and the system was found fully compliant.

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Mrs. Nina-Alexandra von Radowitz Head of Sustainability Tel: +49 211 969 90 94 [email protected]

For further information:www.metrogroup.de/sustainabilityreport

METRO GROUP


Responsible handling of resources along the supply chain

In 2011 we built on existing measures and have been initiating new projects, to make a contribution towards sustainable business

In cooperation with various partners we succeeded in improving food quality and reducing food waste between field and store shelves by means of our supplier training programmes on food safety and hygiene issues. In 2011:

Own-brand suppliers have been involved in partnership projects of METRO GROUP and UNIDO in Russia and In-dia.

A project for Metro Cash & Carry suppliers was launched in cooperation with the IFC in Ukraine.To ensure the long-term pro-tection of fish stocks, METRO GROUP published a group-wide fish purchasing policy as framework for sales line-specific procurement guide-lines.

Adding to the commitment for sustainable fishery METRO GROUP achieved the target to increase the number of MSC-certified own-brand products

by 15% from 96 products in 2009 to 110 in 2011.

Energy & resource managementTo manage energy and re-source use it is crucial to have reliable data.Since 2011 carbon account-ing for METRO GROUP runs according to the Greenhouse

Gas (GHG) protocol. Respec-tive web-based IT tools for data gathering and calcula-tion were also implemented.By the end of 2011 80% of all METRO GROUP sales locations worldwide were equipped with digital smart metering systems.

The energy efficiency program 2011-2014 was set up. Among others the program led to the following successesReplacement of T8 fluores-cent tubes with energy-sav-ing T8 ECO tubes at outlets and stores.Roll out of installing doors for chilling devices in stores.

By the end of 2011 95% of all METRO GROUP owned trucks met the Euro 5 low-emission standard. In 2012 the number is to rise to 100%.

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REWE Group Corporate Communications

[email protected]+49 221 149 10 50

For further information:www.rewe-group.com/en/

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The REWE Group is committed to its four pillars of sustainability: “Green Products”, “Energy, Climate and the Environment”, “Employees” and “Social Involvement”The main focus is on promoting sustainable products and consumption across the board

PRO PLANETThe REWE Group uses the PRO PLANET label to charac-terise private label products which have a considerably lower impact on the environ-ment and society during the manufacturing, processing or utilisation cycle. The inde-pendent NGO Advisory Board makes decisions concerning the allocation of the PRO PLANET label. The aim be-hind the PRO PLANET strat-egy is to support sustainable consumption on the broad market and to offer products with sustainable added value at a reasonable price. In 2011, the number of different PRO PLANET products was in-creased to more than 150.For further information please visit www.proplanet-label.com

Sustainable palm oil and cocoaREWE Group’s objective is to raise the quantity of sustain-ably sourced raw products.

The REWE Group has set it-self the target of increasing the amount of sustainably sourced palm oil for private label products by 1/3 be-tween now and 2013. A fur-ther goal is to increase the quantity of segregated palm oil. However, this has proven difficult, firstly because of the numerous suppliers for the private label products and, secondly, because the manu-facturers are using only small amounts of palm oil for their products. The REWE Group aims to in-crease the share of sustain-able cocoa by 1/3 in all its

more than 500 private label products containing cocoa by mid 2013. At present, the sustainable cocoa is being sourced as Utz Certified, Fair-trade and Rainforest Alliance.

To reach these targets, the REWE Group is cooperating with NGOs, German minis-tries and industry partners to establish a “Forum for Sus-tainable Cocoa” and a “Forum for Sustainable Palm Oil”.

CommunicationThe REWE Group’s stake-holder forums provide a plat-form for fruitful discussion between suppliers, NGOs and political institutions. In ad-dition, campaign weeks raise the awareness of consumers and employees in terms of sustainability.

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Ahold aims to reduce the environmental impact of its operations and increase the sustainability of its productsClimateWe are working on the envi-ronmental impact of our own operations - through both the design of our stores and the infrastructure of our distri-bution network. In 2010, we set two targets for climate, in terms of the impact of our own operations on the envi-ronment:

1. Reduce CO2 per square metre of sales area by 20% in our operations by 2015 against our 2008 baseline of 555 kg.

In 2011, our CO2 emissions were 497 kg, down 10.5% against our 2008 baseline.

2. Ensure that each operat-ing company has a compre-hensive waste management program in place by the end of 2011.

Waste management programs are now in place at all our op-erating companies. We have set 5 new targets:

Food waste: Develop a group metric to measure food waste by 2012.Packaging waste: Develop a global approach with guide-lines for sustainable own-brand packaging, which in-cludes a packaging improve-ment program for each oper-ating company by 2012.Shopping bags: Eliminate free disposable bags at the

checkout in our supermarkets in Europe by 2012 and reduce the amount of disposable bags at the checkout in the United States by one billion bags by 2015.Disposal method: Eliminate landfill as a disposal method by 2020Ensure that all operating companies have implement-ed a communication policy to encourage customers to reduce, re-use and recycle by 2013.

SustainabilityWe are also working on in-creasing the sustainability of our own-brand products and

have set a number of targets, including:1. Source 100% of the six critical commodities for own-brand products in accordance with industry certification standards by 2015.

2. Map the environmental footprint of 50% of own-brand suppliers and their supply chains by 2015.

We are working with the Sustainability Consortium to gain better insight into greenhouse gas emissions, energy, water usage, and so-cial issues in our own-brand supply chain.

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Mrs. Emma ColesVice President Responsible RetailingMobile: +31 631 92 74 [email protected]

For further information:https://www.ahold.com/#!/Corporate-responsibility/CR-Reports.htm

ROYAL AHOLD


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Mr. Pedro SáHead of Public Affairs


For further information:www.sonae.pt

SONAE


SONAE’s mission is to create long-term economic and social value, taking the benefits of progress and innovation to an ever increasing number of people

It is our purpose to guide our actions by our values resulting in ethical and responsible behaviour At SONAE, sustainability is understood as value creation for all its stakeholders, meeting the highest ethical standards

Main Environmental Achievements In 2011, SONAE’s economic growth (as a group) was ac-companied by a 10% reduc-tion of energy consumption and an increase of renew-able energy self production through the strengthening of the production capacity with the installation of 5 micro generation power stations (3.6 kWp) and 19 new mini generation (20.0 kWp) power stations. In what the environmental performance of the Retail division is concerned, com-paring 2011 to 2010, it is important to underline the reduction of 2% on energy consumption (in the most consuming (food) stores), the reduction of 6% on water consumption, the recovery of 77,3% of the waste (plus 0.5% compared to 2010) and the acquisition of 4 additional environmental certifications according to ISO 14.001. 87% of the vehicles of dedicated truck fleet complied with the EURO 4 standard or higher.

Social ResponsibilityIn 2011, SONAE involved more than 1,350 employees in over 280 voluntary work initiatives, increasing the lev-el of its commitment to the community in areas such as education, health, culture and social support. The number of hours spent on voluntary work by SONAE employees increased by 45% compared to the same period of the previous year, exceeding a total of 6,00O hours of ser-vice to charitable institutions, schools, hospitals, NGOs and other entities. SONAE volun-teers supported more than 125 institutions in Portugal in initiatives which included technical and social support to third sector organisations. SONAE assisted more than 3,000 social organisations through several programmes, some of them involving our clients, representing a total investment of € 10.1 million.

Economic Growth In 2011, SONAE was strongly impacted by an important reduction in private con-sumption in the Iberian peninsula and a Portuguese banking system under pres-sure. Despite of this difficult context, we accomplished to gain market share in the main business areas dur-ing the course of this period and, as a result, our turnover remained stable at € 5.7 bil-lions. In addition, we were able to maintain operational profitability levels. The com-pany continued to strengthen its financial structure, with its debt decreasing sustain-ably and representing, at the end of 2011, 58% of invested capital (vs. 61% in the previ-ous year). SONAE continued with its dividend policy and paid a dividend of 3.31 euro cents per share, representing a dividend yield of 7.2% over the 2011 closing share price.

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Tim WerkhovenHead of European [email protected]

For further information:www.tescoplc.com/corporate-responsibility

Zero-carbon store, Jaromer, Czech Republic

TESCO


A zero-carbon business by 20501. Our Business: Become a zero-carbon business by 2050This year we continued to de-couple business growth from growth in carbon emissions; while our net sales area grew by 9%, our carbon footprint increased by 5%. Emissions from our Group 2006 base-line portfolio of stores are now 26% below the 2006/07 baseline and our stores built after 2006 are 31% lower. In the UK, we halved the distri-bution emissions associated with each case of goods de-livered between 2006/07 and

2011/12. This year we also saw a 6.5% reduction in ab-solute refrigerant emissions across the Group. We opened new zero-carbon stores in the Wales, Ireland and Thailand, bringing our total to seven.

2. Our Supply Chain: Reduce emissions in our supply chain by 30% by 2020We work with our suppliers to reduce emissions across the entire supply chain. Product carbon footprinting allows

us to map “carbon hotspots” and identify our biggest op-portunities. In 2011, we cre-ated our Knowledge Hub, an active online community of our suppliers which enables us and our suppliers to share experiences and advice on carbon reduction and sus-tainability. The Hub already has over 1100 members. We also have implemented spe-cific carbon reduction pro-jects with suppliers, e.g. with over 400 UK dairy farmers, Chinese general merchandise manufacturers, and Kenyan tea plantation farmers.

3. Our Customers:Find ways to help customers reduce their footprint by 50% by 2020We want to show customers that living greener lives can be attractive and affordable. In the UK, we reward custom-ers for their green behaviour by giving out Green Clubcard (loyalty) points worth over £10 million every year. Green Clubcard points are also available in six other coun-tries. In 2011 in Turkey and

China, we launched Greener living websites which give customers tips on how to reduce their footprint. We are also running educational programmes for children. For example through working with schools in Korea, our Green Leaders programme helps children learn the im-portance of saving our envi-ronment. It has created over 30,000 Green Leaders and we aim to have 100,000 by 2020.

Our other commitments:Together with other mem-bers of the Consumer Goods Forum, we will start phas-ing out HFC refrigeration systems from 2015 and help achieve zero net deforesta-tion by 2020.We divert 100% waste pro-duced by our entire UK business directly away from landfill.We have reduced packaging by more than 15% on our own-brand products since 2007 in the UK.We are committed to sourc-ing 100% pole and line caught for our own brand tuna in the UK by the end of 2012, provided we can ensure that this can be achieved in a sustainable way that guarantees the quality and traceability of the product.

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Mrs. Cristina CamaraAdviser Environment Affairs

[email protected]

APED


Raising consumer awareness on environmental best practices from retail companies

APED undertakes to foster continuous improvement in the sector’s environmental performance through the implementation of various initiatives, taking into account the consumers’ needs and expectations, and compliance with current legislation

Sustainable consumption was the focus of environmen-tal best practices shared by APED‘s member companies at a seminar that took place

in September 2011. Numer-ous initiatives undertaken by food and non-food retailers (Ikea, Jerónimo Martins, No-rauto, Sonae) were presented and demonstrated the strong commitment to the reduction of their environmental foot-print.

Promoting research & development on waste prevention and recovery: assessment of the potential of waste oils for the production of biodiesel.Research and development on waste prevention and recovery was promoted via assessment of biodiesel pro-duction using waste oil from retail collection points. The results have shown the fea-sibility of the collected waste oil to the production of bio-diesel, according to the Euro-pean Standard EN 14214. It is

also expected to assess GHG emissions resulting from the production of biodiesel.

APED promoted energy ef-ficiency applied to light-ing (LED technology) in its member companies’ stores, through a financing pro-gramme that was completed by the end of 2011. The final execution rate exceeded the expectations.

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Mrs. Marta LozanoCEC-CCC Assistant of Studies and Projects+34 934 91 06 [email protected]

For further information:www.confecom.cat

CCC-CEC


The mission of the Confederació de Comerç de Catalunya is to promote the environmental best practices of SME retail trade

The initiatives for the period 2012-2014 are focused on the reduction of carbon footprint

To reach the target, CCC members will reduce by 6% their energy consumption, as well as 8% of transport and travel cost and 8% paper con-sumption by 2014 compared to 2012. Also, 50% of CCC members will undertake a calculation of their CO2 foot-print by 2014 and they will initiate a plan to reduce their CO2 emissions.

To calculate their CO2 emis-sions members will use the tool developed by CCC in 2011 called: “Acciones en-caminadas a la reducción de la huella de carbón del sector comercio y servicios de Cata-luña” (Actions for reducing the carbon footprint of com-merce and service sector in Catalonia), addressed to trade associations and SMEs. More information are avail-able here: http://www.confe-com.cat/?page_id=23 (Cata-lan only).

Moreover, during 2011 we diffused a Sector Action Plan for the different trade sub-sectors elaborated under the study “Agenda 21 y el comer-cio (2005-2010)” (Agenda 21 and retail trade) through the website of CCC (http://www.confecom.cat/?page_id=23).

We developed a practical guide for energy savings, ad-dressed also to SMEs (http://www.confecom.cat/wp-con-tent/uploads/2008/04/CCC-170-GUIA_ENERGIA_doc.pdf)

In 2011 we updated the sig-nature of an important agree-ment with the autonomous government and the main as-sociations in Catalonia, called “Pacto por la bolsa” (Agree-

ment for the bag). It consists in reducing by voluntary mea-sures the distribution of sin-gle-use plastic bags in shops. The objective of the agree-ment is a reduction of 50%

by 2012. In 2011 we achieved 30% reduction.

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Mrs. Rosita ZilliEuro Coop Senior Policy

AdviserTel. +32 2 285 00 72

Fax + 32 2 231 07 57Email: [email protected]

EUROCOOP


Consumer Co-operatives: Environmental Sustainability as a Core Value

Sustainable consumption and production: progress in a key area

In 2011, many consumer co-operatives intensified their efforts to source more goods, especially own-branded, bearing trade-related sus-tainability labels. E.g., The Co-operative Group (TCG) committed to sourcing 100% of its own-brand canned tuna from fisheries employing sus-tainable fishing methods by the end of 2013. In Finland, the S Group introduced more than 700 new organic prod-ucts for a total 50% increase in their sales in comparison to 2010.

Waste reduction: an on-going challengeAlso amongst the many ex-amples available, Coop Italy expanded its network of bulk

detergent dispensers. Single bottles used to refill can be reused at least 30 times, thereby reducing significantly plastic sent to landfills.

Taking the energy challenge forwardFor instance, TCG kept on sourcing virtually all its en-ergy (98%) from renewable sources, thereby confirming to be one of the largest pur-chasers of green electricity in the world.

Educate, train and inform employees and consumer-members: a co-operative missionAlso amongst the most rel-evant examples available, in

2011 Coop Italy continued its awareness-raising campaign “Water from my own place”, centred on the issue of water scarcity and responsible wa-ter use. Among others, local mineral water was granted more visibility and informa-tion was provided about the distance between the points of sale and the mineral water sources.

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Mrs. Emilie [email protected]

For further information:http://www.fcd.asso.fr/index.php?page=17

FCD


French food retailers to increase the energy efficiency of stores by closing their refrigerated display cabinetsFCD, the French Retail Association, signed a voluntary agreement with the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development on 16 January 2012 according to which retailers commit to equip 75% of their chiller cabinets with doors and glazing by 2020. Similar individual initiatives exist elsewhere in Europe but France is a pioneer in introducing such a collective scheme on a voluntary basis

The use of double glazing on refrigerated cabinets for fresh products (dairy prod-ucts, meats, etc.) enables to cut their energy use by up to 50%. Until now, refrigerated

cabinets have accounted for about 40% of the energy use in retail stores. Therefore, the end of open-door chiller cabinets is expected to help save 20% of the energy con-sumed by the stores.

When the objective will be achieved in 2020, a total 2.2 TWh could be saved every year, equivalent to the an-nual electricity consumption of a city of 500,000 inhabit-ants, or a reduction in CO2

emissions of around 500,000 tonnes per year, which repre-

sents the yearly emissions of 350,000 new vehicles. Adding doors to refriger-ated cabinets also avoids the cold sensation. In the twenty stores or so that have

already experienced closed refrigerated cabinets, cus-tomers say they enjoy the extra comfort!The agreement was signed by leading companies such as Auchan, Carrefour, Casino, Cora, Francap, Monoprix, Simply Market and Système U (later joined by Intermarché). It concerns around 700 km of cabinets in all store formats: hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenient stores.

Many other actions have al-ready been taken to reduce

the energy consumption of stores, e.g.: automation de-vices and remote manage-ment, new lighting technolo-gies, use of natural lighting, heat recovery produced by refrigeration for space heat-ing, gradual elimination of open-door cabinets for fro-zen food. This new voluntary agreement demonstrates the commitment of the French retail sector in favor of sus-tainable development and, more specifically, the pos-sibility for retailers to con-tribute to the fight against global warming.

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REAP MEMBERS

CompaniesAsda Wal*Mart, Auchan, C&A, Carrefour Group, Colruyt Group, Delhaize Group, El Corte Inglés, Eroski, IKEA, Inditex, Kaufland, Lidl, Marks & Spencer Group, Mercadona, Mercator, Metro Group, REWE Group, Royal Ahold, Sonae, Tesco.

AssociationsAPED (Associação Portuguesa de Empresas de Distribuição), Confederación Española de Comercio (CEC), EuroCommerce, Euro Coop, European Retail Round Table (ERRT), Fédération des Entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution (FCD).

REAP SECRETARIAT Ms. Christel Davidson (EuroCommerce)[email protected]+32 (0)2 737 05 90

Mr. Simone Mancini (ERRT)[email protected]+32 (0)2 286 51 22

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