Carrefour - 2017 Registration Document

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Combatting waste 2017 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT | CARREFOUR 2. 48 CO 2 emissions per shipping unit (kg of CO 2 /pallet) 2017 2016 Change TOTAL 6.5 6.4 +2.0% Scope: Like-for-like BUs (88% of 2017 consolidated sales excl. VAT) – excluding: HM: AT. Highlights With its Cercle des Transporteurs partners, Carrefour France has developed a fleet of vehicles running on biomethane. The immediate benefits from this initiative are a 75% reduction in CO 2 emissions, zero fine particle emissions and a 50% reduction in noise pollution. By the end of 2017, there were more than 100 biomethane-fuelled trucks making clean, quiet deliveries in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille and Bordeaux. Five bio-NGV service stations were available for refuelling the Carrefour fleet and vehicles from any other carriers opting for biomethane. More of these service stations will be opening in 2018. Carrefour actively encourages the use of this biofuel in the other countries where it operates. Carrefour Italy began preliminary work on this 2017, and the first service station should be opening in the fourth quarter of 2018. In Italy, Carrefour brought in its first hybrid electric truck, and Carrefour Spain introduced its first natural gas trucks in Madrid. With the Conducteur Carrefour programme launched by Carrefour France in 2017, delivery drivers are seen as Group ambassadors. As part of the programme, they received a guide, videos and training on maintaining best practices and operational excellence. In 2018, it will be extended to include reciprocal rating, with stores assessing the quality of the delivery service and drivers assessing the quality of reception at the store. Reducing the impact of packaging 2.2.4 Carrefour’s policy Carrefour is committed to a 10,000-tonne reduction in packaging by 2025 with respect to base year 2016. [CSR Index] To reach this goal, Carrefour is implementing a packaging reduction policy that involves a number of measures: Optimise packaging, by adapting shapes, reducing size, weight ● and colours, and using vegetable-based inks where possible; Cut out secondary packaging; ● Use renewable and recycled materials where possible; ● Offer customers packaging collection solutions, in partnership ● with local authorities and suppliers. To sustain these initiatives and achieve the Group’s packaging reduction targets, all Carrefour country teams have committed to running five projects a year in this area. In Spain and France, packaging considerations are systematically factored in during the eco-design process for Carrefour products. All new developments must satisfy criteria on material reduction, optimised fill rate and printing methods, simplified opening and closing, etc. To avoid increasing food waste, product conservation must not be compromised. To limit waste, the boxes and crates used for carrying fruit and vegetables are being replaced by reusable plastic trays. Retail-ready packaging (secondary packaging used for display) is being developed to reduce the amount of primary packaging used. Carrefour’s performance In 2017, Carrefour introduced a new packaging performance indicator consistent with its objective of a 10,000-tonne reduction in primary packaging (store-shelf packaging) by 2025. Reduction in packaging materials (tonnes) 2017 TOTAL 938 Highlights Carrefour’s work in 2017 focused on: continuing to provide instructions on sorting and recycling packaging materials for most food and non-food products; ● various projects that reduced packaging waste by over 900 tonnes per year. A 50-gramme reduction in the weight of a bottle of syrup ● leads to a 36% reduction in the annual CO 2 emissions relating to this product.