Carrefour - 2017 Registration Document

2 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Combatting waste CARREFOUR | 2017 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 49 Saving water 2.2.5 Carrefour’s policy Carrefour is committed to reducing the water consumption of its stores through tighter monitoring and more thorough checks. For several years now, Carrefour has also been working on water use in the supply chain through its Clean Water Project and during the product use phase. The amount of water consumed by stores varies with store size and activities. Most of the water is consumed in preparing food (meat, fish, bread, pastries and deli products), cleaning equipment and floors, producing ice for the seafood display, in staff restrooms and watering green spaces. Carrefour monitors water consumption and is rolling out action plans to save water. Stores are phasing in solutions such as rainwater recovery and water-saving taps. To improve management of water consumption under current conditions of growing water scarcity in the country, Carrefour Brazil conducts online monitoring of water consumption at all its stores and has started work on upgrading its water supply lines. Given the nature of their business, stores do not produce heavily polluted wastewater. Wastewater treatment and recycling systems have been introduced in some countries. Carrefour’s performance Amount of water consumed 2017 2016 Change cu.m. per sq.m. of sales area 1.65 1.67 -1.2% cu.m. (in millions) 18.1 17.9 +1.1% Scope: Like-for-like BUs (100% of 2017 consolidated scope excl. VAT). From 2016 to 2017, water consumption per square metre rose by 1.2% at Group level. Supply-chain work by Carrefour teams brought significant results in 2017: Carrefour ranked 39 th out of 100 in China’s environmental ● performance index (EPI) for the management of its supply chain water pollution; 13% of textile factories in Bangladesh, China and India received ● training and were audited on how to prevent chemical waste; In Bangladesh, 100% of plants with water treatment facilities ● were inspected without warning to test the quality of the water treated. 80% of these plants have committed to take water conservation measures as part of the PaCT project.