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Rewe Group to cut its CO2 emissions by 30%
Rewe Group – the second largest food trader in Germany, No 3 in Europe and seventh worldwide – has announced plans to reduce its annual CO2 emissions of 2.5 million tonnes by 30% by 2015. Compared to the 2006 reference year, the CO2 emissions per square metre of sales floor area will be reduced from 320kg to 224kg.
To achieve this goal, the company will cooperate with the Öko-Institut in Germany and with the Federal Office for the Environment in Austria in the collection and evaluation of data and in taking further steps.
More than 60% of the total emissions of Rewe Group are caused by the use of electricity. By increasing the energy efficiency of the stores and by the switching to green electricity, important steps towards achieving the corporate climate goals have already been taken. Now, the aspects of refrigerating agents (15% of the emissions), heat (12%), logistics (8%), paper consumption (3%) and business travels (2%) are also on the agenda.
“With our goal to reduce CO2 emissions by 30%, we are the leaders in the European food trade when it comes to climate protection,” said Manfred Esser, Rewe Group Management board member in charge of strategic purchasing. “In cooperation with the Öko-Institut and the Federal Office for the Environment, we have collected and evaluated hundreds of thousands of data records. By this, we show that we take the protection of our climate very seriously.”
Source: Rewe Group
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