CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2009
By working with our hauliers and planning teams, we have saved
444,187
product miles since 2007
Policies and Actions
Chillers
Product chillers in our customers’ outlets represent 14% of our carbon footprint and addressing their environmental impact is one of our strategic priorities. Last year we investigated retrofitting our existing equipment but decided we will have more impact by focusing on new, more energy efficient equipment. We have recently purchased a new range of chillers, all HFC-free and with energy saving functions such as night blinds and energy efficient motors that can save up to 50% of energy compared to traditional chillers. During 2009 we will trial a number of low impact chillers with key customers, with the potential to reduce energy by a further 25%.
Waste
We are making progress towards our 2015 target of sending zero packaging and food waste to landfill:
- Waste going to landfill is down by 13.8% since last year. Waste being recycled is up 57.3% since 2007. We have achieved this through initiatives to improve waste segregation across all our sites.
- We have also launched a project to help us achieve our target of sending zero waste to landfill by 2015. The first step is detailed analysis of our landfill waste to identify items that cannot currently be recycled. The next step is to find ways of averting this waste from landfill through innovative means.
Transport
Transport makes up 27.9% of our carbon footprint (this includes company vehicles, primary logistics, third party logistics and air miles). In the past 12 months we have focused our efforts on reducing our transport emissions and have had positive results:
- We have reduced our product miles by 444,187 miles since last year by working closely with our hauliers and using the most sophisticated planning software to reduce unnecessary stock movements and lorry journeys.
- Our core lorry fleet is now all Euro 5 compliant, meeting the strictest European standards on air pollutants and improving efficiency. Together with improved planning, we have saved 511 tonnes of CO2 per annum since last year.
- We have reduced our CO2 emissions from company cars and vans by 40% since 2006. We are currently introducing more energy efficient technical service vehicles, used to carry out chiller maintenance, which will save 1,000 tonnes of C02 over four years.