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Our 7 goals

Our products & services

Our goal: to enable sustainability in all our product and services categories

Our stores & operations

Future Homes Goal: to ensure our stores and operations are efficient and sustainable

Kingfisher is committed to leading by example and is therefore working to minimise the carbon footprint of its stores and operations through initiatives on energy, transport, waste and water.

Castorama store
 
B&Q UK eco adviser
Wind turbine on B&Q UK store

Highlights

8%
reduction in total CO2 equivalent emissions from energy and transport

 

10%
reduction in store waste disposed

 

Eco stores
A range of green technologies incorporated into new stores at B&Q UK and Castorama France

Areas for improvement

  • Improve the way we measure and address our indirect (i.e. scope 3) carbon emissions, including the impact of third-party transport fleets.
  • Increase the use of renewable and low carbon solutions, working with partners to overcome current technical constraints and high costs.
  • Embark on further work to reduce water use if we are to meet our target for all businesses to demonstrate improvements in water efficiency by next year.

Future priorities

  • Develop a long-term 'zero carbon' strategy.
  • Build all new stores to high sustainability standards – incorporating use of cutting-edge low-carbon and environmental technologies.
Eiffel Tower at night

Lights switch-off

On 27 March 2010, Castorama France and B&Q China switched off all external lights across stores during the 60-minute Earth Hour period, a campaign initiated by the environmental organisation WWF. Castorama France also donated hundreds of candles for the switch-off event at the Eiffel Tower.

Wind turbine at B&Q UK distribution centre

Renewable energy

In February 2009, a 2MW wind turbine became operational at the distribution centre in Worksop which supplies approximately 30% of the building's energy. B&Q UK aims for all energy use in new stores to be 'zero carbon' from 2012.

 

The issues

Find out about our progress on key issues relating to our stores and operations.

Wind turbine on B&Q UK store

Climate change

B&Q UK double deck truck

Carbon footprint

Solar panels on Castorama France store

Sustainable materials & water

  • Page last updated 31 May 2010.
  • The Group data and progress against targets within the Group CR performance section is updated annually. The latest Group CR data covers the Kingfisher financial year ending 30 January 2010 (referred to as 2009/10). The text is updated on an ongoing basis to reflect new developments.

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