Electricity less than 350 Kwh per m2 of commercial area
The company's electricity consumption ratio is less than 350 kWh per m2 of commercial space.
About the data
This sub-metric is used to evaluate the metric : ""3.2 Efficiency and energy saving""
With this metric we refer to the 2 most important aspects of sustainable energy consumption: Efficiency and Savings.
Energy saving involves a change in consumption habits such as avoiding energy waste.
Energy efficiency is the fact of minimising the amount of energy needed to satisfy the demand without affecting its quality; it means replacing one piece of equipment with another that, with the same performance, consumes less electricity, for example.
With this metric we refer to the 2 most important aspects of sustainable energy consumption: Efficiency and Savings.
Energy saving involves a change in consumption habits such as avoiding energy waste.
Energy efficiency is the fact of minimising the amount of energy needed to satisfy the demand without affecting its quality; it means replacing one piece of equipment with another that, with the same performance, consumes less electricity, for example.
Methodology
Within the energy consumption of supermarket chains, we consider in this question only electricity for the purpose of intensity ratio in order to ensure homogeneity and comparability among all the companies evaluated. In any case, electricity consumption represents around the 80% of total energy consumption in this sector.
It is very unlikely that companies will publish their intensity of electricity consumption per m2 of surface area, so this ratio will have to be calculated from the electricity consumption published by the company and its total m2 of commercial surface with the formula:
Electricity consumption intensity = Total electric consumption in Kwh / Commercial surface in m2
The data of the total commercial area in m2 will be obtained from the reports published on the chain's website for the year evaluated. The company may not publish it, but may use an intensity indicator based on its surface (of CO2 emissions per m2, for example), from which the total surface of the chain can be calculated.
Failing that, we may use the data published by some specialized reference sources such as Alimarket, Inforetail, DataRetail, Statista, Nielsen, Kantar, IRI Infoscan, ...
This data must be homogeneous and comparable for the 2 years analyzed, so the source of data on the commercial area must be the same. Thus, if we use Alimarket to find out the total commercial area of ??a chain in a given year, we must use the same source to compare with the previous year.
NOTE: We must exclude from electricity consumption, that from low impact renewable energy (solar, wind, etc ..).
The tranches have been selected after analyzing the relative consumption of the supermarket sector and the best performances as a reference.
We will assign a "" YES "" to this question if:
- The intensity of electricity consumption calculated or published by the company is less than 350Kwh per m2
We will assign a "NO" if:
- The company does not publish data on electricity consumption
This information can be found in any of the following reports published on the companies' website:
- Annual memory
- Corporate Social Responsibility Report
- Sustainability Report
- Environmental Report
- Report on Carbon Footprint
- Non-Financial Information Statement (EINF)
It is very unlikely that companies will publish their intensity of electricity consumption per m2 of surface area, so this ratio will have to be calculated from the electricity consumption published by the company and its total m2 of commercial surface with the formula:
Electricity consumption intensity = Total electric consumption in Kwh / Commercial surface in m2
The data of the total commercial area in m2 will be obtained from the reports published on the chain's website for the year evaluated. The company may not publish it, but may use an intensity indicator based on its surface (of CO2 emissions per m2, for example), from which the total surface of the chain can be calculated.
Failing that, we may use the data published by some specialized reference sources such as Alimarket, Inforetail, DataRetail, Statista, Nielsen, Kantar, IRI Infoscan, ...
This data must be homogeneous and comparable for the 2 years analyzed, so the source of data on the commercial area must be the same. Thus, if we use Alimarket to find out the total commercial area of ??a chain in a given year, we must use the same source to compare with the previous year.
NOTE: We must exclude from electricity consumption, that from low impact renewable energy (solar, wind, etc ..).
The tranches have been selected after analyzing the relative consumption of the supermarket sector and the best performances as a reference.
We will assign a "" YES "" to this question if:
- The intensity of electricity consumption calculated or published by the company is less than 350Kwh per m2
We will assign a "NO" if:
- The company does not publish data on electricity consumption
This information can be found in any of the following reports published on the companies' website:
- Annual memory
- Corporate Social Responsibility Report
- Sustainability Report
- Environmental Report
- Report on Carbon Footprint
- Non-Financial Information Statement (EINF)
Value Type
Category
Options
Yes
No
Unknown
Research Policy
Community Assessed
Report Type
Annual Report
, Sustainability Report
, Code of Conduct
, Integrated Report
, Company Website