This metric is part of Eticonsum's research study on the evaluation of companies in the Retail Food sector on environmental, social and ethical issues.
Eticonsum is a non-profit market research agency specialising in ESG (environment, social, governance) corporate performance applied to consumer insights.
We research and analyse the ethical market in the FMCG sector and assess the environmental and social performance of companies in order to help both conscious consumers to decide according to their values and companies to compete on ethical reputation.

Companies are evaluated on the basis of all their published information on extra-financial performance, including their Corporate Social Responsibility reports, Annual Reports, Codes of Conduct, Sustainability Reports, Non-Financial Information according to law 11/2018, etc ....

With this metric we aim to assess how the company manages energy consumption in an efficient and sustainable way, limiting its impact and reporting its results.

As the European Environment Agency explains, at the heart of the climate change mitigation challenges is our global energy consumption and our dependence on fossil fuels. To limit global warming, we urgently need to use energy efficiently, as well as switch to clean energy sources for transport, heating or cooling.
Globally, energy consumption represents by far the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Around two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions are linked to the burning of fossil fuels used for heating, electricity, transport and industry.

Supermarkets are one of the most energy intensive retail sectors, with the majority of their energy consumption coming from refrigeration systems (around 60% of total energy expenditure); lighting (18%); air conditioning (approximately 15%)