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Canadian Tire Tread The Way Of Sustainability
Canadian Tire, a retailer of tyre and automotive parts, gas stations, general merchandise and apparel, says it will be among one of the first Canadian companies to include their sustainability metrics in its quarterly and year-end financial reporting, according to its first Community and Business Sustainability Report.
Starting in 2010, the company will report some sustainability metrics quarterly while other metrics will be summarized annually.
Here is an example in the company’s first sustainability report.
Canadian Tire is completing an energy-efficient lighting program in 361 stores. This helped save over 45 million kilowatt hours of energy in 2009, and will help save another 85 million KWHs annually from 2010 onwards. The program also prevented the emission of over 11,500 tons of carbon dioxide in 2009, and is expected to reduce emissions by another 20,500 tons annually starting in 2010.
The lighting retrofits also translated into energy savings of $6 million in 2009. The company expects to save another $12 million in 2010.
The retailer has a Smart Store in Orleans, Ontario, which is 30 percent more energy efficient than stores built three years ago, says the company. Energy-saving features include fluorescent lighting, daylight harvesting, motion sensors to control lighting, high efficiency heating and cooling systems and increased insulation, which are now standard for all new Canadian Tire stores. The Smart Store was an Outstanding Merit Award winner as part of the Association for Retail Environments’ (A.R.E) Sustainability Awards in 2009.
Monday 8th February 2010
