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Carbon Management Strategies

The Carbon Trust

The retail sector is responsible for over 5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. It is estimated that energy savings of up to 20%, equivalent to more than £300 million, are possible across the sector.

Make these simple improvements to the areas with the biggest carbon saving potential in your sector.

• Refrigeration: Ensure your system is set at the right temperature. Even if its 1oC lower than needed, your costs could rise by 2-4%.
  > More advice for making your refrigeration more efficient
• Lighting: Switch lights off in empty rooms. You could cut your lighting costs, by as much as 15% just by making sure you turn off lights in areas that aren't being used.
  > More advice for making your lighting more efficient
• Heating: Don't turn up the heating unless you really need to. Try to keep your thermostat at 19oC as your heating costs will increase by 8% each time you turn the temperature up by just one degree.
  > More advice for making your heating more efficient

Saving energy is one of the simplest ways to increase profits. In retail businesses, energy costs may only be a small percentage of turnover, but reducing them can directly increase margins without the need to increase sales.

This publication focusses on the low and no-cost energy saving measures and actions that will lead to the quickest payback.

Retail Bulletin.com

Businesses believe that corporate responsibility can be a useful tool. With times are as tough as they are at the moment, retailers could be forgiven for allowing corporate responsibility to slip down the business agenda while attention is focused elsewhere.