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Sustainability at Sears
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Sustainability at Sears November 17th, 2009
Climate Change will define the 21st century
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Sustainability at Sears November 17th, 2009
Priority 1: Make it easy for our customers to be green
Priority 2: Become carbon neutral
Priority 3: Nurture a culture of sustainability
Sears Sustainability Roadmap – Priorities
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Making Better Choices
Renewable resources products are made
from materials that are better choices for the
environment, e.g.,•Organic cotton
•Bamboo
•Soy
•Recycled PET
•Fair Trade certified
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Making Better Choices
Healthy Home is all about improving
and maintaining healthy indoor air
quality and clean drinking water. This
includes:
• Low VOC materials such as paint,
carpets, and finishes on furniture,
floors, blinds, etc.
•Air + water filters
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Making Better Choices
Uses Less Power takes energy efficiency to
the next level. These products and services
contribute to:
•help customers reduce their energy bills.
• less power usage,
•increased energy efficiency
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Eco products with positive payback
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Products that promote energy efficiency
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Becoming Carbon Neutral
Sears is committed to reducing the environmental impact of its operations through strategies related to:
Reducing the quantity of paper sourced
Increasing the efficiency of lighting and HVAC systems
Improving the effectiveness of waste diversion procedures
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Sears Canada Carbon Footprint
Total Emissions: 256, 255 Tones
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Sustainable Transportation
Key actions to promote sustainable transportation in 2009:
HQ relocation: Loss of 200+ free parking spots
Gain direct access to subway
Retain indoor bicycle parking + change room
RideShare service launched
SLH begins trailer side-skirts roll-out, complements anti-idling, speed delimiters, aerodynamic fairings, etc.
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Nurture a Culture of Sustainability
“Internal locus of control” is key to sustainability culture change, with feedback and incentives in place for associates and customers
Key actions in 2009:
Green Champions active in large HQ business units
Green teams established in majority of stores/ facilities
Monthly waste + energy data
Monthly activities and feedback
Green Bag lunch series at HQ
Collecting success stories, empower the grassroots
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What contributes most to the magazine’s carbon footprint:
Travel to research story
Head office operations
Paper manufacturing
Printing
Distribution
National Geographic Magazine
1.27 lbs CO2 /magazine
70%
Paper typeFuel source at mill
Carbon footprint: 1.82 lbs CO2 /magazine
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Carbon in Atmosphere
Raw Material
Extraction
Design & Production
Packaging & Distribution
Use & Maintenance
Disposal
2-4% 2-5% 0.5% 90-95% 0.5%
240kg (est.)
Data courtesy of : BSH
Example: Refrigerator
Our carbon footprint is more than our internal operations
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Marks & Spencer’s carbon footprint (2008)
Total M&S Direct
514,000 t CO2/ year
10%
M & S Internal
Total M&S
Upstream
4,933,000 t CO2/ year
90%
Upstream: (Suppliers)
- building energy use (~250t)- travel (~50t)
- food (~2,700t)- clothing (~2,000t)
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Total M&S Direct
514,000 t CO2/ year
Marks & Spencer’s carbon footprint
Direct: M&S
Downstream: (Customers)Total M&S
Downstream
2,142,000 t CO2/ year
- building energy use (~250t)- travel (~50t)
- clothing care (~1,000t)- customer travel (~1,000t)- food (~100t)
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Sustainability at Sears
Please directs questions, comments and inquiries to James Gray-Donald, AVP, Sustainability Leader, [email protected]