2015 Activity and Sustainable Development Report5

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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the main priority of Rexel s environmental policy. For the first time in 2015 the Group set the goal of reducing its scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by at least 30% by 2020 (2010 baseline).

CARBON EMISSIONS WERE REDUCED by 2.1% in 2015, thanks to a series of initiatives combining lower energy consumption at Rexel sites (lighting, energy management of buildings, renewable energies) and transport (promoting shared transport, delivery service

rationalization, pooling flows between Rexel entities, more eco-friendly vehicles). Several countries have also successfully implemented energy management programs. As an example, in the Netherlands, Rexel

Reducing the Group s environmental footprint

COMMITTING TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE ENVIRONMENT