2015 Activity and Sustainable Development Report5

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Thanks to the installation of 200kWp solar panels on its roof and new occupancy sensors in its offices, the distribution center s energy bill was reduced by 88%. Carbon emissions were cut by 14.2 tons per year. The center also installed two charging stations for electric vehicles.

has drastically reduced its direct carbon emissions since 2011, thanks primarily to the implementation of energy efficiency solutions at its sites and to using less natural gas. Today, 90% of its energy supply comes from renewable energies.

THE GROUP S ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT relies first and foremost on its Environmental Charter. Available in 23 languages,

its goal is to specify the Group s environmental commitments and to involve all employees in order to make environmental responsibility a part of their everyday practices. In 2015, it was displayed at 95% of the Group s sites. Rexel also encourages the progressive implementation of EMS (Environmental Management Systems) to define procedures in order to manage the environmental aspects of its operations. By late 2015,

nearly 45% of Rexel s sites had implemented an EMS and 23% of them were ISO 14001-certified. In this respect, 100% of Rexel s sites in Austria received ISO 14001 certification in 2015. In addition, eight of Rexel s sites were granted ISO 50001 certification and several other countries launched the certification procedure. More than 70 environmental correspondents across all of the Group s subsidiaries worldwide enforce the Group s environmental policy and promote it locally. They are in charge of gathering, processing and analyzing data to monitor performance indicators. In 2015, Rexel s environmental reporting covered up to 99.7% of its turnover in 30 countries.

COMMITTING TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE ENVIRONMENT