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K-Group's work to mitigate climate change in the world's top class
KESKO PRESS RELEASE 4.11.2015 AT 10.00
Kesko was selected as one of the world's leading companies to the Climate A List with the best possible score of 100 points.
Kesko was also included in the Nordic Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) for the fifth consecutive time. Kesko was awarded the full 100 points also in this index.
The companies that achieve a position on the Climate A List and the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index are defined by the independent organisation CDP. An assessment by CDP has been requested by 822 investors, whose combined investment assets total over a third of the world's invested capital.
Thousands of companies annually submit information to CDP on their work in climate change mitigation and the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. The best 5% of the assessed companies, 113 this year, are included on the Climate A List.
Kesko has signed the trading sector energy efficiency agreement and committed to improving its annual energy efficiency by 65 GWh by the end of 2016 through various saving measures. By the end of 2014, Kesko had improved its energy efficiency by 59 GWh and achieved 90% of the objective.
Stores' energy-efficient solutions, such as lids and doors of refrigeration equipment, recovery of condensation heat, refrigeration units using carbon dioxide, and adjustable and directional lighting, generate significant energy savings.
The emissions from Keslog's transportation are reduced through, for example, route planning, reverse logistics, two-tier trailers and training in economical driving style.
In autumn 2015, Kesko's grocery trade, Gasum, Myllyn Paras and Wursti entered into cooperation where biogas produced from biowaste collected from retail stores is utilised as energy in the manufacture of new Pirkka products.
is available from Kesko's Matti Kalervo, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, tel. +358 50 306 4081.
Read more about the K-Group's responsibility work and its results at:
http://kesko2014.kesko.fi/en
Kesko in sustainability indices:
http://www.kesko.fi/en/Investors/Share-information/Equity-indices/Sustainability-indices/
CDP's Climate A List and the Global Climate Change Report 2015 have been published at: www.cdp.net
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