2010 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT (3.4 Mo) - Groupe Casino

231 DECEMBER 2010Environmental ReportEnvironmental assessment or certificationinitiativesCasino continued to roll out its energy consumption monitoringsystems, which cover the majority of its hypermarkets, supermarkets,cafeterias and warehouses.Independent electricity consumption audits are performed regularly,leading to the implementation of corrective action (see below fordetails).An IFS (International Food Standard) certification programme has beenimplemented for the Group’s warehouses. Eleven warehouses werecertified at the end of 2010 and the rest are due to obtain certificationby the end of 2011. One warehouse is also HQE certified and anotherISO 14001 certified.As regards the shopping centres, Mercialys, a Casino subsidiary,created the first sustainable development label for shoppingcentres—the “V” label—in liaison with experts in the field, includingEcocert Environnement, an independent external organisation thataudits the applicant shopping centres on the basis of a set of about100 criteria. Three shopping centres obtained the label in 2010, witha target of thirty by 2015.Expenditure to limit the environmental impacts of the businessIndicatorUnitCasino2010Monoprix2010Franprix-Leader Price2010Eco-packaging tax + Corepile tax (battery recycling) + D3E tax(recycling) + Eco-TLC tax (selective waste sorting) (1) € 1,716,000 1,156,585 N/AEco contribution on promotional brochures (1) € 1,020,000 216,397 N/AExpenditure for remediation of land owned by the Group (1) € 57,000 N/A N/A(1) Excluding Codim 2 and Cdiscount.OrganisationThe Environment Officer was appointed in 2001 to coordinate the activities of all of the Group’s operating units in the area of environmentalprotection. He is supported by a number of local officers in the Group’s various business units and reports to the Corporate Social ResponsibilityDepartment set up in 2010 to develop and coordinate more efficiently the Group’s CSR policy in France and internationally.Provisions for environmental risks and insurance coverIndicatorUnitCasino2010Monoprix2010Franprix-Leader Price2010Provisions for environmental risks (1) € 466,000 0 N/AInsurance cover for environmental risk € 0 0 N/A(1) Sites concerned: Annemasse, Boissy-Saint-Léger, Chalon-sur-Saône, Cholet, Lanester, Lannion, Mandelieu, Marseille la Valentine and Limoges.Compensation paid and action takento remedy environmental damageThe Group was not ordered to pay any compensation for environmentaldamage in 2010 by decision of any court.Objectives set for foreign subsidiariesAt the beginning of 2003, the Casino Group produced a documentsetting out its commitments in the area of sustainable development(for further information, see the 2010 Business Review and SustainableDevelopment Report, and our website www.groupe-casino.fr). Thesecommitments, which were reaffirmed when the Group signed theUnited Nations Global Compact in 2009, also cover environmentalissues and apply by default to all Group entities. Areas requiring workon a Group scale are identified by exchanging best practices andharmonising action taken depending on local specifics.44 Casino Group | Registration Document 2010