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ENvIRONMENTal
REsPONsIBILITy
CO 2 e EMIssIONs
Management approach to environmental responsibility including
operating principles and monitoring and control systems are
described on pages 50–57.
At the end of 2011, environmental systems covered 63% of the
Kesko companies' net sales in Finland and 53% of the whole Group’s
net sales. The coverage has been calculated in proportion to retail
sales. So far, environmental systems have not been adopted in the
operations outside Finland.
The K-Group's environmental policy, updated in 2011, can be read
at www.kesko.fi/responsibility.
MATERIALS
Company cars,
Finland
2,949 t
Transportation,
Finland
46,350 t
MATERIALS USED, EN1
In respect of Kesko, materials used refer to the quantities of packaging
materials of products imported or packaged by Kesko. Kesko
reports these materials to the authorities in compliance with the EU
packaging directive. Kesko’s logistics operations take account of the
possibilities to use more environmentally friendly materials in its
operations and packaging systems.
Kesko guides its customers in comparing the environmental properties
of products and packaging, their proper use and disposal
after use. Kesko can have an impact on the packaging materials
and quantities, especially when developing its own brand products.
Among the clearly most important properties of packaging is to sufficiently
protect the product from spoilage before use and to enable
the whole product quantity to be used. According to surveys (Source:
MTT Agrifood Research Finland FutupackEKO), the environmental
impacts of foodstuffs packaging as a rule are significantly smaller
than the emissions from the production and consumption of the
foodstuff itself.
Read about the objectives and progress of Kesko’s recycling and
material efficiency on pages 58–59.
quantities of packaging imported and packaged by Kesko, tons
2011 2010 2009
Anttila/K-citymarket 2,231 2,575 1,146
Rautakesko 2,966 3,701 2,978
Kesko Food 17,869 18,101 25,628
In 2009, K-citymarket was included in Kesko Food's figures.
Excluding wood packaging and roll containers.
MATERIALS USED THAT ARE RECyCLED INPUT
MATERIALS, EN2
In 2011, 277 tons of packaging plastic recovered from Kesko Food's
goods transportation was recycled. Because most part of the reported
packaging materials go to consumers, the calculation of the proportion
of recycled materials is not appropriate. Read more at EN27.
ENERGy
Air travel,
Finland
2,101 t
Energy consumption in
properties
141,083 t
DIRECT ENERGy CONSUMPTION, EN3, AND INDIRECT
ENERGy CONSUMPTION, EN4
In 2011, Kesko’s office and warehouse properties and the K-Group
stores in Finland consumed a total of 1,071 GWh of electric and heat
energy. In the other operating countries, the total consumption of
heat and electricity was 129.1 GWh in 2011.
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