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Initiatives

Sustainability Initiatives

· Use water-efficient fixtures. Add faucet aerators. Use timed and censored fixtures. Use eco-labeled appliances.

· Track and monitor consumption/Switch off unused lights and electronics/Use eco-labeled fixtures and appliances/Eliminate phantom energy.

· Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Paper, Plastic, Metal, Food, Donate).

· Use of eco-friendly products.

· Support local products and materials.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

. Collaboration with Al Rayyan Municipality and a recycling company to organise an awareness event at one of Al Rayyan public parks.

. Collaboration with recycling companies to reach and sign agreements for waste collection. 

. Carrefour Qatar has begun installation of recycling bins across all its stores. 

. Collaboration with compost companies to convert food waste into organic compost, and to convert it to energy. 

Tree Planting

Carrefour Qatar in collaboration with Al Rayyan Municipality and a group of students from First Assalam School participated in the ongoing one

million tree-planting campaign. The initiative aimed to show our commitment to promoting environmental awareness in line with our  Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability initiatives.

Energy Saving

Carrefour has had saving amounting to 9,300 tons of CO2 emission by usage of LED lighting in all stores and accommodation, applying the double glazing door insulation for refrigeration cabinets, VFD Variable frequency dryer for Refrigeration racks, UPS and chillers, Replacing CC chillers with latest technology system for energy saving, apply a monitoring system in all stores to have a daily power consumption control.

Aquaponics Farming

Launching our first Carrefour Aquaponics Farm in Qatar in cooperation with Agrico.The all-new initiative highlights the importance of sustainable solutions in the  fresh food industry by providing alternatives to conventional farming.

Sustainability Awareness Sessions

The main objective of these sessions is to raise awareness on sustainability issues, and in line with our Dare Today, Change Tomorrow strategy.

 We started to roll out the training sessions for our employees and suppliers to share with them sustainability approach, resource conservation and  talked about possible initiatives for cooperation in sustainable future.

Tree Planting

On 12th October, Farmers at Heenat Salma will start the plantation. A team of 20 from Hilton Doha will join the farmers at the farm to plant the saplings together.

A dedicated area map will be shared with Hilton Doha clearly showing the area in the farm where Hilton Doha's 400 trees will be planted.

All 400 trees will be virtually onboarded to Hilton Doha's online dashboard using Verdura Care Qatar's global technology partner EcoMatcher's treecoder application.