Energy use in Metro's buildings

Leave it Greener
Earth Day Special
Eco Party
Blue-Green Algae
Concentrated laundry detergents
Eco-friendly spring cleaning

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP):

In 2008, Metro joined the ranks of other forward thinking organizations committed to fighting climate change by responding to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) information request. The CDP is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to foster dialogue between investors and businesses, based on information gathered annually from major international corporations, in order to provide a rational response to the challenges of climate change.

Environmental Sustainability Initiative (ESI)

Since September 2007, Metro has been involved in the Environmental Sustainability Initiative (ESI). Spearheaded by the food distribution industry, the initiative’s specific objective is to account for the greenhouse emissions (in carbon dioxide equivalent) of retail sales activities. This is an important step toward collectively reducing the industry's carbon footprint.

Several measures have already been implemented to reduce our energy consumption, thereby decreasing our GG emissions.

In stores:

Refrigeration and heating account for more than half of a supermarket's total energy consumption. Our stores are equipped with the following:

- Central control panels to optimize energy consumption in the refrigeration, lighting, ventilation, and heating systems;
- High-efficiency motors to reduce energy consumption in refrigerated display cases;
- Systems to recover the heat generated by the refrigeration systems and redirect it to the sales area, warehouse and loading dock;
- Direct-expansion refrigeration equipment with the lowest cooling load on the North American market. Freon leaks are detected rapidly, which minimizes GG emissions.