Improving energy performance
THOM has set an ambitious target to reduce energy consumption across all its sites, including its headquarters and stores, by 40% by 2030. To achieve this, we have launched an energy sobriety plan in all our countries, to reduce our consumption, particularly that caused by air conditioning, heating, and lighting, which collectively accounts for 80% of our energy usage.
Our actions include:
- Optimising our installations and their settings (choice of equipment and materials offering the best energy performance, deploying HAVC automation at our sites, and converting stores to 100% new generation LED equipment, among others),
- Optimising our usage by turning off signs when stores are closed, using partial lighting when staff are working while stores are closed to customers, optimising lighting at social premises and setting temperature controls (e.g., programming heating at a maximum of 19° C in winter and turning off air conditioning if the outside temperature is below 26° C), among others.
Employees have been incentivised to contribute to this energy-saving challenge by targets that have been integrated in our profit-sharing agreement.
Lastly, to help us to monitor our performance, we have implemented a digital solution at Group level to measure and manage consumption at our facilities.
In Italy, we have entered into a new contract for the supply of 100% decarbonised electricity.
An energy committee convenes regularly to assess the impact of our actions and adjust our strategies.
The early results are promising, with a 4.9% reduction in consumption in FY23 and 15% reduction in FY24.
