// Kingfisher joins other home improvement retailers in global taskforce to tackle Scope 3 emissions
// Chief executive Thierry Garnier said: “By coming together, hopefully we can find more consistent, simpler ways to drive down our emissions.”
Kingfisher has partnered with several other home improvement retailers to form a global taskforce to help the sector reduce its Scope 3 emissions.
The B&Q and Screwfix owner joins the likes of Bunnings and The Home Depot to help tackle the greenhouse gas emissions that come from retailers’ supply chains through to how customers use the products.
Scope 3 emissions make up more than 90% of overall emissions and are the most difficult to address as they fall outside the retailers’ direct operational control.
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The global trade bodies for home improvement retailers, EDRA/GHIN, will agree on consistent methodologies in how carbon data is created through the supply chain, share best practices and accelerate the sector’s progress in reducing emissions.
Kingfisher group chief executive and president of the trade body Thierry Garnier said: “As retailers, reducing emissions in how our products are made and used is our biggest challenge. But it’s also an opportunity.
“Many of the products we sell help customers afford to create better homes that are more resource efficient, using less energy and water.
“While a number of EDRA/GHIN members have been working on measuring and addressing their Scope 3 impacts in their own businesses, it is a highly complex area with many shared challenges.
“By coming together, hopefully we can find more consistent, simpler ways to drive down our emissions. I invite home improvement retailers from around the world to join us in this new taskforce.”
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