Climate action measures
Green electricity 100% of the electricity we have purchased since 2015 has been generated by green, renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power. We have solar panels on 400 of our UK stores and all 11 UK Regional Distribution Centres. That’s a total of over 100,000 panels! We use the renewable energy they create to power our stores and Regional Distribution Centres. On average, our solar panels power around 10% of a store’s electricity consumption each year.
RefrigerationSince the beginning of 2018, all of our new stores have environmentally friendly refrigeration to significantly reduce our carbon emissions from refrigerant gases. In addition to this, we’re rolling out these refrigeration systems to some of our older stores as we replace end-of-life equipment. In our newer stores, we utilise the waste heat from the chillers to heat the store. This means we don't need to use gas!
TransportOptimising fuel consumption is a key way of reducing our climate impact as this makes up nearly two thirds of our carbon footprint. We are working to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions from transport and implement an approach to sustainability in Aldi's retail logistics. We are already working to reduce our fuel consumption by using lighter vehicles with improved aerodynamics and more fuel efficient tyres, utilising double deck trailers to reduce the amount of journeys we need to make, training our drivers to drive more efficiently through the use of monitoring software and making sure the new trucks that we purchase are as efficient as possible.