Hydrocarbons – A New World Order

Case Study

Colruyt charts course for 100% hydrocarbons in stores Natural refrigerants are helping the Colruyt Group to save money and deliver its environmental targets, with the leading Belgian retailer moving to hydrocarbons for 100% of its in-store cooling needs. Accelerate reports.

–By Andrew Williams

ounded in 1925, the Colruyt Group – headquartered in the town of Halle near Brussels – is one of Belgium’s biggest retailers, with annual revenue of over €9.1 billion ($10.85 bn). Employing over 29,000 staff, it boasts 516 shops. Three shop formats in Belgium have product cooling: Colruyt supermarkets (237), OKay convenience stores (120) and Bio-Planet (19) organic stores (autumn 2016 figures). The Colruyt Group’s official target is to reduce relative CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020 compared to 2008 levels. It runs its own energy company, Eoly, to help deliver this target. Electricity from solar panels, wind turbines and CHP (combined

Accelerate Corporate

September 2017

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Hydrocarbons – A New World Order

Published on Sep 2, 2017Agriculture

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This special edition of Accelerate Corporate – ‘Hydrocarbons – A New World Order’ – looks at how hydrocarbons are expanding into a wider range of business sectors and applications. Already dominant in the domestic refrigeration market in many parts of the world, hydrocarbons are also solidifying their place in the commercial and light commercial sectors. Accelerate Corporate captures the efforts of market leaders in advancing the use of natural refrigerants across different applications, industry sectors, and continents. It seeks to showcase end users’ experiences working with natural refrigerants and to highlight the underlying market, policy and technology trends driving their uptake. This edition of Accelerate Corporate was made possible by the support of Embraco.

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