UK supermarket Tesco is using CA ecoSoftware to help it
measure carbon emissions across its global operations.
Tesco has implemented CA ecoSoftware to help increase the
efficiency, speed, and accuracy of its carbon accounting process,
enabling the company to track progress in pursuit of its
ambitious carbon reduction goals.
The retailer plans to
halve emissions from existing buildings by 2020; halve
distribution emissions of each case of goods delivered by 2012; and
halve emissions from new stores by 2020.
"When we announced our plan two years ago to reduce our carbon
footprint by 50% across all of our global operations, we knew we
were taking on a big task," said Mike Yorwerth, IT director of
Tesco.
"Since that time a number of people across the business have
been involved in measuring, documenting and reporting on our
emissions - a time-consuming, largely manual task. We are also
overseeing hundreds of projects around the world designed to reduce
our carbon footprint, all of which need to be prioritised and
measured.
"With CA ecoSoftware, we expect to streamline the process of
data management, helping to reduce errors and operational expenses,
and improve our ability to communicate major milestones."
As part of its environmental push, earlier this year
Tesco began using flywheels to store electricity for powering
down servers in an emergency. The flywheels replace traditional
uninterruptible power supplies, which require a bank of
environmentally unfriendly lead-acid batteries to supply back-up
power to the datacentre.