To avoid the worst effects of climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has called for the world to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net zero by 2050. As refrigerants are one of the largest carbon emissions in our group, contributing to around 40% of our Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions, it is our goal at DFI to move to refrigerants that have a lower Global Warming Potential (GWP).&nbsp;

We have been working closely with industry leaders in refrigeration to reduce the carbon footprint of our refrigeration systems. Converting 20 refrigeration systems in our Hong Kong food stores to lower GWP refrigerants and more environmentally friendly options.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Our team has also been trialling ultra-low GWP and Water Loop refrigerant technology in Hong Kong, which will help increase the efficiency of our refrigeration systems. In 2022, we installed the first Water Loop system in Hong Kong in store, which can significantly reduce gas volumes and risk of emissions, whilst subsequently reducing energy use. In our trial, we found that the technology has helped tremendously not only in saving energy but also in cutting down electricity cost as well, ensuring that over time our investment in technology will pay for itself. We hope that by taking the investment lead and demonstrating its cost-effectiveness, our example might encourage other businesses to follow and be motivated to do the same.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Wellcome Hong Kong: Building Water Loop Refrigeration System to Eliminate Harmful Refrigerants

According to the United Nations, the world produces around 460 million tonnes of plastic a year, 85% of which ends up in our natural environment or landfills. That is an enormous economic and environmental cost for communities, governments, and businesses. And while plastic-protectant products significantly reduce food waste and has a lower overall environmental footprint than paper and other materials in terms of carbon emissions, increased plastic use, including single-use and non-recyclable plastics, often means more will end up in our natural environment.&nbsp;&nbsp;

DFI has formulated five workstreams to reduce plastic usage across our Own Brand product Health and Beauty lines, starting with body and hand wash bottles. The five workstreams include: 1) Replace HDPE plastic with PET plastic, 2) Recycle, replacing virgin plastic with RPET using RPET bottles, 3) Refill, offering refill pouches to replace repeat purchase of single use plastic bottles 4) Reduce bottle weight 5) Remove plastic shrink wrap. For instance, Mannings and Guardian re-launched their anti-bacterial and 24-hour moisturising body and hand wash products with new look packaging since early 2022. HDPE bottles were replaced with lighter-weight PET bottles, which are more easily recyclable compared to HDPE bottles and deliver more than 15% savings in total plastic from the reduced weight. Customers can also buy refillable pouches across Guardian’s bath and hand wash products.&nbsp;

Our effort in plastic reduction was also reflected in dental care accessories, in which selected products and packaging were converted from 100% virgin plastic to 50% recycled plastic. We also eliminated individual plastic wraps on our Own Brand tissue rolls in selected Wellcome stores.&nbsp;

We also made a substantial effort to reduce plastic packaging waste at the Wellcome Fresh Food Centre (WFFC) in Hong Kong. Since September 2022, the WFFC team has started the plastic wrap and Styrofoam box sorting and collection, facilitating the recycling process by separating waste correctly.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

In Singapore, 7-Eleven revamped its burger packaging in November, changing from a two-components packaging – a wrapper and box – to just a wrapper with a sticker label. That one simple redesign alone could save about 0.3 tonnes of paper a year.&nbsp;

DFI Retail Group: Reducing Plastic Usage

Maxim’s MX unveils new uniforms ahead of its 50th Anniversary in 2022. The uniform is made of REPREVE, a new sustainable material made with an equal part of polyester and recycled polyester. Recycled polyester is made solely from plastic bottles upcycled after consumption. Each Maxim’s MX uniform represents the contribution of seven upcycled plastic bottles.&nbsp;

Maxim’s Hong Kong: Maxim's Launches New Uniforms Made with Recycled Materials

Adhering to our sustainability commitment, IKEA Hong Kong has been experimenting with selling display items and discontinued models and encourage customers to give IKEA furniture a second life on Carousell, a popular resale platform in Asia. The account is updated every week with 200 items at great bargains, including lightly used IKEA products from other customers, as well as a variety of discontinued or limited stock items and display items from the IKEA Kowloon Bay store’s special selection. The initiative has given lightly used furniture that is in good condition a second life, while raising public awareness of recycling and avoiding over-consumption.&nbsp;

IKEA Hong Kong: IKEA Giving Previously-Owned Furniture a Second Life

In Hong Kong, 20 Wellcome stores gave away both their dry and fresh products approaching the end of shelf-life to Foodlink for distribution to those in need between April and September of 2022. These stores donated over HK$2 million worth of products, amounting to 28,893 kg of food, which is equivalent to almost 68,793 meals. The campaign was so successful that we added 17 more Wellcome stores to the network in October, and we expect to add more in the coming year.&nbsp;&nbsp;

It's not only Wellcome, 7-Eleven has also tapped into the network, donating bread and cakes to support the food donation programme with Foodlink. 102 stores participated in the effort, and in just half a year’s time, we have donated over HK$1.2 million in value to the beneficiaries.&nbsp;&nbsp;

In Indonesia, Hero Supermarket collaborated with FoodCycle, which redistributes unopened packaged food items that are at least four weeks prior to expiration directly to those in need, many of which were underprivileged families, children and the elderly. Between July and October 2022, Hero donated 1,054 kg of food items to 1,180 beneficiaries in Jakarta.&nbsp;&nbsp;

DFI Retail Group: Redistributing Uneaten Food

IKEA 一直善用多元化能源，並投資可持續發展。IKEA 台灣的高雄店更安裝了740千瓦特的太陽能電池板，每年可生產約90萬千瓦特的電力，相等於220戶家庭每年的用電量。IKEA 台灣亦已於內湖、桃園和台中的門市安裝太陽能電池板；而高雄店的電池板將 IKEA 台灣的總產電量提升至1,700千瓦特，減少了近1,000噸的碳排放。

IKEA 台灣：投資可再生能源，締造可持續未來

IKEA 印尼在2022年5月推出 KÅSEBERGA 系列，產品均使用回收及可再生物料製造。系列聯乘世界滑浪聯盟設計出高質素的環保產品，以減少塑膠污染的影響，並鼓勵大眾一起對抗污染。 IKEA 印尼更以進一步行動協助清潔印尼水路，與駐峇里島慈善團體 Sungai Watch 及滑浪者合作，清理金巴蘭地區的河道，保護海洋免受塑膠垃圾污染。

IKEA 印尼：推出環保系列產品 減少浪費

自2020年6月以來，集團已向 Taman Safari 捐贈食物。位於印尼的世界級野生動物園 Taman Safari 擁有3,000多隻動物，在新冠肺炎期間遭受龐大損失。集團還與印尼的初創公司 Biomagg 合作，利用蒼蠅幼蟲將食物廢棄物分解為動物飼料和肥料。

Hero：餵養有需要的動物

DFI 零售集團建設了香港零售業最大型的太陽能發電系統，安裝在位於將軍澳的惠康新鮮食品中心的天台。我們與中華電力的子公司中電源動合作，太陽能系統由約2,000塊太陽能板組成，每年可產生逾100萬度的可再生能源，相等於近250戶家庭一年的用電量，亦相等於每年減少超過370噸的碳排放。這個項目展示我們致力將環保融入日常業務的理念。

DFI 零售集團：善用太陽能，以綠色力量回饋地球

IKEA 台灣與台灣宣明會合作，透過「2020 IKEA 點亮偏鄉希望」計劃，向低收入家庭贈予節能電器。這些家庭中有很多仍使用舊式燈泡和設備，無法產生足夠光源之餘亦消耗大量能源。他們因而負擔高額電費，亦加劇氣候變化的問題。除了捐贈，IKEA 亦進一步協助這些家庭，與他們分享節能知識。

IKEA 台灣：節能電器點亮偏遠住戶

We are actively looking into building more sustainable stores. Through completing a baseline study in 2022 to understand the emissions profile at our retail outlets, we are exploring how to build environmentally sustainable stores with low-embodied carbon materials and recycled elements. We plan to incorporate successful energy reduction strategies into new and older stores.&nbsp;

In 2022, we finished installing LED lighting across our retail networks, covering almost 1,000 stores in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. LED lights emit less heat than traditional fluorescent lighting and are more energy efficient, thereby helping us reach our energy reduction targets.&nbsp;&nbsp;

In the same year, we began the roll-out of aerofoil shelf-edge technology to our Hong Kong food outlets where possible. The cutting-edge technology helps guide cold air more efficiently down the front of the fridge, which results in substantially less cold air being spilled from the unit. Not only does it keep a cooler temperature in our refrigerators, but it also allows a longer shelf life and reduces shrinkage.&nbsp;&nbsp;

We retrofitted our supermarket refrigeration systems with a host of technology. Compressor management allows the systems to run more optimally and only provides the required cooling load to match changing conditions, in turn reducing energy consumption. Gas leak detectors are ultra-sensitive devices that can detect tiny quantities of refrigerant gas. This allows technicians to identify, isolate and rectify gas leaks in stores earlier, reducing gas loss to the atmosphere and our carbon emissions.&nbsp;

In addition, we have adopted a host of technology in our existing refrigeration systems, all designed to optimise energy use including lead compressor variable speed drives, a defrost-on-demand system to move from a scheduled defrost cycle to a requirement-based de-icing based on the actual ice buildup. We converted fluorescent tubes inside the refrigeration cases to LED bulbs and also added electrically commutated fans as an upgrade to our cases. To link all the technology together, we will be operating and monitoring these systems from a central cloud-based remote monitoring system.&nbsp;

DFI Retail Group: Building a 'Smarter' Store

Maxim’s partners with Breer, an innovative start-up founded by four Hong Kong university students that utilises unused bread from the chain to make beer. Since bread contains many ingredients that are used to make beer – such as grains like wheat, barley and rye – they could be used to replace at least one-third of the malted barley and yeast that are typically used in traditional beer-making.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The upcycled beer, “Bottle of Bread,” is a 5% alcohol pale ale, with each bottle containing 25 grams of dairy-free surplus bread supplied by Maxim’s. Not only does Breer repurposes surplus bread, but the vision and determination to make good use of technology to reduce food waste is something that have struck a chord with us. We believe this campaign sets a role model for the food and beverage industry in reducing food waste and promoting circular economy. For every six bottles of “Bottle of Bread” sold, Maxim’s would plant a tree through its impact partner EcoMatcher, which tackles climate change through AI-tracked reforestation and sequestrates carbon with high traceability and transparency.&nbsp;

Maxim's Hong Kong: Upcycling Surplus Bread to Beer

我們竭盡所能保護環境。要實現這個目標，我們努力減少使用塑膠、減少廚餘，以及減低所消耗的能源。此外，我們亦轉用更可持續的能源，例如：更環保的製冷劑。

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