ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AT MEIJER - ERIK PETROVSKIS, PHD, PE OCTOBER 4, 2019 - PURE OAKLAND WATER
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Environmental Sustainability at Meijer
Erik Petrovskis, PhD, PE
October 4, 2019
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Agenda
1. Our Team
2. Meijer Environmental Commitment
1. Environmental Compliance
2. Local and Sustainable Products
3. Carbon Footprint Reduction
4. Waste Reduction
5. Responsible Growth
3. Materiality Assessment
4. Q&A
1
Purpose
To grow as a “best-in-class” retail environmental management team to fulfill Meijer’s
Environmental Commitment.
• Align with Meijer purpose and values
• Deliver high quality work products
• Meet our customers’ schedules
• Build stakeholder relationships
2
Environmental Work Flow
Due Diligence &
Remediation
Compliance
Sustainability
3
Purpose-Based Sustainability
Enrichingthe lives of the people in the communities we serve
4
Meijer Heritage and Environmental Commitment
Environmental compliance
Local & sustainable products
Carbon footprint reduction
"I want to leave the world in a
little better shape than when I
Waste reduction
entered it.“
Fred Meijer Responsible growth
5
5
Sustainability Council
Sustainability
Plan
Meijer
Sustainability Communication
Council
Environmental
Footprint
6
Sustainability Plan 2021
Sustainability Council
Merchandising
Retail Operations Aligned with Meijer
Meijer 2021 Meijer 2021
Sustainability Supply Chain & Sustainability Business Areas
Manufacturing Objectives
Plan
Properties & Real Estate
Communications
7
Environmental Compliance
Compliance Management System
9Compliance Programs
10Better Products
Local and Organic
1,000s of Local Products
12Meijer Packaging Goals
1. Meijer Own Brand
packaging will 100%
be recyclable,
2025
reusable, or compostable by
2. How2Recyle
labeling on
True Goodness
products by
2022
3. Meijer Own Brand
packaging to be composed
20%of
recycled
material by
2025
13Energy Efficiency
FY2018 Carbon Footprint
CO2e by Activity Type
CARBON INTENSITY (MT
2 E/1000
CO FT
2)
Electricity
12% 23
11% Transportatio 22.0
n 22
4% 21.0
Natural Gas
21
73%
Refrigerants 20
19.0
19 18.6
18.1
18
17
16
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
15Air Emissions and Energy
Fleet
• Meijer fleet 20% more efficient than national average
Refrigeration
• Industry average leak rate: 25%
• GreenChill partner leak rate: 12.9%
• Meijer leak rate: 8.6%
16Store Electricity Use Improvements
29% reduction since 2005
Retail Electric Use Per Square Foot
33
31
kWh/SQFT
29
27
25
23
05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Year
17Energy Efficiency Projects
• Upgrade refrigeration, HVAC and coolers
• Optimized refrigeration and HVAC performance
• Improved lighting efficiency
• 2018 new stores and beyond have all-LED
lighting
• Full all-LED retrofit by 2021
18Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy
Strategy
Onsite solar Power Purchase Renewable Energy
projects Agreements Credits
19Waste Reduction
FY2018 Waste Footprint
Divert 70% of waste by 2025
Total Company: 323,075 tons
2%
% of Company Total
4% 6%
Recycling
Distribution
11%
Landfill
Retail
47% Organics
Recycling 90% Manufacturing
40%
Food donation
21Waste Reduction
2018 Meijer
Waste Diversion 60%
+ Retail Food
Waste Recycling 70%
+ Optimization of
Plastic Film and
Cardboard 72%+
Recycling
22Food Donations
In 2018, Meijer stores donated the following to local food banks (in lbs)
2,305,800 4,383,200 2,515,700 453,400 1,010,400
dry and frozen bakery meat deli and dairy produce 10.7 million in 8.5 million
goods total meals
23Retail – Compost and Animal Feed
24Manufacturing Food Waste – Current Practice
Middlebury Central Kitchen
Holland and Tipp City Dairies
Lansing Fresh Assembly
97% landfill
-free
25Green Buildings
Design and Construction
LEED and Brownfields
• 14 USGBC certifications to date
• Allen Park was first LEED certified
store in 2007 (silver)
• Norton Shores was first major
supercenter remodel LEED
certified. 95% of construction
waste was recycled
• Detroit was our first supercenter in
the City (silver)
• Wauwatosa was our first LEED
certified store in Wisconsin
27Stormwater
Green Infrastructure – 279 Manistee
• First test site for porous
pavement
• Additional LID/GI practices
• Cost competitive
• Comparable maintenance
28Stormwater
Green Infrastructure – Site Suitability
29Stormwater
Green Infrastructure – Site Suitability
30Stormwater
Green Infrastructure – 306 Warren
31Stormwater
GI Parking Lot Retrofit – 212 ReynoldsburgOH
32Materiality Assessment
Materiality Assessment Process
Meijerengagedwith:
3,000+Customers
VALIDATE 14 External Stakeholder
IDENTIFY PRIORITIZE AND APPLY Groups
OUTCOMES 25+ Meijer Team
Members (including 18
interviews)
34Customer Survey
…
How many customers
areat least moderately familiar
with 80%
environmental issues?
think that environmental issues
at least
are
moderately important
? 84%
will pay a premium for sustainable products
at
least sometimes? 90%
35Results
Safety &
Most important
transparency of
Fuel efficiency of Food waste products
Increase fleet
recycling and
reuse
Product
Customer recycling and traceability Reducing GHG
MATERIALITY
reuse opportunities emissions
Inbound logistics efficiency Local sourcing
(fuel, packaging)
Water use Renewable energy
reduction
Supplier environmental
risk management
Most important
BUSINESS VALUE
3637
Plastics waste reduction
Plastic packaging
Plastic bags
Beach cleanup
38Facilitating Sustainability – Take Aways
http://meijercommunity.com/sustainability
• Lead with purpose
• Leverage existing business strategies
• Engage employees with interest in sustainability
• Utilize a cross-functional team
• Dispel myths with metrics
• Set achievable goals and stretch targets
39Academic Collaborations
40Questions?
erik.petrovskis@meijer.com
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