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EuroCoop - The Co-operative Group
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How we sell
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Emissions and (alternative) energy
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Reduce direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
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The Group has the ambition to reduce their direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by 2020, compared to 2006. The overall strategy for addressing climate change focuses on reducing consumption, increasing efficiency, generating and using renewable energy, and offsetting carbon
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2006
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Reduce direct GHG emissions from operations by 50%
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2020
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The Group sourced 98% of electricity from renewables in 2014 (2013: 98%), including 100 GWhs from their own renewable energy projects (12% of total). The latest addition to the portfolio is Biggleswade wind farm in Bedfordshire, a ten-turbine project that in 2014, generated enough electricity to power 9,700 homes for a year.
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