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Building a better home for all at Kingfisher Senior Leadership Our senior leadership team role- models Inclusion and Diversity.
INCLUSION & DIVERSITY STRATEGY Customer Proposition We commit to accessible and inclusive products, and multichannel experiences.
By understanding more about colleagues’ lived experiences, we can take targeted action to create a more inclusive environment.
We’ve also reviewed our employee survey results from a demographic and diversity perspective, to understand how different groups are experiencing working at Kingfisher.
During diversity specialists Green Park for 650 senior colleagues from B&Q and Screwfix.
Leaders in our Group functions participated in an ‘inclusion immersion’ over three sessions exploring the importance of sharing their diversity stories and understanding what inclusive behaviours look like.
Leaders created vlogs for colleagues on topics such as leading diverse teams, hidden diversity and being an ally to minority groups.
The location was provided for free, and the aim is to show customers and colleagues alike that everyone is welcome at Castorama. Exploring hidden diversity and sparking new conversations at B&Q Some aspects of diversity are visible but many others are not.
B&Q has been running a series of interactive workshops to explore hidden diversity.
Each B&Q store manager ran the exercise and shared their own hidden diversity.
We have selected recruitment agencies and executive search firms who have a proven track record on successful recruitment of diverse candidates as well as a commitment to diversity within their own workforce.
We want our workforce to reflect the communities in which we operate but do not yet have robust data on ethnic diversity and other diversity characteristics.
Colleagues can access Mylo whenever and wherever they want and complete courses on topics from Managing Change to Inclusion and Diversity.
Reach net-zero emissions for our operations (scope of 2040.
– As a founding member of the Rainforest Alliance Forest Allies initiative, we are investing in six projects in key forest geographies across the globe. – Reduced scope emissions by 24.5% since 2016/17, on track to target.
We’re focusing on forests because wood and paper is found in many of our products.
Today responsible sourcing is part of our Forest Positive commitment that will see us creating more forests than we use by supporting projects and organisations working to tackle deforestation.
This year, we have committed to a new net-zero target for our scope emissions by 2040.
By becoming Forest Positive we’ll create more forest than we use, focusing on three areas: paper across our business.
This is the foundation for our Forest Positive approach because supporting sustainable forestry practices is vital to protecting the world’s forests.
We are a member of the Leather Working Group, which promotes sustainable environmental practices.
We’re partnering with the Rainforest Alliance as a founding member of its Forest Allies initiative (page 21).
This includes supporting forest projects, working together to better understand our impact on forests and biodiversity and the actions we need to take.
Our banners are also developing forest projects at the local level.
of wood and paper in our products is from proven, well-managed forests or recycled sources Colleagues at Brico Dépôt France get involved in a reforestation project.
The banner has planted trees in France and Peru.
Our Forest Positive Policy states that all wood and paper must be sourced from wellmanaged forests that have been certified to credible certification standards such as FSC® or PEFC™ or from verified recycled sources.
This is also in line with sanctions that were announced in April that prohibit the importing of wood products from Russia into the UK and EU. Supporting more than hectares of forest Forest communities play a vital role in protecting forests.
If we are to restore forests and halt deforestation and degradation, we need to foster partnerships that create long-lasting change and these include forest communities.
As a founding member of the Rainforest Alliance’s Forest Allies initiative, we are supporting communities in regions most at risk of deforestation to build stronger local economies while protecting the forests we all depend upon.
We will be reporting progress on our forest projects, looking at their benefits for people and the environment.
This might include: – How a project has protected or restored the natural and cultural value of the forest. – How colleagues in our banners or local communities have been engaged and involved. – How a project has contributed towards meeting national or international biodiversity objectives and its cultural or economic ...
We will be further developing our approach to Forest Positive over the next few years, looking in more detail at our impacts on, and benefits from, biodiversity and how to quantify these.
We will also be exploring whether investments in forest restoration and forest planting as well as use of certified timber can help us to reduce emissions within our supply chains.
This includes working with the FSC® under the ISEAL Innovation Fund Value Change Programme (co-hosted by SustainCERT and Gold Standard) to quantify carbon emission reductions from certified commodities.
Responsible sourcing of leather Leather production contributes to deforestation when forests are cleared to make way for cattle grazing.
Kingfisher is a member of the Leather Working Group (LWG), which works to improve environmental standards in the leather supply chain and tanning process.
of the tanneries that supply leather for our products have been audited and achieved a Gold or Silver rating 21 IntroductionKingfisher Responsible Business Report 2021/22 Colleagues Customers Communities Fundamentals AssurancePlanet http://www.kingfisher.com/ForestPositivePolicy http://www.kingfisher.com/dataappendix S...
in Guatemala The Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala, is one of the most important areas of tropical forest outside the Amazon.
We’re supporting a project to restore degraded parts of the forest by involving local communities and boosting their livelihoods.
Seven nurseries have been set up with seedling trees that are being planted across 50 hectares.
The project has created 120 members of the local communities in forest restoration so far.
Initial feedback shows it has increased community support for protecting the forest.
Sustainable local businesses help protect the Peruvian Amazon In Peru, our support is helping communities to establish successful and sustainable forest-based businesses, making a living from the forest while protecting it against deforestation.
To avert the worst impacts of climate change, the world needs to reach net-zero emissions by at the latest.
We will be working to reduce our emissions to a level consistent with that required by climate science, but there will be residual emissions that can’t be avoided1.
In line with the SBTi’s Net-Zero Standard, once we have reached our remaining emissions by investing in measures that remove an equivalent amount of carbon from the atmosphere and permanently store it.
Improving energy efficiency – Improving design and fit-out to reduce the electricity and gas we need to run our buildings – Improving fuel efficiency across our fleet 2.
Electrifying in-store heating – Replacing gas and fossil fuel based heating systems with electric alternatives 4.
Decarbonising our vehicles – Switching to lower carbon fuels then transitioning to electric vehicles as technology and policy develops 5.
We have agreed investment plans to enable us to deliver our the risks associated with the transition to a low carbon global economy. 24.5% reduction achieved so far We have reduced our absolute greenhouse gas emissions from our direct operations by 24.5% since 2016/17, against our target of 38%.
We have reduced the intensity of our scope emissions from the supply chain and customer use of products by 19.7%, meaning we are on track to our overall scope 3 target of a 40% emissions intensity reduction by 2025.
This is due to lower than usual emissions in result of store closures and business disruption during the pandemic and national lockdowns.
“ We have already reduced emissions from our direct operations by almost a quarter since independently validated science-based target.
Chief Executive Officer £19.6 million energy efficiency investment in 2021/22 During 2021/22, we invested £19.6 million in energy efficiency projects including the installation of LED lighting, building energy management systems and insulation and heating improvements.
This will reduce consumption by tonnes of carbon a year and £4.1 million.
We have a three-year energy reduction plan for each banner and are making good progress.
Key actions include roll-outs of LED lighting and building energy management systems across our estate, energy efficient design blueprints for new stores, and improving building insulation.
These have reduced our energy intensity by 6.4% since 2016/17.
Switching to zero carbon power We buy electricity from zero carbon sources, supported by Guarantee of Origin certificates.
We are also investing in on-site renewable generation.
We’ve installed solar PV panels on have biomass boilers supplying two distribution centres and one head office building.
Our investments in renewable energy are generating kWh per year and delivering over £1.3 million in financial benefit per year.
This will be key to decarbonising our stores and estate as we switch to 100% renewable power.
across our fleet We are reducing emissions from our dedicated delivery fleets by switching to more efficient and lower carbon vehicles, training drivers, improving route planning and maximising fill rates.
B&Q now has Gas (LNG), which can reduce CO2 emissions by 20% compared to diesel.
energy-using products Around from customer use of our products, such as light bulbs and energy-using appliances.
By improving energy efficiency, we can reduce emissions and help customers save on their energy bills.
In total, we have reduced emissions from energy-using products by of CO2e since 2017/18.
This takes account of a product’s estimated lifetime carbon emissions from energy use.
This has reduced the intensity of our emissions from the supply chain and customer use of products by meaning we are on track to meet our target of 40% by 2025.
We are also carrying out further mapping of product supply chain emissions to identify other carbon hotspots.
We will then develop programmes to reduce these impacts.
Through our buying office in Shanghai, we are engaging with our top China on carbon reduction via a partnership with the NGO Environmental Defense Fund.
This includes a review of their carbon data and policies on energy efficiency and climate change, and encourages suppliers to sign up to a local carbon reduction programme.
We calculated our full scope 3 carbon footprint in 2021/22; the split between the categories is shown above.
The systems are all electric and in many stores replace gas or oil heating systems.
Since Screwfix buys its electricity from renewable sources, this means a big reduction in the business’s carbon footprint.
Manager at Screwfix Peatlands store more carbon than forests and are a unique and important habitat.
Replacing peat reduces our scope emissions, see ‘Cutting carbon in our supply chain’.
Working with plant suppliers We’re working with our plant suppliers to phase out peat from pot and pack bedding and hardy plants.
The majority of our bedding plant ranges are now peat-free but other categories, for example house plants, are more challenging and further innovation is needed to identify high-quality and widely available alternatives to peat.
“Peat is created by nature over thousands of years.
SHPs support our ambition to address climate change through reducing carbon emissions embodied in our products and emitted when our customers use and dispose of our products.
We have been working to improve our understanding of the financial impacts of climate-related risks and opportunities, in line with the recommendations of the TCFD.
Climate risks include the impact of rising energy costs, the potential for operational and supply chain disruption from physical hazards, and the potential reputational damage from not meeting our climate commitments.
Our progress – SHP have a lower environmental impact or help customers to live more sustainably.
They include everything from insulation, water efficient taps and chemical-free gardening ranges, to products made from responsibly sourced wood and recycled plastic.
Reducing energy and resource use in our homes is essential to help meet global climate change targets.
A Sustainable Home Product is one that helps customers reduce their environmental impact.
Products made for sustainability – products that are responsibly sourced, made from renewable or recycled materials, or manufactured in a more environmentally friendly way.
that help our customers live a more sustainable lifestyle, for example by saving energy or water.
Research makes for better garden ranges We’re on a mission to make our gardening ranges nature friendly for all our customers, no matter their budget.
Since Springfields is a chemical-free site and uses a biological pest control system, we can assess which plants grow best in a nature-friendly garden without the use of chemical fertilisers or pesticides.
We use our Sustainable Home Product Guidelines to assess each product to see if it will help customers reduce their environmental impact.
Some products aren’t sustainable because their impact on the environment is too significant and can’t be reduced.
Examples: – Water butt that is made from post-consumer waste recycled plastic.
FSC® certified timber with full chain of custody that meets thermal efficiency criteria.
Examples: – Fence panel made from FSC® certified timber with full chain of custody. – Water-based paint.
We also included information on how to save energy and water at home in our latest brochures and catalogues.

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