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Hardware ramps up
its sustainability credentials
will build 20 more solar PV systems and upgrade the capacity on 10 of the existing solar PV systems in its Australian network.
Lindsay Soutar, Reenergise Campaign Director at Greenpeace Australia
Pacific, welcomed the decision: “Today’s commitment to climate action shows Bunnings is keen to keep the sausages sizzling rather than the planet.
“As one of Australia’s biggest users of
BIG HARDWARE RETAILERS continue
to invest in better technology, towards enabling more eco-friendly and lower cost ways of powering and building their stores.
The most recent big announcement came in late October with Bunnings announcing an ambitious program of energy saving measures to be applied to both existing and future Australasian stores over the next five years.
To help achieve its target of Net Zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, Bunnings has pledged that both its Australian and New Zealand store networks will be using 100% renewable electricity by 2025.
With LED lighting now standard in all new store builds, existing Bunnings stores are also being gradually upgraded to LED lighting with some 150+ Bunnings sites already outfitted with the more efficient lighting.
In terms of renewable energy solutions, Bunnings has been installing solar photovoltaic (PV) systems across its
Aussie store network since 2014 and now has 70+ solar PV systems across Australia, covering over 28,000m2 of roof space and generating up to 30% of a store’s energy needs.
Now, over the coming year, Bunnings
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