Coles is a large Australian supermarket with many business extensions. Given that this is a large company, the resulting environmental and sustainability issues can be difficult to manage effectively. The information released by Coles shows that they are making substantial efforts to try to manage their sustainability and environmental status, but is that all they can do? Below is an analysis of Coles' environmental and sustainability information, which will look at energy, water, waste, products, pollution, transport, education, training and packaging. The energy is mainly used for Coles, but mainly in the lighting and refrigeration sectors. Coles has shown initiative to reduce energy in some ways, directly addressing key uses. For open refrigerators used for fresh products, heat-insulating curtains have been installed for when they are not used when closed, which means less cooling and therefore energy consumption. They have also installed anti-condensation mechanisms in glass door freezers to prevent the refrigeration units from freezing in the environment...
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