Our operations

By doing the right thing, we can reduce the environmental impact of our operations and be an agent of positive change to reduce waste and contribute to the fight against climate changes.

Waste management

We are committed to reduce the quantity of waste generated by our operations sent to landfills. To that end, we have implemented several concrete recovery and recycling measures for cardboard, paper, plastic, wood, metal and hazardous waste.

Energy efficiency

We can take direct action on our energy consumption—and we are doing so. When it comes to transportation, we are optimizing the routes taken by our fleet of trucks and contributing to electrification efforts, with electric vehicle charging stations at some of our stores and at our head office.

We are working on the implementation of technologies that help us improve the energy efficiency of our buildings to help us reduce our GHG emissions.

Product take-back program

All of our corporate stores recover customers' products that would be hazardous to the environment if they were sent in landfills at the end of their useful life: light bulbs, fluorescent tubes, batteries and paint. Our partners ÉcoPeinture, Product Care, and Call2Recycle then dispose of the products safely or give them a second life. In 2023, we recovered more than 1,736 tons of paint, to say nothing of the 151 tons of batteries and 93 tons of bulbs and fluorescent tubes that our partnerships stopped from going to landfills. We were even awarded an twelfth Leader in sustainability award by Call2Recycle to recognize our commitment toward battery recycling in 2023.