- In 2014 the retail properties managed by NEINVER reduced their water consumption by 2.7%.
- The company considers eco-friendly management essential to boosting the performance and profitability of properties.
- NEINVER manages 45 logistics, retail and outlet properties with more than 724,000 m² and a market value of €2.013 bln.
NEINVER, a Spanish company specialised in investment, development and management of retail properties—Europe’s second largest operator of outlet centres—reduced energy consumption by 8.9% in 2014 at the shopping centres it manages, in like-for-like terms compared to the previous year.
These savings reflect the implementation of an energy-efficiency management system based on the ISO 50001 standard, and the development of energy plans for each centre, which define the steps to take to maximise results. These actions have typically involved installing automatic lighting-management systems, replacing fluorescent lamps with LED lights, optimising the heating systems and upgrading inefficient equipment.
Year after year, the NEINVER management model is notable for the company’s focus on reducing resource consumption. In 2014, water consumption at its centres was down 2.7% from 2013 in like-for-like terms (not counting newly opened facilities). In absolute numbers, consumption stayed flat from the previous year, even though the centres’ foot traffic rose by 2.5 million.
Additionally, the company began to phase in renewable energy sources, which helps reduce its carbon footprint. By the end of 2014, the five The Style Outlets centres that it manages in Spain were getting their energy from green sources.
Internationally, NEINVER also achieved this in Germany, at Zweibrücken The Style Outlets, and plans to roll it out to other centres in Poland and France.
This step moved NEINVER towards its goal of reducing its operations’ CO2 emissions. From 2012 to 2014, the company reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 18.6% in like-for-like terms. In the 2012–2014 period, energy use also decreased by 10.7% and water use by 8.4%.
NEINVER has been a pioneer of sustainable development policies and good governance, becoming the first retail operator in Europe to certify its entire portfolio under strict quality and environmental standards such as BREEAM In-Use and triple ISO certification for quality, the environment and energy management. The company is committed to eco-friendly management of commercial properties as a vital factor in improving the properties’ performance and profitability.
All these figures appear in the 2014 Sustainability Report, which NEINVER prepared as an example of the company’s transparent management. (www.neinver.com/CSR).
Source: NEINVER
