Water

We consolidated our operation with a low water use. In Mexico we were able to use 280 million less liters of water, which equals the water used by 1,280 families a year.

We increased our wastewater treatment plants to 911, thus being able to treat and reuse 1,756,375 m3 of water.

In Mexico we disclosed our water management performance to Carbon Disclosure Project platform for third consecutive year.

In Mexico we successfully tested the use of a condensate recovery system in air conditioning equipment, thereby recovering the equivalent of 20% of the total water use per store. Thanks to this initiative, together with water recovered from backwash filters, water used from the municipal system was reduced by almost 30%. Both initiatives were devised for remodeling projects and for new stores.