Brown Thomas Department Store – CSR Strategy

Comprehensive Carbon Roadmap

As part of their CSR strategy, Brown Thomas has committed to a carbon roadmap that will see them save approximately 3,000 tonnes of carbon.

Lawler Sustainability worked closely with its in-house sustainability team to analyse the brand’s energy usage, the efficiency of its mechanical and electrical systems, and its energy bills, before identifying opportunities for significant improvement.

From there, our team was able to devise an energy roadmap that provides Brown Thomas with a clear and easy-to-follow route to achieving its goal of saving around 3,000 tonnes of CO2.

Excellence in Energy Efficient Design (EXEED) Certification

Our work with Brown Thomas also extended to us helping the brand achieve EXEED certification at four city centre stores.

The Excellence in Energy Efficiency Design (EXEED) is a certified programme by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) which provides a framework to help organisations to design, construct, and commission processes for new builds and upgrades to existing assets following the new best practices in energy efficient design management.

Lawler Sustainability acted as the Energy Efficient Design (EED)’ expert supporting Brown Thomas’ application for EXEED certification.

This support from the SEAI will help to further strengthen Brown Thomas’ carbon reduction programme and CSR strategy.

SI 426 Compliance

Lawler Sustainability also completed an energy audit of the Brown Thomas stores throughout Ireland as part of SI 426 compliance along with the development of a register of opportunities.

This SI 426 audit identified energy-saving opportunities that would result in annual energy cost savings of €1 million resulting in a payback of just under three years.

A sustainable development strategy was developed for Brown Thomas which encompassed energy and water conservation, waste disposal & recycling, and renewable energy technologies.