VIDEO: National Retail Chain Customer Testimonial

Intersport Elverys is a national retail chain with a fully integrated omnichannel strategy, including almost 50 stores across Ireland and an eCommerce platform. The business is part of the INTERSPORT Group, an international brand management and purchasing company with more than 5,380 stores in 42 countries.

INTERSPORT has a comprehensive sustainability strategy that addresses environmental, community, and supply chain concerns, with a strong focus on carbon reduction and circularity. They have a universal process for measurement and reporting on sustainability initiatives, with a scorecard for tracking progress on shared goals embedded within their reporting cycle.

Key priorities for the Irish business include investment in renewable energy sources, recycling infrastructure, and eco-friendly operations, with a focus on energy, water, waste, and distribution. At the global INTERSPORT Leadership Summit in 2023, they beat off stiff competition from 12 other countries to win the Impact Excellence Award for their ongoing and impactful sustainability efforts.

Investing in sustainability software to accelerate decarbonisation efforts & streamline reporting

Intersport Elverys was looking for an all-in-one system to reduce their energy and carbon data management time, and streamline their sustainability reporting process. They were introduced to EnergyElephant through Skillnet Innovation Exchange, which connects large businesses facing innovation challenges with ambitious tech providers that fast-track solutions.

“Intersport Elverys has invested over €1 million in solar energy over the past 12 months across all our stores, as well as our distribution and support centre, and a purpose-built recycling centre at our headquarters in Castlebar. We had a lot of different sustainability initiatives going on, but we just had no one-stop shop, one piece of software where we could actually measure and analyse our performance. We’ve had great support from the EnergyElephant team in implementing the software and onboarding our users. It was a very simple process for us, and something that we were conscious of given how busy we were in all the other aspects of our business. They are very forward-thinking, very progressive, and their communication is second to none. They took all our feedback on board and really streamlined the whole process from start to finish.” – Ger Flanagan, Sustainability Working Group, Intersport Elverys

If, like Intersport Elverys, embedding sustainability into your own operations and culture is a priority, then developing interoperability frameworks that break down data silos is key. 

“We help organisations to create, store, organise, analyse, report, and take action on their sustainability data across energy, water, waste, and carbon. We're European based, but cover all jurisdictions globally. As an organisation, you could have sites in multiple countries around the world, and we can bring all that data together into a single platform, for you to have everything in one place so you can address your carbon footprint effectively.” – Joe Borza, CEO, EnergyElephant

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