1. Total and Carrefour By Stephen Davie
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Total and Carrefour
By Stephen Davie

2. What do they do? Carrefour SA Total
Carrefour SA is an international supermarket group, headquartered in France, with a global network of supermarkets.
Total
Total SA is a French oil company
headquartered in Paris,
and one of the top four oil
companies in the world.

3. Total
Total SA is a French oil company and its headquartered are located in Paris
Total was founded on March 28, 1924 as the Compagnie française des pétroles (CFP). This in english means - "French Company of Petroleums".
After Total's takeover of Belgian Petrofina in 1999, it became known as Total Fina.
Later it also acquired the French Elf Aquitaine. First named TotalFinaElf after the merger in 2000,
It was later renamed back to Total in 2003.
It is one of the top four oil companies in the world – other include: Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil
Thierry Desmarest is the current chief executive of Total
Total operates in more than 130 countries and has over 111,000 employees.

4. Total
Employees:
1999 – 57,200
2003 – 111,000

5. Total
The Forbes Inernational 500 is a list based upon revenue gained outside of the U.S.
Forbes International 500
1999 Rank: 72
2000 Rank : 13
2001 Rank: 8
2002 Rank: 7
2003 Rank : 8    
   
1999
$mil
Revenue
27,055
Net income
986
Assets
26,845
Market value
30,200
2003
$mil
%change
Revenue
96,504
2.4
Net income
5,591
-18.4
Assets
87,692
13.5
Market value
95,568
-8.8

6. Total
Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading.
Beside this they are changing they way they work to -
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Improve air quality
Conserve Water
Improve the Prevention of Freshwater and Seawater Pollution
Manage Waste
Rehabilitate Industrial Facilities
Maintain Biodiversity

7. Carrefour Is a global network of supermarkets
The first store opened 3rd June 1957, in the suburbs of Annecy near a crossroads (carrefour in French). This is now the smallest Carrefour store in the world.
Employees
2000 – 194,000
2002 – 358,500
2003 – 386,800
2006 – 436,000
By the end of 2005 there were 7030 stores worldwide
Chief Executive Officer Daniel Bernard

8. Carrefour It is the biggest retailer in Europe and
The 2nd largest retail group (in terms of
revenue) after Wal-Mart
There are 4 formats of shops they own -
Hypermarket
Supermarket
Hard discount
Convenience store

9. Carrefour Forbes International 500 1999 Rank: 60 2000 Rank : 45
   
2003
$mil
%change
Revenue
62,179
4.1
Net income
1,133
15.4
Assets
37,303
-6.6
Market value
35,780
-8.0
2000
$mil
Revenue
37,775
Net income
736
Assets
33,764
Market value
49,634

10. Carrefour
Carrefour is keen to protect the environment. Since 1995, Carrefour has put in place an ambitious policy. The policy emphasizes three separate areas:
Reduction of packaging weight
Recyclability
Elimination of substances presenting a potential environmental risk
Carrefour been operating a waste management and water and energy consumption reduction policy since As an example, Carrefour superstores in France increased the amount of cardboard recycled by 40% in real terms between 1998 and This effort is ongoing; 86,000 tonnes of cardboard were recycled in 2003.
Carrefour tries to buy locally in every country where we operate. This policy reduces the length of supply chains, in turn minimizing their environmental impact.