Wholesale and retail

Improve energy efficiency, electrify your operations and strengthen commercial performance.

Stay competitive with smart energy strategies and investments

Wholesale, retail, automotive businesses and petrol stations all face similar challenges: margins are under pressure, while operational efficiency and location remain critical. At the same time, customers, investors and suppliers are demanding greater transparency around energy consumption, emissions and sustainability performance.

These expectations increasingly extend throughout the supply and value chain, meaning sustainability decisions no longer stand alone but directly influence partnerships, procurement conditions and market access.

As a business operating in this sector, you need to modernise shops, warehouses, showrooms and mobility infrastructure — without compromising your commercial strength. Cooling systems, lighting, charging infrastructure, fuels, comfort and energy costs all have a direct impact on profitability. Meanwhile, sustainability decisions are increasingly shaping your position within the value chain: from supplier selection and logistics to the end-customer experience.

That is why a clear strategy is essential — one that enables you to invest where it delivers the greatest operational and strategic value.

Encon helps you optimise your portfolio through practical energy audits, forward-looking mobility strategies and strategic investment roadmaps tailored to the challenges and opportunities within your supply chain. This enables you to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving retail landscape while strengthening your position within a more sustainable value chain.

Wholesale

Wholesalers today must continuously balance operational efficiency, energy costs and margins, while customers and investors are placing greater demands on sustainability and transparency.

You want to modernise and optimise operations without weakening your commercial performance. Encon helps you gain insight into energy consumption, CO₂ emissions and infrastructure performance, enabling you to reduce costs, maximise returns and meet growing sustainability expectations.

Retail

Retailers are under increasing pressure to control operational and energy costs while protecting already narrow margins. At the same time, customers and investors expect increasingly ambitious sustainability efforts.

Shops, warehouses and refrigeration systems must operate efficiently without compromising comfort or commercial performance.

We help you gain control over energy use, CO₂ emissions and infrastructure, enabling lower costs and stronger long-term returns.

Automotive

Automotive businesses face growing pressure on operational efficiency, energy costs and profitability, while sustainability expectations across the value chain continue to increase.

Customers, investors and suppliers expect greater efforts in areas such as CO₂ reduction and sustainable mobility. Garages, workshops and fuelling or charging infrastructure must therefore operate as efficiently and reliably as possible — despite continued pressure on margins.

Encon helps you optimise infrastructure, energy performance and investment decisions to support both operational continuity and long-term competitiveness.

Petrol stations and petroleum distribution

As an operator of petrol stations or a company active in petroleum distribution, ensuring infrastructure operates efficiently and reliably is essential.

At the same time, you are facing rising energy costs, strict regulations and increasing pressure from customers and investors regarding sustainability and transparency.

We help you gain strategic insight into energy consumption, CO₂ emissions and maintenance, enabling you to control costs, improve returns and future-proof your operations.

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A comprehensive approach to sustainability. By combining sustainability expertise with financial and technical insight, our experts identify opportunities that truly make a difference.

We create financially sound, high-impact projects that help clients improve profitability while simultaneously building a more sustainable business.