International Corporate Responsibility Strategy

You may have already heard about some of the amazing stuff we do to be Better Everyday. It’s fair to say we have already accomplished a lot but there is always more to be done.

International Goal

Making sustainability affordable for our customers by 2030

We at Aldi work closely with our colleagues in our International Corporate Responsibility team to ensure that Aldi CR policies have a widespread positive impact on the planet and our customers by delivering the greatest possible value.

Our Global CR Strategy consists of four International focus areas.

Complemented by two additional National focus areas.

Human Rights

We are committed to respecting human rights and improving living and working conditions throughout our supply chains. We do this by working towards:

Achieving supply chain transparency

We will start by making our high-priority supply chains transparent, so that we have a better understanding about the origin of every product we sell.

Partnering for Change

We will support partnerships and collaborations to improve the livelihoods and working conditions for producers’ right along our high priority supply chains.

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Increasing Public Awareness for Human Rights

By being transparent about challenges and using our voice to advocate for change.

Upholding Human Rights for All Workers

All of our suppliers are expected to comply with our human rights policy and standards.

Integrating Corporate Responsibility into Buying

We will use our buying power to respect and support human rights.

Resource efficiency

Sustainable buying practices are essential for the long-term success of our business. That’s why we have committed to:

Tackling Packaging

At the end of 2020, we achieved our goal to make all of our primary core range pulp-based packaging FSC or PEFC certified, or made from at least 70% recycled material. We have now updated our Plastic and Packaging pledges to make them even more ambitious.

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Reducing Food and Operational Waste

We are committed to reducing our operational food waste by 50% by 2030. In 2021, we will introduce 75% reductions in stores, which will help this. However, we aim to redistribute as much food as possible through our partnership with FoodCloud.

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Responsible Sourcing

We have committed to net zero deforestation by 2030 and net zero carbon emissions in our supply chain by 2040. We also have goals on palm oil, timber and pulp and other areas which you can read about here.

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Zero carbon

Doing our part to limit global warming.

Reducing Operational Greenhouse Gas Emissions

We are continuing to reduce our operational emissions through energy consumption reduction, using more environmentally friendly refrigerants and procuring renewable electricity.

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in our Supply Chain

We are also aiming for zero carbon emissions in our supply chain by 2040. We will be working closely with our suppliers to achieve this.

Employer of choice

Being the employer of choice in our markets.

Creating

a motivating and healthy work environment

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Attracting

and retaining the right personnel

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Customers

Supporting our customers in living healthier lives.

Improving the Nutritional Profile of our Products

We are constantly reformulating our products to improve the nutritional content and reduce salt, sugar, calories and saturated fat.

Transparent and Responsible Marketing

This includes our policies on nutrition labelling, checkouts and the use of cartoons on packaging.

Support For Customers Following Sustainable and Special Diets

We have a vast amount of products to support our customers to be healthier and more sustainable.

Our Commitment

We are committed to have 70% of our food and drink sales to come from healthier items by 2025.

Community

Giving back to the communities in which we operate by supporting charities and local causes.

Barnardos Ireland

In 2020 we announced our new partnership with Barnardos Ireland with the aim of raising €1 million for the charity by 2022. We will achieve this through staff, store, customer, and community fundraising initiatives.

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