Interim report 2018
Reducing packaging waste, safeguarding human rights, protecting the climate: Our current interim report shows the progress we achieved in 2018.
ALDI North customer
Alexander Banikov, Store Manager
Mahi Klosterhalfen, Board member, Compassion in World Farming
Interim report 2018
ALDI North customer
“I’m proud of the work I do at ALDI. The change is exciting.”
“ALDI has made tremendous progress in recent years. But there is still work to be done.”
In 2018, we achieved great progress in our sustainability commitment once again. Apart from a more sustainable structuring of our product ranges, we dedicated our activities particularly to the topics of human rights and climate protection. Selected highlights in 2018 were:
1024
products with EU organic logo – an increase of 28%
The
first
human rights policy statement was published for the ALDI North Group
90
Fairtrade certified own-brand products in our ranges – an increase of 23%
10300
tonnes of CO₂ saved by using self-generated electricity. This is an increase of 55% compared to the previous year.
More than
320
ALDI Social Assessments were carried out – an increase of 64%
-1660
tonnes of plastic per year by delisting single-use plastic bags
We want our sustainability efforts to have the greatest possible impact. To make sure we are focusing on the right topics in management and reporting, we regularly identify the issues that are material to us. Find out what they are here:
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We made tremendous progress with our commitment to sustainability in 2017. For example, customers can choose from a constantly growing selection of sustainable products in our range. Along the supply chain, we continued campaigning for better labour and social standards. An overview:
There are over
69000
ALDI employees, more than 46,000 of whom are women.
Over
27 %
of senior management and 42 per cent of store managers are women.
We have more than
800
products with the EU organic logo.
Around
89 %
of the palm oil used in own-brand products has been certified as sustainable.
Target achieved:
we have developed our own inspection process for production facilities in Asia!
We generated roughly
22999 MWh
of electricity!
Target achieved:
the first International Timber Purchasing Policy was published!
75 %
of stores throughout the Group donated food – almost 10 per cent more than in 2016.
We carried out our
first
customer surveys on sustainability in five countries.
