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Certified sustainable fish and seafood products

Share of own-brand products certified with the MSC, ASC, GLOBALG.A.P. or EU organic logo as a proportion of the total number of fish and seafood products, broken down by certification standard (in per cent)1

In 2021, around 60 per cent of our own-brand fish and seafood products were certified with one of the following sustainability standards: the largest portion was attributable to the MSC certification standard (around 61 per cent), followed by ASC certification (around 31 per cent), GLOBAL G.A.P. certification (around 10 per cent) and products with the EU organic logo (around 3 per cent).

Total

thereof  MSC

thereof  ASC

thereof GLOBAL G.A.P.

thereof  EU organic

Total

thereof MSC

thereof ASC

thereof GLOBAL G.A.P.

thereof  EU organic

Total

thereof MSC

thereof ASC

thereof GLOBAL G.A.P.

thereof  EU organic

Belgium/Luxembourg2

76.9

66.7

27.6

8.9

0.8

74.3

71.4

29.3

9.0

0.8

76.8

64.2

26.4

3.8

1.9

Denmark

86.8

66.1

18.6

11.9

5.1

88.9

58.9

30.4

16.1

71.6

67.2

29.3

5.2

1.7

France

49.1

72.5

22.9

5.5

3.7

54.1

70.6

25.4

4.8

4.0

57.2

61.2

31.3

4.8

3.4

Germany

80.5

58.8

22.2

24.2

3.3

85.8

53.4

25.2

27.6

4.3

83.9

51.2

32.1

24.1

4.9

Netherlands

82.7

56.5

43.5

2.6

80.6

53.3

46.7

2.7

73.7

50.7

56.2

2.7

Poland

46.6

78.9

6,6

11.8

1.3

42.2

80.9

7.4

10.3

73.5

68.9

9.8

19.7

1.6

Portugal

51.8

70.2

15.8

15.8

3.5

51.0

61.5

25.0

7.7

5.8

49.5

68.0

14.0

18.0

2.0

Spain

28.2

81.7

10.0

6.7

5.0

37.8

67.6

17.6

11.8

2.9

29.9

76.3

13.6

6.8

6.8

ALDI Nord

56.5

66.4

26.6

8.9

1.4

60.0

64.6

27.2

12.6

2.1

59.8

61.5

30.8

9.7

2.6

1 Products which are certified with several labels are listed in the breakdown under all the affected categories, but only as one product in the total number. The total sum of all the breakdowns may therefore exceed 100 per cent.
2
The information regarding the legally independent companies of ALDI Belgium and ALDI Luxembourg has been combined for the purposes of a simplified presentation (refer to ‘Additional information’).

 

FSC®- or PEFC™-certified products

Share of own-brand products certified according to FSC® or PEFCTM as a proportion of the total number of own-brand products from the standard and special-buy product ranges with elements made of wood, board, paper, cellulose-based viscose and non-woven fabric, as well as bamboo, broken down by certification standard (in per cent)

FSC® 100%, FSC® MIX and PEFCTM are considered to be certification standards. In 2021, the largest portion was attributable to FSC® MIX (around 46 per cent), followed by FSC® 100% (around 44 per cent) and PEFCTM (around 11 per cent).

Total

thereof  FSC® 100%

thereof  FSC® MIX

thereof PEFC™

Total

thereof  FSC® 100%

thereof  FSC® MIX

thereof PEFC™

Total

thereof  FSC® 100%

thereof  FSC® MIX

thereof PEFC™

Belgium/Luxembourg1

97.8

37.4

38.9

23.8

97.2

35.2

43.7

21.1

94.3

43.3

44.7

12.1

Denmark

94.5

40.6

42.6

16.8

95.0

49.3

33.3

17.4

92.5

59.6

32.3

8.1

France

91.2

37.5

43.1

19.4

92.6

47.9

39.1

13.0

87.9

45.6

45.9

8.5

Germany

95.3

41.8

44.8

13.4

95.2

38.6

47.6

13.8

94.2

44.6

49.5

5.9

Netherlands

89.8

30.7

38.1

31.3

90.7

39.2

39.2

21.6

86.3

47.5

37.1

15.3

Poland

71.4

52.9

30.3

16.8

89.8

41.3

34.1

24.6

94.0

50.7

38.7

10.6

Portugal

94.5

47.7

35.5

16.9

96.7

51.7

35.0

13.3

95.2

56.6

37.4

5.9

Spain

93.0

53.5

30.8

15.7

97.5

52.6

28.1

19.3

97.9

50.0

39.9

10.1

ALDI Nord

87.9

35.0

42.8

22.2

93.2

39.2

43.3

17.5

92.6

43.8

45.8

10.5

1 The information regarding the legally independent companies of ALDI Belgium and ALDI Luxembourg has been combined for the purposes of a simplified presentation (refer to 'Additional information').

Certified palm oil

Proportion of total volume of palm oil used in the production of our food and non-food items in the standard and special-buy product ranges certified in accordance with a physical RSPO supply chain system (in per cent)1

Total

Food

Non-food

Total

Food

Non-food

Total

Food

Non-food

Belgium/Luxembourg2

99.8

99.8

99.3

100.0

100.0

99.9

100.0

100.0

99.9

Denmark

96.2

99.9

81.8

90.1

93.8

69.8

99.9

99.9

100.0

France

100.0

100.0

100.0

99.9

99.9

100.0

99.2

99.9

97.5

Germany

99.1

99.9

94.4

100.0

100.0

100.0

99.7

100.0

98.6

Netherlands

98.6

99.6

89.4

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Poland

78.0

93.9

38.1

99.5

99.4

100.0

99.5

99.5

99.5

Portugal

97.4

99.0

83.9

99.7

99.9

96.6

92.1

99.7

24.7

Spain

85.6

97.6

33.8

87.6

97.8

56.7

77.2

98.5

27.6

ALDI Nord

98.6

99.7

92.5

99.3

99.8

96.9

98.1

99.3

92.1

1 Some of the data are based on extrapolations.
2
The information regarding the legally independent companies of ALDI Belgium and ALDI Luxembourg has been combined for the purposes of a simplified presentation (refer to ‘Additional information’).

 

Sustainable cotton

Share of sustainable cotton as a proportion of the total volume of cotton in the clothing and home textiles product groups from the standard and special-buy product ranges, broken down by certification standard (in per cent)

 

Total

thereof  OCS

thereof GOTS

thereof  CmiA

thereof  BCI

thereof recycled without certification

thereof  Fairtrade

thereof  organic

Total

thereof OCS

thereof GOTS

thereof CmiA

thereof BCI

thereof recycled without certification

thereof Fairtrade

thereof GRS

thereof organic

Total

thereof  OCS

thereof GOTS

thereof CmiA

thereof BCI

thereof recycled without certification

thereof  Fairtrade

thereof GRS

thereof  organic

Belgium/Luxembourg1

54.7

18.0

64.5

1.6

2.3

5.3

1.4

6.9

74.7

12.9

52.3

2.4

18.2

5.8

1.3

0.8

6.3

88.9

7.4

33.8

3.7

45.3

4.9

0.5

0.5

3.9

Denmark

37.8

52.0

18.5

5.3

11.8

10.9

1.5

63.7

21.3

32.5

4.9

40.3

0.7

0.3

88.9

24.4

32.2

5.1

35.6

2.7

France

24.9

48.5

22.3

4.2

9.2

15.7

52.1

23.7

26.3

4.0

37.3

7.7

1.0

71.9

14.3

25.6

8.5

45.1

2.2

1.3

1.3

1.7

Germany

35.3

52.7

22.2

10.9

9.4

1.8

3.0

64.9

23.2

25.2

9.0

39.2

0.9

1.4

1.1

85.1

16.6

23.2

7.7

44.8

2.5

0.5

3.4

1.3

Netherlands2

25.3

45.3

23.2

6.9

9.0

10.2

5.4

49.5

19.0

31.2

6.5

37.2

5.2

1.2

69.3

12.1

18.2

5.3

51.2

10.7

0.3

0.3

1.9

Poland

37.1

53.5

24.5

7.8

11.4

0.5

1.3

0.9

64.8

21.2

26.9

5.9

44.8

0.5

0.3

0.3

89.3

15.6

27.6

18.5

34.6

0.4

0.5

1.7

1.1

Portugal

38.6

50.2

26.5

5.0

3.5

13.4

1.2

0.2

76.4

12.2

25.8

3.3

56.3

1.0

0.5

0.2

0.8

89.4

14.1

25.1

21.8

32.1

4.6

0.3

0.5

1.5

Spain

42.6

47.5

31.4

5.8

2.6

10.2

2.5

68.7

30.5

33.7

6.7

25.2

2.9

0.9

65.0

19.5

26.7

12.1

34.8

4.1

0.5

2.3

ALDI Nord

36.2

46.2

29.6

8.3

8.0

4.3

2.6

1.1

64.1

21.9

29.0

7.4

36.9

2.1

1.3

0.8

0.7

82.0

15.3

24.9

8.0

44.1

3.2

0.6

2.3

1.6

1 The information regarding the legally independent companies of ALDI Belgium and ALDI Luxembourg has been combined for the purposes of a simplified presentation (refer to 'Additional information').

Non-food product group production facilities by country
Non-food product group production facilities by country in 2019 – Sustainability at ALDI North

Share of non-food production facilities used by producing country (in per cent)

ALDI Social Assessments (ASAs)

2019

2020

2021

Number of countries in which ASAs were carried out

6

10

10

Number of ASAs effected,
   thereof China

348
242

307
156

263
145

Proportion of non-food production facilities in risk countries in which social risks were detected, relating to the total number of ASAs effected (in per cent)

22.4

19.2

26.6

Certified sustainable cocoa

Weight of own-brand products from the standard and special-buy ranges with certified sustainable cocoa, as a proportion of the total weight of procured products containing cocoa, broken down by certification standard (in per cent)

In 2021, roughly 99 per cent of the weight of own-brand products containing cocoa were certified sustainable cocoa. The largest portion was attributable to UTZ/Rainforest Alliance certification (around 75 per cent, followed by Fairtrade (around 24 per cent, including 0.6 per cent attributable to items with Fairtrade certification and the EU organic logo) and the EU organic logo and UTZ/EU organic logo (each 0.1 per cent).

Total

thereof UTZ

thereof Fairtrade

thereof Rainforest Alliance

Total

thereof UTZ2

thereof Fairtrade

thereof Rainforest Alliance2

Belgium/Luxembourg3

100.0

94.6

2.6

0.6

100.0

17.2

8.1

74.6

Denmark

97.5

60.7

33.2

5.6

96.6

26.7

46.1

27.1

France

93.5

75.8

7.6

13.0

97.7

68.1

2.7

27.8

Germany

99.9

58.6

33.0

6.9

99.1

17.7

39.3

42.1

Netherlands

98.4

65.7

22.3

12.0

99.5

27.9

23.4

48.7

Poland

99.2

64.0

33.0

3.0

98.5

28.9

22.0

49.1

Portugal

92.1

66.3

26.6

4.8

97.5

35.6

29.1

34.6

Spain

98.7

70.4

19.2

7.6

94.6

23.3

35.6

39.7

ALDI Nord

99.7

72.4

18.6

7.3

98.7

31.7

24.0

43.5

1 Data was collected for the first time in 2020.
 2
2020, the data collection of UTZ and Rainforest Alliance certified cocoa quantities was carried out separately. From 2021 onwards, the data collection will be adjusted in line with the merger of the two certification standards.
3
The information regarding the legally independent companies of ALDI Belgium and ALDI Luxembourg has been combined for the purposes of a simplified presentation (refer to 'Additional information').

Certified sustainable coffee

Share of certified sustainable coffee as a proportion of the total weight of coffee procured for own-brand products in the standard and special-buy product ranges, broken down by certification standard (in per cent)

In 2021, around 58 per cent of the procured own-brand coffee was certified in accordance with one of the following sustainability standards: Fairtrade, UTZ/Rainforest Alliance and the EU organic logo. The largest portion was attributable to UTZ/Rainforest Alliance certification (around 89 per cent), followed by a share of around 11 per cent with Fairtrade certification and the EU organic logo.

Total

thereof  UTZ

thereof  Fairtrade/ EU organic

thereof  Rainforest Alliance

Total

thereof UTZ1

thereof Fairtrade/ EU organic

thereof Rainforest Alliance1

Total

thereof UTZ1

thereof Fairtrade/ EU organic

thereof Rainforest Alliance1

Belgium/Luxembourg2

54.4

85.2

2.5

12.3

57.0

84.1

2.4

13.5

60.3

75.6

1.8

22.6

Denmark

54.8

67.0

13.6

5.9

85.7

83.3

8.4

8.3

85.1

65.8

10.9

23.3

France

58.1

92.4

4.7

2.9

57.7

91.7

4.6

3.7

60.2

77.9

4.3

17.5

Germany

47.0

72.1

19.0

8.9

49.5

72.0

20.0

8.0

51.6

62.0

19.0

19.0

Netherlands

60.2

88.6

5.9

5.5

63.6

90.4

3.9

5.6

65.4

84.8

3.9

11.3

Poland

58.2

91.1

4.8

4.1

46.53

90.4

3.8

5.8

56.7

78.5

21.5

Portugal

66.0

70.3

8.3

21.0

69.4

77.5

6.2

15.9

77.6

63.9

3.8

31.6

Spain

73.4

68.7

15.2

16.2

71.2

62.7

18.9

18.4

70.6

56.5

18.1

23.3

ALDI Nord

52.5

79.9

11.5

8.1

54.8

80.0

11.7

8.3

57.5

70.7

10.5

18.7

1 In 2021, the data collection of UTZ and Rainforest Alliance certified coffee quantities was carried out separately again. The data collection will be adjusted in line with the merger of the two certification standards in the upcoming years.
2
The information regarding the legally independent companies of ALDI Belgium and ALDI Luxembourg has been combined for the purposes of a simplified presentation (refer to 'Additional information').
3
The value for 2020 was corrected compared to the information published in the previous year’s report.

 

Certified sustainable tea

Share of certified sustainable tea as a proportion of the total weight of procured own-brand tea products in the standard and special-buy product ranges, broken down by certification standard (in per cent)1

In 2021, around 72 per cent of our own-brand tea products were certified with one of the following sustainability standards: UTZ/Rainforest Alliance and EU organic. The largest portion was attributable to UTZ/Rainforest Alliance (around 90 per cent), followed by EU organic (around 7 per cent), and Fairtrade & EU organic (around 3 per cent).

Total

thereof  Rainforest Alliance

thereof  UTZ

thereof  EU organic

Total

thereof Rainforest Alliance2

thereof UTZ2

thereof EU organic

Total

thereof Rainforest Alliance2

thereof UTZ2

thereof EU organic

thereof Fairtrade and EU organic 

Belgium/Luxembourg3

67.2

50,0

8.8

32.2

70.1

72.1

12.5

15.4

83.0

88.9

0.5

10.7

Denmark

40.44

61.7

11.6

21.2

78.9

70.3

19.1

9.7

60.8

70.3

21.8

7.9

France

71.64

75.8

24.2

67.4

75.0

25.0

70.9

53.9

35.2

7.1

3.8

Germany

61.9

52.8

24.5

18.7

67.3

43.7

35.8

17.4

70.9

77.1

22.9

Netherlands

74.14

86.6

3.2

7.3

73.9

88.4

8.8

88.3

90.9

5.8

3.3

Poland

52.4

61.4

30.3

7.1

62.8

57.5

35.2

6.3

75.1

66.9

33.1

Portugal

49.3

53.3

34.2

12.5

62.1

30.0

49.0

15.1

61.2

35.9

55.4

7.1

1.6

Spain

50.5

58.9

27.9

13.2

61.5

43.6

39.8

16.5

62.1

40.1

43.6

16.3

ALDI Nord

62.7

59.2

19.6

17.6

67.9

52.6

29.8

14.9

72.4

61.3

28.3

7.4

3.0

1 The scope of data takes into account own-brand products containing tea (items that contain products from the tea plant, such as black and green tea), as well as own-brand products containing tea infusions (such as herbal and fruit tea).
2
In 2020, the quantities of tea certified by UTZ and Rainforest Alliance were still surveyed separately. From 2021, the survey will be adapted to account for the merger of the two certification standards.
3
 The information regarding the legally independent companies of ALDI Belgium and ALDI Luxembourg has been combined for the purposes of a simplified presentation (refer to ‘Additional information’).
4
 The value for 2019 was corrected compared to the information published in the previous year’s report.

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