Celebrating our 15th anniversary and food waste prevention: ALDI Poland

In response to growing public demand, ALDI Poland is expanding its sustainability activities, including a drive to reduce food waste and involvement in a range of charitable projects.

We decided to hold a charity challenge in September and October to celebrate the 15th anniversary of ALDI Poland in 2023. Our employees from different departments came together with the aim of donating PLN 15,000 and chose two charities: the Society for the Care of Animals in Poland and the Iskierka Foundation, a childhood cancer charity. The mission for our employees was to participate in a joint photo bank, where teams had to submit a photo around the theme '15'. This counted as a contribution to the company’s fundraising efforts. The charity challenge was a resounding success with achievement of the fundraising target and generation of a sense of strengthened togetherness among our employees.

For the second time, we organised a Christmas-tree project in December. ALDI employees had the opportunity to give presents to children and young people from three different care and education centres. We put together 120 gift packs and these were delivered just before Christmas. The ALDI team also supported the Special School and Educational Centre No. 2 in Lublin with cleaning and personal hygiene products along with sweets.

As in previous years, we continued working with Klub Gaja to maintain the educational apiary. Children can visit the bee farm to learn about bees, their lifecycle, and how to protect them.

Food waste is also an important issue in Poland. In 2023, ALDI Poland established cooperations with many local charities and we have partnerships with almost 40 small local organisations. We also conducted an educational campaign focusing on food-waste prevention. See our zero waste website.