Rewe Group

Stakeholder engagement
The company discloses the channels it uses to engage with its stakeholder groups.

Sustainable development strategy
The company discloses its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability impacts as well as the outcome of this process, in relation to its sustainability strategy.

Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
The company is actively working to reduce its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It has set a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions and reports its progress towards achieving these targets.

Food loss and waste
The company’s FLW reduction targets are in line with SDG 12.3, which aims to achieve a 50% reduction by 2030. Additionally, the company actively works with its value chain partners to prevent the generation of FLW.

Plastic use and packaging waste
The company exemplifies its commitment by actively engaging in initiatives aimed at reducing plastic usage and transitioning to sustainable packaging. Furthermore, it shares quantitative data regarding its efforts in decreasing plastic usage and increasing the adoption of sustainable packaging solutions.

Water withdrawal
The company has taken steps to reduce water withdrawal in its own operations.

Clear and transparent labelling
The company discloses it has adopted the Nutri-score front-of-pack labelling system.

Child labour
The company has a policy that requires suppliers to strictly prohibit the use of child labour as well as verify the age of all recruited workers. In the event that a case of child labour is found at any of its production sites or among the growers affiliated with its business partners, the company openly discloses the actions it takes to address the situation.

Farmer and fisher livelihoods
The company discloses that it has identified benchmarks for the living incomes of cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana using the Anker methodology, following the definition of the Living Income Community of Practice. Also, it has initiated a project focused on achieving living incomes in the cocoa sector and pays cocoa farmers a Living Income Differential in addition to the respective Fairtrade premiums and minimum prices.

Forced labour
The company prohibits the payment of any recruitment fees or related costs to secure a job, and it does not retain workers’ personal documents or restrict workers’ freedom of movement in its supply chain.

Living wage
The company discloses that it uses the Anker methodology to determine living wages in its supply chain. Additionally, it cooperates with various organisations to further develop the IDH Salary Matrix that will allow measuring living wage gaps.

Act ethically
The company discloses that an executive-level body is responsible for its global tax strategy. Additionally, it has a policy prohibiting bribery and corruption, and incorporates anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with business relationships. Furthermore, it identifies bribery and corruption risks using an IT-supported tool that records and evaluates corruption risks, along with a Compliance Management System (CMS) that includes preventive measures against antitrust and corruption risks. Moreover, the company provides a grievance mechanism for stakeholders to raise concerns and complaints regarding bribery and corruption.

Provide and promote decent work
The company has a publicly available policy statement committing to worker health and safety. The company extends this commitment to its business relationships, and reveals its mechanism for monitoring supplier compliance.

Additionally, the company discloses a time-bound target to ensure all workers receive a living wage. It also outlines its process for determining a living wage in its operational regions and explains how it supports its suppliers in achieving this wage standard.

Furthermore, the company discloses the proportion of its workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements, as well as the percentage of employees in each category by age group, gender, region, and disability. Moreover, the company publicly commits to gender equality and women’s empowerment, setting a target to achieve a balanced gender ratio in management positions by 2025.

Respect human rights
The company has a publicly available policy statement committing to respect human rights and ILO fundamental rights at work in its operations and supply chain. Additionally, it outlines the process for identifying human rights risks and impacts within its operations and supply chain, publicly discloses the results of its human rights risk assessments, and provides a case study describing how it has addressed a salient human rights risk issue. Moreover, the company indicates that it has a human rights grievance mechanism accessible to all workers and external stakeholders adversely impacted by the company’s activities.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
The company has an opportunity to link performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives which cover environmental and social issues. Furthermore, it could disclose whether its highest governance body has expertise with respect to the company’s most material sustainability topics.

Lobbying and advocacy
The company has an opportunity to disclose a list of trade associations of which it is a member. Furthermore, it could provide a clear and detailed framework for assessing the alignment of these trade associations with its sustainability targets and report any (potential) misalignments between the lobbying activities of its trade associations and its sustainability targets.

Stakeholder engagement
The company has an opportunity to disclose an overview of the issues raised during its stakeholder engagement activities.

Sustainable development strategy
The company discloses some sustainability objectives/targets including climate, social inclusion and ecosystem conversion, but could further establish group-wide targets for the most material parts of its value chain. Moreover, while it reports against some targets including climate, ecosystem conversion and social inclusion, it has an opportunity to report consistently against all its targets.

Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
The company has an opportunity to align its scope 1 and 2 emissions targets with a 1.5-degree trajectory. Additionally, the company can work towards reducing its scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions. It is recommended for the company to disclose a time-bound target for reducing its scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions and regularly report on the progress made towards these targets. By doing so, the company can ensure that its scope 3 emissions targets are in line with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

Food loss and waste
The company openly shares its FLW reduction target(s), but it does not track progress towards achieving these target(s).

Water withdrawal
The company has an opportunity to set a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal in its own operations and report its progress. Additionally, there is an opportunity for the company to disclose the amount of water it withdraws in water-stressed areas. Furthermore, the company can engage with its suppliers to minimize water withdrawal.

Accessibility and affordability of nutritious foods
The company has an opportunity to disclose its commitment and commercial activities to improve the accessibility and affordability of nutritious foods.

Availability of nutritious foods
The company provides examples of reformulated products. However, there is potential for improvement in reporting its overall efforts to reduce sugar, salt, and fat, and/or increase the presence of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and whole grains in its entire portfolio. Additionally, there is an opportunity for the company to adopt a nutrient profiling system and set a sales-based target to increase the proportion of more nutritious products, aligning with government-endorsed or externally validated nutritional guidelines.

Food safety
The company has an opportunity to demonstrate that 100% of its own operations are certified to a GFSI food safety scheme/certification programme or other widely recognised (industry-specific) certification. Additionally, it can disclose the percentage of food suppliers certified to a GFSI-recognised food safety scheme.

Child labour
The company has the opportunity to disclose examples of remediation programs when cases of child labour are found in its operations. Additionally, it can provide an analysis of trends to demonstrate progress in relation to eliminating child labour from its supply chain.

Farmer and fisher livelihoods
The company has an opportunity to disclose how it assesses living income gaps.

Forced labour
For its operations, the company has an opportunity to prohibit the use of recruitment fees or related costs to secure a job, retaining workers’ personal documents or restricting workers’ freedom of movement. Furthermore, it could indicate how it is building the capacity of its suppliers to prevent forced labour impacts.

Living wage
The company discloses an ambition to pay a living wage across its direct suppliers but it has an opportunity to turn this into a time-bound target. Also, it could disclose the percentage of workers across its own operations or direct suppliers that are paid a living wage.

Act ethically
The company discloses its engagement in discussions with political stakeholders, political leaders and representatives of government authorities. However, the company has an opportunity to outline its approach to lobbying and political engagement. Additionally, while the company states that it makes political contributions only after approval from the Management Board member responsible for the respective area and the Chief Compliance Officer, it has an opportunity to specify that these contributions are made only on an exceptional basis and disclose and the criteria for making such exceptions. Moreover, although the company discloses that it has not sponsored any political party during the reporting period, and reveals the amount paid for the annual membership fees of the associations of which it is a member, the company has an opportunity to divulge its expenditures on lobbying activities.

Provide and promote decent work
The company has an opportunity to disclose the ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men in its total direct operations workforce for each employee category, by significant locations of operation.