Activities for sustainable food systems under the Code of Conduct for responsible business and marketing practices
As a drafting organization and one of the first signatories to the Code, Independent Retail Europe fully endorses it by supporting its aspirational objectives and informing and engaging our membership on the Code. Our members recognise their responsibilities and contribute their fair share to preserving our planet for all future generations. They adopt strategies and take valuable initiatives for the economic, social and environmental dimension of sustainability, working hand in hand with customers, manufacturers and farmers.
The Brundtland Report defines sustainable development as development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
Our members recognise their responsibilities and contribute their fair share to preserving our planet for all future generations. They have adopted strategies and take valuable initiatives for the economic, social and environmental dimension of sustainability, working hand in hand with customers, manufacturers and farmers.
A selection of their initiatives:
Environment:
- The Groupement Les Mousquetaires reinforces its engagement in favor of food sovereignty (04/11/2024)
- Euronics International announces groundbreaking partnership with EU LIFE Program to launch the LIFE EPICS Project (19/09/2024)
- SPAR shoppers save 5 million Surprise Bags with Too Good To Go (05/03/2024)
- SPAR Hungary introduce environmentally conscious F&V containers (15/02/2024)
- Green Week: REWE Group presents financing program for climate protection(18/01/2024)
- Kesko ranks sector best on the ‘Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World’ listing (17/01/2024)
- Kesko commits to even more ambitious climate targets (09/11/2023)
- Collection of plastic packaging will halve volume of K-stores' energy and mixed waste (27/10/2023)
- “Too good for the bin!” campaign week - EDEKA gives tips against food waste (28/09/2023)
- Save paper with the REWE app and eBon - The app function makes printing receipts unnecessary (16/08/2023)
- SPAR Slovenia presents sustainable bags designed by Art students (03/08/2023)
- Kesko joins global climate collaboration with other sector operators to find new ways to reduce value chain emissions (16/06/2023)
- SPAR country organisations committed to sustainable practices (05/06/2023)
- 100 Mousquetaires points of sale already labeled “Responsible Trader”, with the target of 300 by the end of 2023 (05/06/2023)
- SPAR's partnership with Too Good To Go has saved 3.5 million meals from going to waste in 14 countries (25/04/2023)
- EDEKA association and WWF strengthen partnership and publish new progress report (19/04/2023)
- Expert SE and mySWOOOP save over 1.300 tons of CO2 through repurposing old devices (09/03/2023)
- Conad promotes the protection of the seas in Italian schools with the "Scrittori di Classe" project (02/03/2023)
- REWE starts decarbonization of the truck fleet: First own hydrogen truck goes into practical use (01/02/2023)
- Most sustainable companies in the world listed: Kesko ranked world’s second highest and Europe’s highest performer in grocery trade (24/01/2023)
- SPAR Norway partners with food blogger to create anti-food waste weekly menu (24/01/2023)
- K Group's grocery trade commits to reducing single-use plastics and food waste as part of its continued environmental work (05/01/2023)
Economic:
- Agromousquetaires and France Travail Bretagne sign a partnership to support local employment (10/10/2024)
- Pour la rentrée scolaire, Coopérative U étend son panier anti-inflation aux fournitures scolaires (27/08/2024)
- ACS is celebrating the crucial role that rural shops play in thousands of communities across the UK as part of the launch of the 2024 Rural Shop Report (30/01/2024)
- Intermarché reduces the price of 1.000 products so as to fight the high cost of living (10/01/2024)
- Inflation alimentaire : Les Magasins U annoncent une remise de 10 % sur les achats du quotidien les vendredis et samedis tous les quinze jours (27/09/2023)
- 150 U products at cost price until the end of the year – Hyper U and Super U reiterate their commitment to French purchasing power (11/05/2023)
- Intermarché action: "500 private label anti-inflation products" and the "anti-inflation market" of traditional fresh products (06/03/2023)
- 150 produits U à prix coûtant : les Hyper U et Super U renforcent leur action pour le pouvoir d’achat des Français (01/02/2023)
- Les Magasins U signent un contrat de filière pour toutes leurs gammes de pur jus de pomme et de cidres artisanaux bio (19/01/2023)
Social:
- Le Groupement Les Mousquetaires soutient plus de 70 éleveurs laitiers via l’association Agrimousquetaires (04/11/2024)
- REWE supports food banks with long-lasting food (08/10/2024)
- Pour la rentrée, le Groupement Les Mousquetaires mobilise ses enseignes pour accompagner les étudiants (10/09/2024)
- Campaign to collect medicines, self-medication and non-prescription items by CONAD in support of the ANT Foundation (06/09/2024)
- Coopérative U déploie un dispositif innovant pour protéger et apporter une aide à ses collaborateurs et collaboratrices victimes de violences conjugales et intra-familiales (18/06/2024)
- Intermarché launches the 3rd edition of the SENSATIONNELLES prize, which supports amateur women's football (08/03/2024)
- Women's Drive: new REWE networks for women - strengthened and going their own way together (08/03/2024)
- Kesko collaborates with Fairtrade to tackle the challenges of the wild berry industry in Finland (07/03/2024)
- "Mieux manger" - Initiative of Intermarché to promote healthier food and better practices (30/01/2024)
- EDEKA stores and their customers have collected around 40.500 euros for children with cancer (23/01/2024)
- SPAR Austria surveys apprentices to better understand their requirements and to be able to offer tailor-made training courses in an even more targeted manner (16/01/2024)
- Système U confirms its support to organic milk producers (15/01/2024)
- SPAR Gran Canaria butchery school creates twelve new jobs (12/01/2024)
- SPAR Slovenia recognised for good employment practices (20/10/2023)
- REWE and The Tafel Germany cooperate for people affected by poverty (04/10/2023)
- New smoothie from All in Fruits: EDEKA association and DKMS together against blood cancer (21/08/2023)
- SPAR Croatia launches sugar reduction initiative (21/08/2023)
- Les Magasins U invitent leurs clients à venir à la rencontre des producteurs partenaires locaux à travers l’opération « Célébrons les producteurs de chez nous » (15/06/2023)
- Les Magasins U et Façon de Faire poursuivent leur collaboration en faveur du “made in France” avec leur collection Printemps-Été 2023 (05/06/2023)
- Anders Bagge, the ICA Foundation and Sony Music Sweden collaborate to raise money for ALS research (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) (29/05/2023)
- EDEKA donates 200.000 euros to the Alzheimer Research Initiative (25/05/2023)
- ICA Retailers Association awards scholarships to 20 women to have leadership and entrepreneurship training for them to open their own ICA shop (11/05/2023)
- Jamal Musiala and REWE are calling for support for amateur sports clubs (03/05/2023)
- SPAR supports employee wellbeing (07/04/2023)
- SPAR UK has been supporting Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end-of-life care charity since 2017 having donated a total of £2.8 million up to the end of 2022 (22/02/2023)
- REWE donates 500.00 euros for earthquake-stricken areas in Türkiye and Syria (07/02/2023)
- SPAR in Northern Ireland has initiated the placement of defibrillators at SPAR and EUROSPAR stores throughout the country (03/02/2023)
- Conad donates over 2,2 million euros to 25 Italian hospitals to support pediatric wards (23/01/2023)
Their sustainability reports can be found on their respective websites:
