Supermarket Chains
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Supermarket Chains Questions
In this section, you will find the list of questions that is used in the Supermarket Chains sector ranking matrices. The questions are categorized into three areas: Labour Conditions and Human Rights, Climate Change, and Ecology. Clicking on a question heading will provide you with more background information, guidelines and possible jurisdiction for the question.
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Questions about Climate Change
Supermarket Chains Climate Change Question 1:
Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions?
Supermarket Chains Climate Change Question 2:
Has the brand disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations', including refrigerant leakage, and has the brand already reduced or compensated 10% of these emissions in the last 5 years?
Supermarket Chains Climate Change Question 3:
Is the efficiency of greenhouse gas emissions below 400 kg CO2-eq per square meter shopping floor per year, or does the brand use at least 25% green electricity for the shops?
Supermarket Chains Climate Change Question 4:
Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of its 'own operations' by at least 20% within the next 5 years?
Questions about Ecology
Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 1:
Is the rate of organic (food) sales to the total (food) turnover at least 1%, or above the country average rate, or does the brand at least report these annual figures?
Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 2:
Does the assortment of organic (food) products represent more than 1,5% of the total (food) turnover of the supermarket chain?
Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 3:
Is 99% of the assortment of fish 'sustainable', or has the supermarket chain announced to achieve this by 2012 at latest?
Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 4:
Is at least 85% of the fish assortment already 'sustainable'?
Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 5:
Has the brand banned 'unsustainable fish', so the most threatened species and the most damaging fishing and breeding methods from the assortment?
Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 6:
Has the brand banned battery eggs from the shelves and from the store brand products that contain egg, and does the brand offer free range and organic eggs and chicken meat?
Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 7:
Concerning veal, beef and milk; does the brand abide by progressive animal welfare standards including a ban on calves' anaemia to produce pale meat?
Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 8:
For the full assortment of pork, does the brand abide by progressive animal welfare standards, or has the brand the objective to achieve this before 2012?
Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 9:
Does the brand have a policy to increase the use of sustainable soy in the animal feed for its chicken and pork meat products, in order to fight e.g. the destruction of tropical forest?
Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 10:
Does the brand have the objective to only source sustainable palm oil for all its store brand products by 2015 at the latest, and has the brand already purchased sustainable palm oil in order to stop e.g. the destruction of tropical forest for palm oil plantations?
Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 11:
Does the brand stimulate re-use of carrier bags among consumers?
Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 12:
Does the brand have clear objectives to reduce (food) waste, reduce packaging of store brand products and to increase the use of sustainable packaging materials, and does the brand annually report the results?
Questions about Fairtrade / Labour Conditions
Supermarket Chains Labour Conditions Question 1:
Is all the store brand coffee certified according to Fair Trade, Utz, Rainforest Alliance or similar systems?
Supermarket Chains Labour Conditions Question 2:
Is the complete assortment of bananas certified according to Fair Trade, Utz, Rainforest Alliance or similar systems?
Supermarket Chains Labour Conditions Question 3:
Has the brand (supermarket chain) set the objective to increase the use of certified cocoa in store brand products to 100% by 2015 at the latest?
Supermarket Chains Labour Conditions Question 4:
Has the brand (supermarket chain) established a fair trade policy for at least two of the following commodities: tea, cane sugar or tropical fruits?
