Supermarket Chains Ecology Question 12

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Question

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?

Dutch: Heeft het merk beleid en heldere doelstellingen bekend gemaakt om verpakkingen en afval te verminderen en om meer duurzame materialen te gebruiken en rapporteert het merk jaarlijks over de resultaten?

German version: Verfolgt das Unternehmen die Absicht, (Lebensmittel) Abfälle sowie Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren? Will es gleichzeitig den Gebrauch von Verpackungsmaterial aus nachhaltigen Ressourcen steigern? Berichtet das Unternehmen jährlich über seine Erfolge, dies zu tun?

References

This is a generic question, so we refer to Beer Environmental Policy Question 10 for the main references concerning this question. In addition, supermarkets have a major role to play in:
- reducing food waste
- reducing other waste

Supermarkets in the Netherlands report to a bare minimum about these issues. Concerning the company’s own waste including food waste, supermarkets should report the total amount of waste in tonnes by type for each of the applied disposal methods, as described in section EN22 of the Global Reporting Initiative. Objectives to reduce waste should be time-bound and be expressed as a percentage on the total waste.

Ranking Guidelines

Refer to Beer Environmental Policy Question 10 for main ranking guidelines.

To award a 'Yes', brands should:
- report the annual (food) waste figures by type and applied disposal methods, and reduction targets OR realised reductions

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