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Ahold Delhaize pledge (2023)

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Ahold Delhaize pledge (2023)

Publishing organisations:

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Relevant countries:

Netherlands

Organisation types:

Company with 250 or more employees

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Ahold Delhaize is a Dutch-Belgian multinational retail and wholesale holding company. Ahold Delhaize is one of the world's largest food retail groups in Europe and worldwide. Ahold Delhaize sets ambitious 2025 targets to aid customers in making healthier choices, enhance product transparency, eliminate waste, and reduce climate impact.

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Netherlands

Organisation Type

Company with 250 or more employees

  • CoC aspirational objectives

    • 1. Healthy, balanced and sustainable diets for all European consumers

    • 2. Prevention and reduction of food loss and waste

    • 3. A climate - neutral food chain in Europe by 2050

    • 4. An optimised circular and resource-efficient food chain in Europe

    • 5. Sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all

    • 6. Sustainable value creation in the European food supply chain through partnership

    • 7. Sustainable sourcing in food supply chains

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Commitments by aspirational objectives:

Food Waste Reduction: Reduce food waste in operations by 50% from 2016-2030.

Plastic Waste Reduction: Achieve zero plastic waste from own-brand packaging by 2025 by making the plastic packaging we use 100% recyclable, compostable or reusable.

Recycled Plastic Content: Ensure 25% of own-brand plastic packaging is made from postconsumer recycled content by 2025.

Virgin Plastic Reduction: Reduce use of virgin plastic in own-brand packaging by 5% by 2025, compared to 2021.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions from operations by 50% (scope 1 and 2) between 2018-2030, and Net Zero by 2040.

Value Chain Emissions: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the value chain (scope 3) by 37% between 2020-2030.

Net-Zero Goal: Achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Sustainable Sourcing: Source 100% of sustainable sourcing for seafood in own-brand products by 2025.

Nutritional Guidance: Implement customer-facing nutritional guidance systems for own-brand products by 2025.

Zero Deforestation: Achieve zero deforestation by 2025 through sustainable sourcing of key commodities.

Healthy Products Sales: Raise sales of healthy own-brand products to 55.6% by 2025.

 

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