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Carrefour pledge (2021)

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Carrefour pledge (2021)

Publishing organisations:

Editorial team

Relevant countries:

France

Organisation types:

Company with 250 or more employees

Next progression check date:

Carrefour is a global retail group headquartered in France, with a mission to provide quality services, products, and food accessible to all across various distribution channels. The company operates over 12,000 stores worldwide, including hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores, and e-commerce platforms. Carrefour, as part of its mission to lead the Food Transition for all, remains committed to transforming food systems. The food transition involves a transition from current practices to methods that are better for the environment and biodiversity.

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Editorial team

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Geographical descriptors

France

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

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Commitments by aspirational objectives:

Carrefour commits the following objectives:

1. Carrefour’s commitment to support healthy balanced and sustainable diets for all European consumers (existing commitment)

  • The Nutri-Score label is to be used on 7,000 Carrefour-brand products available in stores or online, in France and Europe, by 2022, including the Carrefour Bio and Carrefour Veggie ranges. (new engagement)

  • 80% of our customers believe that Carrefour helps them to have healthier and more responsible food, while remaining accessible in price by 2022. (new engagement) 

  • 6,000 products with revised recipes to reduce sugar, fat or salt, and to remove controversial substances or additives by 2022 (vs 2018). (new engagement)

  • 15% of fresh food sales are from organic farming or agroecology by 2025. (new engagement) 

  • Improvement of +15 points in our client satisfaction barometer which gauges customer satisfaction around our local and organic products and our actions to reduce food waste, improve health and nutrition by 2025. (new engagement)

  • 25% of processed food products sold contribute to the food transition by 2025. (new engagement)

2. Carrefour’s commitment to support prevention and reduction of food loss and waste (existing commitment) 

  • Carrefour confirms its objective of halving food waste by 2025 (vs 2016). (existing engagement)

3. Carrefour’s commitment to support a transition to a low-carbon economy (existing commitment)

  • Reducing its GHG emissions (scope 1 and 2) by 30% by 2030, and 55% by 2040, compared to 2019. (existing engagement)

  • 29% reduction in Scope 3 GHG emissions by 2030, including a 30% reduction in GHG emissions from the purchase of goods and services (20 megatonnes), compared to 2019. (existing engagement)

4. Carrefour’s commitment to support an optimised circular and resource-efficient food chain (existing commitment)

  • Reduce packaging waste by 20,000 tons by 2025 (since 2017) 15,000 of which is plastic packaging. (new engagement)

  • 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable packaging for own-brand products by 2025. (exiting commitment)

  • Integrate 30% of recycled plastic in our Carrefour packaging by 2025. (new engagement)

  • 1,000 reusable packaging solutions available in stores and 500 stores equipped with a collection system by 2025. (new engagement)

5. Carrefour’s commitment to support sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, employment, and decent work for all (existing commitment)

  • At least 50% of employees have access to training every year. (new engagement)

  • 35% of women in management positions by 2025. (new engagement)

  • At least 4% of employees with disabilities in the Group by 2025. (existing engagement)

6. Carrefour’s commitment to support sustainable value creation in the European food supply chain through partnership (existing commitment)

  • 30,000 partners that are producers in organic, local and agroecology by 2025.

  • Includes 3,000 producers in France that Carrefour supports with long terms contracts to facilitate the transition to organic production, by 2022. (new engagement)

  • 10% penetration of Carrefour Quality lines products within fresh products and 100% CQL products carrying an agroecological claim by 2025. (existing engagement)

Full detail of the pledge in the provided attachment.

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Carrefour’s support of leading action to transform food systems
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