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Goals & Performance

Our Approach

By measuring our progress against our Corporate Responsibility goals on a regular basis, we can continuously validate the effectiveness of our actions and highlight the areas where we are already making strong progress as well as other areas where further action is still required. ALDI China is not considered within the scope of the goals or performance indicators.

Company

Net sales

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Net sales in billion Euro	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	59

Number of stores

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Number of stores	2017	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	5,902	6,225	6,510
Germany	1,886	1,903	1,934
Austria	485	508	524
Switzerland	189	198	209
Slovenia	83	83	87
Hungary	128	137	144
Italy	-	50	78
USA	1,738	1,859	1,974
United Kingdom	761	824	874
Ireland	130	137	140
Australia	502	526	546

Number of distribution centres

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Number of distribution centres	2017	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	85	87	88
Germany	30	30	30
Austria	7	7	7
Switzerland	3	3	3
Slovenia	1	1	1
Hungary	1	1	1
Italy	-	1	1
USA	24	25	25
United Kingdom	9	9	10
Ireland	2	2	2
Australia	8	8	8

Number of employees

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Number of employees	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	150,609	156,899

Respecting Human Rights

To be able to monitor compliance with our social and environmental standards and to continue to foster these together with our business partners, we have developed and implemented our Social Monitoring Programme (SMP). On-site audits performed by independent experts are a key component of the programme. Since 2018, all high-risk non-food commodity groups of the ALDI SOUTH Group, including garment and household textiles, are integrated into our Social Monitoring Programme.

Our Goals:

All high-risk non-food commodities are integrated within the Social Monitoring Programme.
All main production facilities used for non-food items, which have been integrated within the Social Monitoring Programme, are to possess a valid social audit report or certificate accepted by the ALDI SOUTH Group.

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Percentage of non-food production facilities with a valid social audit report	2017	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	100	100	100

ALDI Social Assessments (ASA) are assessments of main production facilities that are carried out by ALDI employees together with external auditors and business partner representatives. These ASAs mainly take place in amfori BSCI risk countries.

Our Goals:

Assess the situation in the production facilities to complement third party audits.
Assess and collect information on the business partners responsible for the production facility.

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Number of ALDI Social Assessments (ASAs) conducted	2017	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	302	388	343

Corporate Responsibility Supplier Evaluation (CRSE)

The Corporate Responsibility Supplier Evaluation (CRSE) is a comparable and transparent evaluation based on quantitative and qualitative indicators. The indicators focussing on our business partners’ social and environmental compliance management systems as well as their production facilities’ CR performance are derived from our CR Requirements, which form part of every contract.

Our Goals:

It is planned that all business partners in high-priority commodity groups will undergo a yearly review to evaluate their compliance with the ALDI CR requirements in the future. Currently this evaluation is conducted for suppliers of garment textiles and shoes.
The aim is to improve our business partners’ CR and monitoring skills and empower them to improve their compliance with our CR requirements along the supply chain.
Additionally, we want to establish long-term relationships with strategic business partners who perform well in regards to CR and increasingly source more from those business partners.

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Percentage of textile business partners integrated into the CR Supplier Evaluation Program (CRSE)	2017	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	100	100	100

Responsible Sourcing

Animal Welfare

Our Goal: We are committed to sourcing 100% of our shell eggs from cage-free supply chains by 2025.

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Percentage of cage-free shell eggs	2017	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	42	46	46

The sales of cage-free shell eggs increased across the ALDI SOUTH Group between 2018 and 2019. Due to the overall increase of sales in shell eggs however, the share of cage-free shell eggs remains at 46 % for the year 2019.

Cocoa

Our Goal: All cocoa used in relevant own-brand products will be from certified sources by the end of 2020.

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Percentage of products containing certified cocoa	2017	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	83	86	88

We require the cocoa used for our own-brand products to be certified according to one of the following standards:

Fairtrade/Fairtrade Sourced Ingredients
UTZ/Rainforest Alliance
Organic

The indicator is based on all chocolates, biscuits, and seasonal confectionary as well as products from other commodity groups which contain at least 10% cocoa (exception ALDI US: chocolates and seasonal confectionary commodity groups; at least 40% cocoa), such as baking chocolate and drinking chocolate.

Coffee

Our Goal: The percentage of sustainable coffee is to be steadily increased.

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Percentage of sustainable coffee tonnage	2017	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	47	56	55

We require coffee to be certified according to one of the following standards:

Fairtrade
UTZ/Rainforest Alliance
4C
Organic

Cotton

Our Goal: We will use 100% sustainable cotton for our own-brand garments and household textiles by 2025.

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Percentage of sustainble cotton tonnage	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	21	25

We require the cotton used for our own-brand products to be of either recycled origin or certified according to one of the following internationally recognised sustainability standards:

Fairtrade
Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)
Organic Content Standard (OCS) 100/blended
Cotton made in Africa (CmiA)
Better Cotton Initiative (BCI)

Fairtrade

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Number of Fairtrade certified products (including Fairtrade-sourced ingredients)	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	334	686

Fish & Seafood

Our Goal: All products included in our fish and seafood range will be responsibly sourced by the end of 2020.

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Percentage of responsibly sourced fish and seafood	2017	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	82	88	89

Our criteria for the responsible sourcing of fish:

Certification in accordance with one of our recognised standards (Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Organic, GlobalG.A.P., Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) and further by Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) recognised standards), or
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) or Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) rating shows a low or medium risk, or
the raw material originates from a fishery participating in an Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) or Aquaculture Improvement Project (AIP).

Additional criteria for tuna: the processor/trader is a member of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) or the fishing vessel is registered within the ProActive Vessel Register (PVR).

Forestry

Our Goal: All wood-based own-brand non-food products are to be produced from recycled or certified raw materials by 2020.

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Percentage certified/recycled own-brand products	2017	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	71	71	79

Relevant products include core range, special, and seasonal non-food products with wood fibre-based component(s), including wood fibre-based cellulose and pulp. (Exception ALDI US: relevant products include core range products with wood fibre-based components and all paper products.)

Palm (Kernel) Oil

Our Goal: All palm (kernel) oil and palm (kernel) oil-based derivatives and fractions used in our own-brand products are certified.

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Percentage of certified palm (kernel) oil in our own-brand products	2017	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	71	100	100

The indicator is based on the total amount of palm oil used in all of our food and non-food products and derived from the physical supply chain options ‘Identity Preserved’ (IP), ‘Segregated’ (SG), or ‘Mass Balance’ (MB) as defined by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). In case the necessary derivative or fraction for non-food products are not yet available as physical, respective volumes may be covered by RSPO Credits as an interim solution until their physical supply is secured, latest until the end of 2025.

Textiles

Our Goal: All textile business partners receive a Corporate Responsibility (CR) evaluation and respective training.

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Percentage of textile business partners integrated into the CR Supplier Evaluation Program (CRSE)	2017	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	100	100	100

Tropical Fruit

Bananas: Since 2019, all European and US stores exclusively offer bananas that are certified according to the Rainforest Alliance standard or organic bananas in combination with either Fairtrade certification or the GLOBALG.A.P. Risk Assessment on Social Practice.
Pineapples: All pineapples sold in our European and US stores are certified, mostly according to the Rainforest Alliance standard. Alternatively, pineapples may also be certified according to the Sustainably Grown or Fairtrade standard.

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Percentage of bananas and pineapples sold in our European and US stores which are certified	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	100

Protecting the Environment

Climate Protection

Our Goals:

We aim to reduce our overall operational GHG emissions by 26% by the end of 2025 (against baseline year 2016).
We are committed to encouraging our strategic suppliers, which are responsible for 75% of product related emissions, to work towards setting science-based emissions targets by the end of 2024.

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Company Carbon Footprint in kg of CO₂e per m² of sales floor by country/country group (change compared to the base year 2012 as a %)	2016	2018
Germany	120	57 (- 73%)
HOFER S/E	89	68 (- 67%)
USA	561	240 (- 55%)
United Kingdom/Ireland	178	162 (- 55%)
Australia	735	564 (- 33%)

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Climate Protection Progress Report 2018

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Detox

Our Goal: Since 2015, we are working on phasing out or replacing hazardous chemicals used in the manufacturing processes for both textiles and shoes with safer alternatives.

100%

Production facilities have incorporated the ALDI MRSL/RSL & elimination strategy

97%

Wet production facilities submitted a valid discharge analysis

109

Production facilities with valid Chemical Management Audit (CMA)

77%

Tanneries used held valid Leather Working Group (LWG) certificates

Packaging

Our Goals:

All wood and paper-based components contained in the product packaging of our ALDI own-brand core range food and non-food products are to be produced from certified raw materials or recycled materials by the end of 2020.
The total weight of our ALDI own-brand product packaging shall be reduced by 15% in relation to sales by the end of 2025. Suppliers have to ensure that a minimum amount of material is used without compromising the product safety.
All ALDI own-brand product packaging have to be recyclable, compostable or reusable latest by the end of 2025.

Additionally to our international goals highlighted above, some of our national organisations have even more ambitious targets on weight reduction and recyclability in place.

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Percentage of products with certified/recycled packaging	2018	2019
ALDI SOUTH Group	37	53

The indicator is based on all core range products with wood and paper-based product packaging. The percentage specified refers to all products which are certified according to FSC, PEFC, or SFI or which contain a minimum of 70% recycled material.

Refrigeration

Our goal: We aim to replace all refrigerants with a Global Warming Potential (GWP) of more than 2,200 by an alternative refrigerant with a lower GWP by 2025.

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