Our Goal: Since 2015, we have been working to phase out or replace hazardous chemicals used in the manufacturing processes for both textiles and shoes with safer alternatives.

Our Goal: All cocoa used in relevant own-brand products is from certified sources.

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

• Fairtrade/Fairtrade Sourced Ingredients
• Fairtrade USA
• Rainforest Alliance
• Organic (only in combination with one of the above standards)

The indicator is based on all chocolates, biscuits (except in the US), and seasonal confectionary as well as products from other supply chains which contain a relevant minimum amount of cocoa, such as baking chocolate and drinking chocolate.

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

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

• Fairtrade
• Fairtrade USA
• Rainforest Alliance
• Organic

Due to supply chain disruptions, we are currently unable to source enough certified coffee for selected private label coffee products with the Rainforest Alliance seal. This means that from January 2023 these products contain only 70-90% Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee ingredients. As soon as this supply shortage is resolved, we expect to return to the minimum 90% certified content when sourcing Rainforest Alliance certified products. You can find more information here.

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

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:

• Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) / GOTS ‘organic - in conversion’
• Organic Content Standard (OCS) 100/blended 
• Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) 
• Better Cotton
• Fairtrade

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

Our Goal: We will eliminate overfishing, bycatch and ecosystem damage in our fish and seafood supply chains by 2030.

The goal will be achieved by engaging with our suppliers and taking the following steps:

• Products will be either discontinued or moved to responsible sources. For this purpose, improvement plans with relevant suppliers have already been set up.
• Three long term improvement plans have been put in place to achieve MSC certification for relevant herring, mackerel and zander products.

Our criteria for the responsible sourcing of fish:

1. 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 
2. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) or Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) rating shows a low or medium risk, or
3. 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).

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

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.

Our Goals:

1. By 2025, 100% of our own-brand packaging will be reusable, recyclable or compostable.
2. By 2025, we will reduce our own-brand packaging material in relation to sales by 15% (baseline 2020).
3. By 2025, we will have 30% recycled content in our own-brand plastic packaging. 
4. By 2025, we will reduce the amount of virgin plastic in our own-brand packaging in relation to sales by 40% (baseline 2020). 

We regularly calculate our soy footprint with the aim of minimising deforestation risks and negative impacts in our supply chains. In 2020, we calculated the soy footprint for the entire ALDI SOUTH Group. The results show that most of the soy in our supply chains is associated with a low risk of deforestation.

Soy Footprint - Europe:

Since 2018, we have participated in the Collective Soy Reporting (CSR) to quantify and map the use of soymeal in the supply chains of the European ALDI organisations. The CSR is a supplier survey conducted by an external service provider who reviews the claims of our suppliers.

Soy supply chains are very complex as by far the largest share is used as animal feed and is thus further down the supply chain from our direct suppliers, for example for meat, dairy, and eggs. Due to this complexity, it takes longer for suppliers to establish and implement reliable monitoring systems along the supply chain, which can lead to fluctuations in the data between years. The CSR approach helps us to increase transparency each year within our own supply chain and across the European marketplace.

Collective Soy Reporting results (2021)

1. The product scope of relevant products increased from 2019 to 2020.
2. Deforestation-free soy from known deforestation-free origins or certified according to a deforestation-free standard (see accepted standards below), incl. credits.
3. Physical deforestation-free soy from known deforestation-free origins or certified according to physical supply chain options of deforestation-free standards (Area Mass Balance, Mass Balance and Segregated), excl. credits.
4. The soy can be either deforestation-free (e.g. certified) or associated with a deforestation-risk (non-certified soy from South America).

Accepted deforestation-free standards: RTRS, ProTerra, Donau Soja/Europe Soya, Cefetra CRS, ISCC Plus, SFAP Non-Conversion, Cargill Triple S, ADM Responsible Soy, Bunge Pro S. 

Our Goals: 

1. All relevant wood-based products are produced from recycled or certified raw materials.
2. All wood and paper-based components contained in the product packaging of our ALDI own-brand core range food and non-food products are produced from certified raw materials or recycled materials.

Relevant products include own-brand 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.)

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.

1. Bananas: Since 2019, all European and US stores exclusively offer bananas that are certified according to the Fairtrade or Rainforest Alliance standard or organic bananas in combination with either Fairtrade certification or the GLOBALG.A.P. Risk Assessment on Social Practice.
2. 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.