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Social responsibility
Action programs
the inclusion of packaging sorting instructions on over
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training the quality teams to improve their knowledge of packaging.
●
13,700
currently stocked food and non-food products;
A best practice exchange meeting for Carrefour stakeholders was
the implementation of various projects to reduce packaging
●
organised in April
2015 on the specific issue of packaging. Different
material volumes by over 880
tons for 224
product listings, which conclusions were reached, for example on the subject of Carrefour’s
has resulted in the elimination of over 1,530
tons of CO
2
transparency in their communications regarding packaging or the need
equivalents that would have potentially been released into the for innovation at the product development stage.
atmosphere;
The action plan to protect biodiversity
2.3.3
Develop agroecology, organic products and fair trade
2.3.3.1
Action plan
Commitment
Targets
Key indicator
2015
2014
progress
Develop agroecology,
Foster direct relations
Number of Carrefour
438
414*
organic products
with producers to increase
Quality Lines
and fair trade
the number of agroecology
(number of partnerships)
supply lines
Promote organic farming
Sales of organic
840.1
703.3
products
(in millions of euros)
Legend:
Action plans in progress
2014 data has been adjusted
*
Carrefour’s policy
Agroecology is a source of innovation, demanded by both Carrefour’s
CQL producers implement the principles of agroecology through:
customers and its partners in the agricultural sector, that enables the integrated pest control, crop rotation, a ban on spreading sludge from
development of high performance farming by accentuating and water treatment plants, the exclusion of soil-free plant production or
protecting the services provided by natural systems. This model is one the absence of post-harvest chemical treatment of fruits and
of the solutions chosen by Carrefour to guarantee its customers quality
vegetables.
products over the long term, while simultaneously maintaining the Furthermore, the Group has developed a range of organic products
required levels of biodiversity. In order to protect biodiversity, Carrefour
including fresh produce, groceries, cosmetics and a wide choice of
promotes agroecology to customers
via
its Carrefour Quality Lines,
textile products (under the brand Tex in France), which was enriched in
organic food and non-food products, and
via
the imports of products
2015 with a number of new product listings, including a new line of
from smaller producers with organic and fair trade certification.
home textiles and a new clothing line manufactured using organic
Carrefour relies on the collaborative approach reflected in its Quality
cotton.
Lines to help its producer partners implement innovative practices that
Finally the Group offers fair trade products (own-brand and national
contribute directly to protecting biodiversity. More than 21,000 brands) across the world. The biggest-selling products are coffee,
producers integrating the principles of agroecology are working with chocolate, flowers, tea, honey and sugar. Carrefour intends to develop
Carrefour in 2015. This initiative is based on long-term partnerships
imported products from small producers with both fair trade
devising their own plans for progress involving producers, processors
certification (such as Max Havelaar) and organic farming certification.
and Carrefour. The common base shared by all CQLs is to tangibly bring These two approaches to production complement and mutually enrich
customers added value in the form of traceability, taste and each other.
agroecological best practice, while remaining essentially core market
products.
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