Carrefour - 2017 Registration Document

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Supporting our partners 2017 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT | CARREFOUR 2. 68 Solidarity through food aid and logistics – 20 projects for 1,121,220 euros Stores enter into local contracts with food aid charities whereby they donate products nearing their use-by date each day. In 2017, donations represented 164 million meals provided by Carrefour, including nearly 107 million in France where all consolidated hypermarkets and supermarkets make daily donations to more than 800 local food aid charities. For the fifth consecutive year, the Carrefour Foundation joined forces with food banks, organising the collection of food on an international scale from 2,000 stores. With the help of 1,500 Carrefour staff, volunteers collected the equivalent of 9.3 million meals. Since 1994, the Foundation has financed the acquisition of 311 refrigerated vehicles (14 in 2017) and 58 cold storage rooms (one in 2017) to store and transport fresh products. In Taiwan, the Foundation helped create a digital platform to facilitate ifoodbank sorting and donations. Combatting food waste to promote solidarity The Carrefour Foundation supports the Les ReToqués project which makes healthy snacks from non-standard fruit and vegetables to support the reintegration to the workplace of vulnerable individuals while at the same time offering the producers an additional source of income. In 2017, the Foundation continued to support the Angels’ Smile initiative in Romania, which retrieves unsold food and distributes it to the homeless. It also helped the Elixir organisation to acquire a solidarity canning plant to transform unsold food products. The plant employs 21 disabled people. Protecting biodiversity – four projects for 436,000 euros Founded in June 2017 and with a four-year budget of one million euros, the Biodiversity Programme helps stakeholders to develop new ideas and specific actions to protect the biodiversity of animals, plants and minerals in France. For example, it helped the Kaol Kozh organisation conduct research on 450 plant resources and raise public awareness in Brittany, as well as organisations that work to protect the diversity of agricultural seeds and varietal species. Integrating vulnerable members of society – 30 projects for 1,853,702 euros The Carrefour Foundation supports job insertion schemes for people who have not been employed for a certain length of time. The Foundation supported several projects and organisations in 2017 for members of the public that are excluded in various ways, such as people who have just been released from prison, homeless people, early school leavers, etc. They include: La Table de Cana: development of a chocolate factory for ● reintegration located in Gennevilliers; La Bergerie de Berdine: supports gardening activities for people ● with addictions, undocumented workers waiting for their papers to come through, people who have been released from prison and homeless people; Wake Up Café: offers training courses leading to qualifications ● for 30 women in prison in partnership with Cuisine Mode d’emploi(s) run by the chef Thierry Marx; Le Carillon: financing of a biscuit plant for the reintegration of ● homeless people; the plant’s products are sold by partner retailers; The Carrefour Foundation offers resources adapted to assist ● more than 280 young early school leavers or job-seekers, depending on their situation and their needs (e.g., the need to acquire skills, follow training, a job insertion scheme, etc.). As a result, it has helped, among others, the Écoles de la 2 e Chance network, the Association Nationale des Groupements de créateurs (ANGC), Gastromotiva in Brazil and Manos Abiertas in Argentina. In addition, the Carrefour employment centre works with the organisations in France that receive support from the Carrefour Foundation to promote access to employment by helping to improve the skillsets of the various groups receiving help. Its recruitment managers work on various phases of the process of getting people back to work, including helping them discover the diverse range of jobs that exist, and organising site visits and immersion sessions in stores to provide assistance and support for these employment schemes. Workshops are also organised to coach applicants on how to write CVs, cover letters and online profiles, and mock interviews are arranged to help with preparations. Schemes that provide employment safeguards are available to provide support to the most vulnerable people as they improve their skills. Job integration through communal gardens The Foundation helped to finance the creation of an Urban Agriculture Chair at AgroParis Tech to support the growth of urban agriculture to make cities more resilient and help the least well-off. Similarly, it continued to support the Huerta Nino Foundation in Argentina to create new educational gardens in schools located in deprived areas. It also financed the initiatives of several rural and urban garden organisations, creating 91 reintegration jobs in organic gardening, permaculture, animal husbandry, greenhouse gardening, etc. Emergency humanitarian aid – five emergency humanitarian aid projects for 642,040 euros Since the year 2000, the Carrefour Foundation has launched 128 emergency aid programs in 40 countries, releasing 14 million euros to help those in need. In 2017, the Carrefour Foundation continued to intervene in countries where it operates, including China, Argentina and the French Antilles after Hurricane Irma hit St Barthélemy and Saint Martin. Working hand-in-hand with its franchise stores in Guadeloupe, the Foundation was able to send packages containing essential goods to the islands. In mainland France, more than an additional 300,000 euros was collected in stores from customers, and 28,000 euros was collected with the help of the Red Cross in Martinique; the management of Carrefour Martinique doubled the amount collected.