Companhia Brasileira de Distribuiçao Netherlands B : Environmental Management Policy

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

POLICY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.	PURPOSE...............................................................................................................................................................................	3
2.	SCOPE....................................................................................................................................................................................	3
3.	TERMS, EXPRESSIONS AND DEFINITIONS..................................................................................................................	4
4.	GUIDELINES.........................................................................................................................................................................	6
	4.1	CONTEXT................................................................................................................................................................................................	6
	4.2	COMMITMENTS BY GPA....................................................................................................................................................................	8
		4.2.1 REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.........................................................................................................................................................	9
		4.2.2 ENSURING THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES....................................................................................................................	10
		4.2.3 REDUCING OUR WASTE GENERATION, FIGHTING AGAINST FOOD WASTE AND FOSTERING CIRCULAR ECONOMY...................	11
		4.2.4 PROTECT NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY...................................................................................................................................	12
5.	SPECIFIC GUIDELINES......................................................................................................................................................	14
	5.1	MONITORING, CONTROL AND TRANSPARENCY.......................................................................................................................	15
	5.2	RELATIONSHIP WITH SUPPLIERS...................................................................................................................................................	16
	5.3	EXCLUSIVE BRANDS...........................................................................................................................................................................	17
6.	PENALTIES AND OMBUDSMAN CHANNEL...............................................................................................................	18
7.	REFERENCES.......................................................................................................................................................................	19
8.	POLICY UPDATES..............................................................................................................................................................	21
9.	APPROVAL..........................................................................................................................................................................	21

NOTE

Any use of male gender in this document serves merely as a simplification and should not be seen as gender discrimination.

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1. PURPOSE

This Environmental Management Policy of GPA presents the

principles, commitments and guidelines that lead the performance of the Company, its associates and service providers regarding sustainability and environmental management, in addition to ensuring compliance with current legislation.

2. SCOPE

GPA's Environmental Management Policy, as well as the

principles, commitments and guidelines set forth herein, apply to all GPA associates, their business units and companies that are part of the Group, including our subsidiaries, controlled companies and brands. This Policy also applies to our service providers and business partners, thus covering our entire supply chain.

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• 3. TERMS, EXPRESSIONS AND DEFINITIONS

• Paris Agreement: a commitment approved by the 195 UNFCCC countries at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) held in Paris aiming at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the context of sustainable development. Such Agreement has as purpose to keep the global average temperature rise well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.1
• Supply Chain: it is defined as the system of organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in providing products and services to customers. In this Policy, this term refers to the group of companies directly contracted by GPA.
• Kigali Amendment: it was approved in 2016 in Kigali, capital of Rwanda, as an amendment to the Montreal Protocol. Its key purpose was to set forth a schedule to gradually reduce the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), used mainly as refrigerant in refrigerators and
  air conditioners. Although HFCs do not destroy the ozone layer, they are known to be powerful greenhouse gases that contribute to intensifying Climate Change.2
• Greenhouse Gases: these are a set of gases, both natural and anthropic, that absorb and emit
  infrared radiation, contributing to intensify climate change. They contain the following gases: Carbon dioxide (CO2); Methane (CH4); Nitrous oxide (N2O); Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); Perfluorocarbons (PFCs); Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6); and Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). The emission of such gases was regulated by the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty supplementary to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).3
• Exclusive Brands: these are product brands that belong to the GPA Group. They are the following
  ones: Taeq, Qualitá, Casino, Club des Sommeliers, Finlandek and others. Such Exclusive Brands are developed with strict quality control, always following market trends and needs.

3. TERMS, EXPRESSIONS AND DEFINITIONS

• The Environment: this is the set of conditions, laws, influences and interactions of a physical, chemical and biological character that enables, shelters and governs life in all its forms.4
• Climate Change: it refers to climate variation on a global or regional scale, over time, caused by natural or anthropic changes in the composition of the atmosphere. In this Policy we will deal with Climate Change caused by anthropic actions, such as the increasing levels of greenhouse gas emissions, which contributes to extreme climatic phenomena, affecting from food production to the sea level rise.5
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDGs were set in 2015 by the United Nations Member States as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. They are a total of 17 interdependent goals aimed at balancing social, economic and environmental sustainability.6
• Montreal Protocol: it was approved in 1987 and came into force in 1989, with the aim of reducing the production and consumption of substances that deplete the ozone layer. Such protocol was recently changed by the so-called Kigali Amendment, which required the gradual reduction of HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons), gases that were used as substitutes for ozone-depleting substances.7

1.	Ministério do Meio Ambiente	5.	ONU
2.	UNEP Factsheet	6.	UNDP
3.	Glossário ISE	7.	UNEP
4.	Ministério do Meio Ambiente