METRO : Food waste report

FOOD WASTE REPORT

FOOD WASTE REPORT

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FOOD WASTE REPORT

OUR FOOD WASTE

REDUCTION JOURNEY

by Veronika Pountcheva, Senior Vice President Global Corporate Responsibility

As a global leader in food wholesale and distribution, we are uniquely positioned to move the needle towards eliminating food loss and waste. Although we acknowledge that most losses and waste arise at the beginning and the end of the food value chain, we also know that our leverage and influence at all stages of the value chain is a potential game changer. We - along with our partners in this effort - are therefore committed to deploying our full capability to bring positive change by reducing - and indeed, why not eliminating - food loss and waste in our foodvalue chain.

Food waste at METRO

At METRO, we have been focusing on reducing food waste in our own operations as part of our day-to-day business since our early days. From 2016 onwards, and through our involvement

in the Consumer Goods Forum and World Resources Institute, this practice has been transformed into a target and subsequent action plan: toreduce our food loss and waste by 50% by 2025,to be part of the 10x20x30 initiative and to demonstrate our progress via public and transparent reporting following the Food Loss & Waste Protocol.

Although our reduction target is focused on our own operations, we are working on involvingand influencing our full value chain - from our suppliers via the 10x20x30 initiative and other smaller projects to our customers, by sharing tips and practical advice on how to reduce their food waste in their own operations.

This report

Transparent and credible reporting is crucial when it comes to tackling food loss and waste. We have been working on our reporting since 2015, notably on data quality and availability. As we are now almost halfway to our 2025 target (since 2017, our reduction baseline), we have decided to present a summary of our achievements, performance and case studies to you and describe what the rest of the journey towards achieving our target will look like.

Enjoy the ride - let's do this!

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FOOD WASTE REPORT

OUR FOOD WASTE

TARGETS

We have set a target to reduce food waste in our own operations (stores and warehouses) by 50% by 2025, in line with the Consumer Goods Forum Resolution.

Our baseline for this target is the year 2018 (FY 2017/18). This means that in 2025 we want to produce no more than 5.7 kg of food waste for each square metre of our selling and delivery space (compared to our FY 2017/18 output of 11.3 kg/m2 of selling and delivery space).

The target applies to all countries and entities of METRO AG as they stand at the time of target maturity in 2025 (current output and target projection for METRO AG, status as at FY 2020/21).

11.32 kg/m²	The baseline and why we use it

5.66kg/m²

Reduce food waste in our own operations by

2025

FY 2017/18

by 2025

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FOOD WASTE REPORT

Delivering

on our targets

Our strategic approach to food waste reduction is based on 5 pillars. Although we are primarily engaged with the pillars that focus on our own operations (Reporting, Solutions, Partners & Customers), we leverage every opportunity to maximise the impact on our upstream supply chain and to engage with stakeholders on an ongoing basis. Below is an overview of our strategic approach.

Food waste

solutions

Food waste reporting

We publicly set ambitious food loss and waste targets and objectives. We monitor, manage and report on targets using credible standards (such as the Food Loss & Waste Protocol) and robust reporting processes to enable data-driven decisions.

We explore, test and
implement the latest
technological solutions to
help us achieve our food	Partners and
loss and waste targets and
objectives. We continuously	customers
assess how good a fit	We encourage our
these solutions are for our
business and scale or adjust	partners to address
them as required.	food loss and waste in
	their own operations by
FOOD WASTE	sharing our knowledge
provide guidance when
REDUCTION	and experience, and we
relevant.
STRATEGY

Upstream	Stakeholder
supply chain	engagement
We tackle food loss and	We actively seek, foster
waste in collaboration	and promote dialogue
with our suppliers by	and partnerships across
monitoring and sharing	the entire food value
best practice and by	chain so that we can
encouraging knowledge	influence issues around
sharing.	food loss and waste
	beyond company
	borders.

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