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METRO GROUP : ANNUAL REPORT 2011 : BUSINESS
→ GROUP MANAGEMENT REPORT : 7. SUSTAiNAbiliTy MANAGEMENT
Areas of activity: supply chain and products
Theme goals status goals Measures
Conservation of
resources/
design of product range
Conservation of
resources/
packaging design
International
labour standards/
social standards
Conversion of several Real own-brand
cleaning agents to a.I.s.e. certification.
Real Germany contributes to the
development of more sustainable
packaging.
Integration of all nonfood own-brand import
suppliers who serve via MGB Hong Kong
into a BsCI or equivalent social standard
system by 2015, provided the product was
made in a risk country (definition of risk
country according to BsCI).
MeTRo GRoUp intensifies its
commitment to fair working conditions
among its suppliers.
→ an agreement was concluded with
a.I.s.e. in 2011. Individual cleaning
agents are being converted.
→ Beginning in 2011, conversion of
several Real own-brand Tetra pak/
Combi Block packaging materials to
Forest stewardship Council.
→ Development of a project plan to reach
this goal.
→ Internal procedures to monitor and
document social standard systems are
improved through the introduction of
systematic IT support.
→ In cooperation with GloBalGap, the
new social standard for agricultural
production GRasp was to be tested
by five suppliers. The project was not
carried out.
→ Ban on the harmful production
technique sandblasting, e.g. for jeans,
beginning in February 2011.
animal protection Improved animal husbandry conditions. → at Real Germany, definition of in-house
criteria regarding goose and duck
husbandry. First suppliers are recruited
for the goose and duck criteria. since
2011, Real Germany has stopped
selling rabbits raised in cages.
Quality assurance 90 percent of nonfood suppliers of
MeTRo GRoUp who have the greatest
risk and sales potential will be certified
under the BRC Consumer product
standard by the end of 2015.
→ Two introductory training courses were
conducted with suppliers in China in
2010. The current version of the BRC
standards proved to be impractical.
The revision of this standard is still
pending. For this reason, the measure
has been put on hold.
→ p. 133
status
measures