We have long practiced Corporate Responsibility, ever since our beginnings as local grocers. Our actions have always been driven by the understanding that being a good corporate citizen benefits our business as well as society as a whole.
Corporate Responsibility is one of the three pillars of our Group strategy – The New Game Plan – alongside Growth and Efficiency.

Our current Group CR strategy is structured around three pillars: Products, People and Planet. Within this there are six focus areas: Healthy Eating, Food Safety, Responsible Sourcing, Associate Health and Wellbeing, Associate Development and Climate Change. By the end of 2011, we will launch a new, ambitious CR strategy to support our 2020 vision.
This comes in response to a thorough internal review plus detailed stakeholder engagement and feedback.

What do our stakeholders think about it?

Delhaize Group continues to make good progress on a range of CR issues. The Group now needs to build on these solid foundations and be more effective in using its influence with its suppliers, customers , and associates to promote sustainability. We hope that the launch of the new CR strategy in 2011 will provide the platform for a more ambitious sustainability agenda.

Sally Uren, Deputy Chief Executive
Dan Crossley, Principal Sustainability Advisor
Forum for the Future