Valora Management AG
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019)
Reporting Period: 2019
Environmental Metrics
Total Energy Consumption:84,312 MWh
ESG Focus Areas
- Fair Working Conditions
- Talents & Careers
- Ecofriendly & Fair Products
- Healthy Choices
- Packaging
- Food Waste
- Energy & Climate
- Corporate Culture
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Innovation
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced food waste in Switzerland from 554,227 portions in 2018 to 734,019 portions in 2019 (avoided food waste)
- Reduced wastage rate in food service production from 7% to 5.8%
- Increased proportion of fair trade coffee in own brand sales from 26% to 40%
- Group-wide conversion to single-wall disposable cups made from PEFC-certified materials
- Reduced energy consumption (electricity, gas, heating oil)
Social Achievements
- Rollout of Valora Integrity Line in Switzerland and partially in Germany, with 43 cases reported
- Inclusion of Business Partner Code of Conduct in 45% of partner contracts by the end of 2019
- Various meetings and workshops for training business partners
- Rollout and active use of Valora Dialog in most business units
- Over 65,000 completed e-learning courses
Governance Achievements
- Development of Valora competency model
- Implementation of systematic onboarding process
- Sustainability cases presented to some candidates in the recruitment process
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
- Achieve 100% fair trade coffee for all own brands
- Final adjustment of product range and requirement compliance in procurement processes for free-range or barn eggs
- Accelerated renewal of coolers with more efficient models and doors
- Group-wide rollout of discounts for reusable cups
- Introduction of reusable cups for sale at BackWerk in Germany
Short-term Goals:
- Completion of Group-wide rollout of Valora Integrity Line
- Inclusion of Business Partner Code of Conduct in all partner contracts
- Rollout of the Redundancy cockpit at Retail Switzerland
- Rollout of Too Good To Go at Brezelkönig, additional pilot and decision on further rollout
- Rollout in all Swiss avec stores of uniform price reduction before closing time
Environmental Challenges
- Relatively high employee turnover rate, especially during the first few months
- Food waste, particularly for fresh products and sandwiches
- Energy management in sales outlets
- Packaging waste, particularly plastic bags and coffee cups
Mitigation Strategies
- Systematic onboarding process included in online training
- Improved volume planning to preempt oversupply, selling remaining stock at a discount, alternative use in biogas production
- Introducing more efficient cooling units, expanding data collection to identify further energy-reduction levers
- Fee levied for plastic bags, transition to recycled material, encouraging reuse, switch to ecologically optimised disposable cups, reusable cup system with partners
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Inclusion of human rights and environmental protection criteria in major supply contracts
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: GRI Standards: Core option
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Water dispenser
- Sharing platform
Awards & Recognition
- Sector-specific Swiss Employer Award 2018 for retail business