Climate Change Data

Kaufland Slovenská republika v.o.s.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:16082.01 tCO2e (2020)
Scope 1 Emissions:10655.43 tCO2e (2020)
Scope 2 Emissions:28004.67 tCO2e (2020)
Scope 3 Emissions:35814.25 tCO2e (2020)
Total Energy Consumption:470516732.9 MJ (2020)
Water Consumption:96029.1 m³ (2020)
Waste Generated:21300.19 tons (2020)
Carbon Intensity:52.69 kgCO2c/m² (2020)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Employees
  • Healthy Diet
  • Homeland
  • Animal Welfare
  • Nature
  • Climate
  • Supply Chain

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced single-use plastic bags consumption by 1 ton in one year
  • Reduced CO2 emissions by 3,183 tons by using reusable boxes for fruit and vegetables
  • 9% year-on-year drop in water consumption
  • 75% waste-sorting rate
  • Phased out single-use plastic dishes, cutlery, straws, and cups
  • Introduced an environment friendly bag made of organic cotton
  • Reduced plastic used for coffee drinks packaging by 33%
  • Phased out plastic-stemmed cotton swabs

Social Achievements

  • Increased wages of store employees
  • Offered sabbatical leave to employees
  • Provided almost 74 tons of fruit to employees
  • Organized trainings on discrimination prevention for all employees
  • Supported sheltered workshops with €263,000
  • Donated 281 tons of food and 777 liters of blood through cooperation with the Slovak Red Cross
  • Donated €179,607 worth of products to various organizations
  • Supported 23,000 pupils with fruit and vegetables through the Čerstvé hlavičky project

Governance Achievements

  • Implemented a compliance management system (CMS) to prevent violations of laws and internal guidelines
  • Introduced an online reporting system (BKMS) for suppliers’ employees to report violations anonymously
  • Joined the Slovak Fair Trade Initiative

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • By 2025, packaging of private label products to be as recyclable as possible and use 20% less plastic
  • By 2025, no longer purchase and sell cage-laid eggs
  • By 2025, offer a complete product range of fruit and vegetables exclusively from sustainable and certified farming systems
Medium-term Goals:
  • Remove black plastics from all private label packaging by 2023
  • Increase offer of vegan and vegetarian products by 50% by 2023
  • Increase number of local products offered by 50% and offer them at all stores by 2023
  • Offer Slovak lamb in all stores year-round by 2023
  • Increase revenue from Slovak beef and pork by 50% by 2023
  • Reduce amount of organic waste produced per store by 20% by 2023
  • Every store to have a partner non-profit organization with a signed framework agreement by 2023
  • Launch a grant program to support low-threshold centers in Slovakia by 2021
Short-term Goals:
  • Stop using environmentally damaging chemicals in private label clothing and home textiles by 2021
  • Modify formulas of private label cosmetics, body care, laundry, and cleaning detergents to be free of microplastics by 2021
  • All textile products sold under private labels to be made of GOTS-certified organic cotton by 2021
  • Reduce energy consumption of sales areas by 1% kWh/m² by 2021
  • Launch eco-friendly logistics project with LNG-powered truck by 2021
  • Replace high-consumption lighting with LED lighting in all stores by 2021
  • Collection containers for used cooking oil at all stores by 2021
  • Find every store a partner school for the Čerstvé hlavičky project by 2021
  • Launch employee volunteering program focusing on ecology and plastic waste management by 2021
  • All Kaufland stores to participate in donating food past the best-before date by 2021
  • Extend food collection event to two days and involve employee volunteers by 2022

Environmental Challenges

  • Complex, global value chain for 20,000 products in a single store
  • Potential human rights violations in high-risk countries (Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America)
  • Climate change, lack of natural resources, obesity, and food intolerance
  • Environmental impact of packaging
  • Excessive consumption of salt, sugar, and fat in some products
Mitigation Strategies
  • Long-term cooperation with suppliers and joint efforts on sustainability
  • Strict criteria for supplier selection and Code of Conduct
  • Online reporting system (BKMS) for human rights violations
  • Regular checks with internal and external auditors
  • Focus on sustainable and healthy products
  • Reduction of packaging material and use of eco-friendly alternatives
  • Modification of recipes to reduce salt, sugar, and fat content

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: International social inspections at Asian suppliers of non-food goods (number not specified)

Responsible Procurement
  • Code of Conduct
  • Online reporting system (BKMS)
  • Regular checks with internal and external auditors
  • Membership in the Slovak Fair Trade Initiative
  • Membership in Juice CSR

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI

Third-party Assurance: Ernst & Young Slovakia s r.o.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 3
  • Goal 4
  • Goal 5
  • Goal 8
  • Goal 10
  • Goal 12
  • Goal 17

Initiatives contribute to these goals through various programs related to health, education, gender equality, employment, poverty reduction, sustainable resource management, and partnerships

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Microplastic-free cosmetics, laundry detergents, and cleaning products
  • Products with Consciously packed label
  • Textiles made of organic cotton
  • Work clothes made of Fairtrade and GOTS-certified organic cotton

Awards & Recognition

  • Slovak Superbrands Award (multiple years)
  • Most Trustworthy Private Label Award (multiple years)
  • Top Employer Slovensko Award