ALDI Poland provides customers with a constantly growing selection of sustainable and regional products, following our motto – RAZ ALDI, ZAWSZE ALDI (once ALDI, always ALDI).
Recent studies confirm that consumer awareness of sustainability is steadily growing in Poland. Accordingly, we are continually developing our sustainable product range to further raise customer awareness and provide our customers with comprehensive information about our CR activities. Every three months we publish a CR magazine, available at our stores or online. We inform our customers how they can protect the environment in their daily lives, by making sustainable decisions such as the safe disposal of batteries, waste recycling and prevention of food waste. To honour the importance of regionality in Poland, we held eight weekly events highlighting typical products from various Polish regions.
For the first time in 2019, the report 'Responsible Business in Poland 2018: Good Practices' named ALDI Poland a socially conscious company in the country's most extensive review of CSR measures. The report described twelve ALDI measures, including international purchasing policies, the ALDI Nord Instore Concept, our Climate Protection Policy and the Social Compliance Programme. In 2018, MSC Poland recognised ALDI Poland for its exceptional commitment to sustainable fishing and the expansion of the MSC programme in Poland.
We published an online declaration in 2019, to renounce cage eggs in processed own-brand products by the end of 2025. It is our first national commitment that goes beyond international purchasing policies, making us the third retail chain in Poland to eliminate both fresh and processed caged eggs by 2025.
73
vegan and vegetarian products
73 products carried the V-Label in 2019 at ALDI Poland, marking vegan products, which are guaranteed not to contain any ingredients originating from animals, as well as vegetarian products.
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PRODUKT POLSKI
In addition to our eight regional weeks, we wanted to help our customers identify local Polish products. Besides the PRODUKT POLSKI logo, we use Dziedzictwo Kulinarne (Culinary Heritage) or Jakość Tradycja (Quality Tradition) for local products.
| Regional companies |
1 |
| Stores |
138 |
| Total ALDI employees |
2,694 |
| Year of market entry |
2008 |
| Website |
www.aldi.pl |
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Goal |
Description and scope |
Status 2019 & next steps |
SDG |
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Packaging Strategy by end of 2020 |
Publication of National Polish Packaging Strategy by end of 2020 |
In preparation. |
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Food donations at all stores by end of 2020 |
100% of Polish stores to donate unsaleable yet still edible food to charitable institutions by end of 2020 |
Project ongoing. Proportion of stores 2019: 41%. |
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Goal |
Description and scope |
Status 2019 & next steps |
SDG |
|---|---|---|---|
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National Animal Welfare Purchasing Policy by end of 2020 |
Publication of National Polish Animal Welfare Purchasing Policy by end of 2020 |
In preparation. |
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Goal |
Description and scope |
Status 2019 & next steps |
SDG |
|---|---|---|---|
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Management training programme in 2019 |
Development of a training programme concept in Poland for enhancing managers' skills in 2019 |
Goal achieved.
Focus 2020 – Training in markets – 100% of store managers, minimum 50% of assistant store managers, minimum 30-50% of employees (stores) |
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