ALDI Netherlands went the extra mile in 2019 to support customers on the road to a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. In a country with more bicycles than people, protecting the environment and the climate also plays an important role.
In the Netherlands, we aim to support our customers in making healthier choices. Alongside projects to improve our products with less sugar and salt, we worked on the healthy nutrition partnership with the foundation JOGG and the super partnership with the National School Ontbijt.
We strive to make sustainable grocery shopping accessible for everyone, by offering products with sustainability certifications such as Beter Leven for animal welfare and PlanetProof for fruits, vegetables and dairy products, at affordable ALDI prices. We also support our customers with the ALDI Transparency Code (ATC), which creates transparency regarding the origins of poultry, beef and pork. In addition, we provide information on shopping responsibly through our sustainability awareness campaign and sustainability labels.
When it comes to preventing food waste, we work closely with Voedselbanken Nederland. Following the elimination of disposable shopping bags in 2017, we turned our attention to our fruit and vegetable bags. They will no longer be freely available, but instead sold for a symbolic amount of one cent. We plan the introduction of these bags in 2020. We have also signed the Plastic Pact NL, which aims for 100 per cent recyclability, 20 per cent plastic reduction and 35 per cent use of recycled plastic (in packaging) by 2025.
ALDI Netherlands has a particular interest in working to protect the climate – after all, one third of the country lies below sea level. That is why we work hard to reduce CO2 emissions. Newly opened stores have an energy rating of A+++ or higher. ALDI Netherlands has been powered by exclusively green energy since 2015.
30000000 litres
of milk certified
2750
schools
ALDI Netherlands works hard to encourage healthy nutrition for children. During the week of the National School Ontbijt, an initiative focussing on healthy breakfasts for primary school children, we reached around 2,750 schools.
| Regional companies |
9 |
| Stores |
492 |
| Total ALDI employees |
11,086 |
| Year of market entry |
1973 |
| Website |
www.aldi.nl |
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Goal |
Description and scope |
Status 2019 & next steps |
SDG |
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20% less plastic packaging by end of 2025 |
Reduction of the total weight of own-brand product plastic packaging in the Netherlands by 20% by end of 2025 (base year 2017) |
Project ongoing. |
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100% recyclable packaging by end of 2025 |
100% of our own-brand product packaging in the Netherlands recyclable by end of 2025 |
Project ongoing. |
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35% use of recycled plastic by end of 2025 |
35% use of recycled plastic for our own-brand product plastic packaging in the Netherlands by 2025 |
Project ongoing. |
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Alternative bag concepts by end of 2020 |
All stores that sell loose fruits and vegetables in the Netherlands to offer a single-use bio-based fruit and vegetable bag and a multi-use bag by end of 2020 |
Project ongoing. |
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Reduced salt and sugar |
Expansion of efforts in the Netherlands to reduce the salt and sugar content in additional own-brand products |
Project ongoing. |
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100% PlanetProof label for all Dutch fruit and vegetable products by end of 2019 |
Labelling of all fruit and vegetable products grown in the Netherlands with the PlanetProof sustainability seal by end of 2019 |
Goal not achieved. |
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No children's marketing on unhealthy products by end of 2020 |
No children's marketing on unhealthy products in the Netherlands by end of 2020 |
Project ongoing: |
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100% labelling with Beter Leven for animal-based products |
Transition of products in the Netherlands containing resources of animal origin, or processed animal resources, to the criteria of the one star Beter Leven sustainability label (minimum standard) |
Project ongoing. |
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100% chicken according to ALDI Kip animal welfare criteria or Beter Leven label in 2019 |
In 2019, all fresh chicken and chicken meat products (except Halal) in the Netherlands came from chickens that are raised according to the ALDI Kip animal welfare criteria or Beter Leven. |
Goal achieved (for all but one product). |
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Expansion of meat products with ATC |
Expansion of the ALDI Transparency Code (ATC) in the Netherlands for own-brand products to cold cuts. |
Project ongoing. |
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Goal |
Description and scope |
Status 2019 & next steps |
SDG |
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Collection point for batteries, lamps and small electrical appliances by end of 2019 |
All Dutch stores to have a recycling collection point (‘inzamelmeubel’) for batteries and small electrical appliances by end of 2019. |
Goal achieved. |
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Introduction of an energy management system by end of 2018 |
Nationwide ISO 50001 certification by end of 2018 |
Postponed until further notice. |
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Goal |
Description and scope |
Status 2019 & next steps |
SDG |
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Promotion of health awareness |
Continuation and expansion of efforts in the Netherlands to promote health awareness among customers and employees |
Project ongoing. |
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