Sustainable retailing continued
Sustainable retailing governance
Local action, global impact
Overview
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Ahold Delhaize Annual Report 2016
Sustainable retailing at Ahold Delhaize is
managed at all levels of the organization,
from the Supervisory Board (Sustainability
and Innovation Committee), to a designated
Executive Committee (ExCo) member, to
individual leads at each of our brands for the
three focus areas and five commitments.
Within the ExCo, our Chief Sustainability,
Transformation and Communications Officer is
responsible for sustainable retailing. The Vice
President Sustainable Retailing is responsible
for Ahold Delhaize’s Group-wide Sustainable
Retailing strategy, for global reporting against
it both internally and externally, and for
engaging external stakeholders on our strategy,
monitoring related trends and managing
related issues and risks. Relevant functional
leaders across the brands (in areas such as
Human Resources, Occupational Health and
Safety, and Product Integrity) are responsible
for setting targets and implementing the work
relevant to their functions. The leaders of
our local brands are ultimately responsible
for sustainable retailing within their brands,
and a dedicated Executive Sponsor oversees
sustainable retailing-related strategy, target
setting and implementation.
Each brand sets specific annual targets on
all of the Ahold Delhaize sustainable retailing
performance indicators. On a quarterly
basis, each brand leader reviews the brand’s
year-to-date data and discusses progress
with the Chief Sustainability, Transformation
and Communications Officer.
To guide our Sustainable Retailing strategy,
track performance, and share best practices,
we have put in place a global steering
committee as well as topic-specific working
groups (in areas such as diversity and inclusion,
safety at work, food waste, and product
integrity) with participants from all our brands.
For more information on the members and roles
and responsibilities of these committees please
visit our website.
Projects that support meeting the sustainable
retailing targets are integrated into the Ahold
Delhaize strategic review and budget cycle.
Ahold Delhaize is a family of great local
brands, each with a deep connection to and
understanding of its local community. While we
have identified the areas we want to impact as
a company, we empower our brands to create
market-specific programs that also address
these issues.
We build on the past achievements of all our
brands while collaborating and sharing best
practices to achieve our sustainable retailing
goals. Each brand has set targets to ensure
we grow our businesses and create value
consistently. The remuneration of our senior
management is also directly tied to these
targets (see Remuneration).
For more information on our 2016 Sustainable
Retailing data and 2020 targets, and to find
out more about what our great local brands
are doing in their communities to advance our
sustainability goals, visit our website.
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