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LIDL OVERVIEW Profile
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SUSTAINABILITY OVERVIEW Sustainability Management Strategy
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Target Progress
PROGRESS OVERVIEW Protecting Climate
Conserving Resources Acting Fairly Respecting Biodiversity Engaging in in Dialogue Promoting Health REPORT OVERVIEW GRI Content Index
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As part of our group-wide climate strategy we joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in in in August 2020 During this process a a a complete group-wide climate impact assessment and analysis of the carbon footprint was conducted Climate
protection targets were mutually defined according to to the the the method of the the the initiative These were filed together with jointly detailed measures to reduce prevent or compensate carbon emissions in our operations and along the supply chain These science-based targets were validated and and and released by the SBTi in September 2021 Lidl Ireland and and and Northern Ireland welcomed this group wide ambition and and have updated our local ambition in in in in line with this commitment By joining the Science Based Targets initiative we are committing to outlining specific scientifically verified climate climate targets and proactively implementing effective climate climate protection measures While the Science Based Targets ambition and commitment will be set at at at a a a a a a a global level we have developed our own national reduction strategy aligned to the 1 5
degree scenario As part of of the the companies of of Schwarz Group’s common commitment to the the Science Based Targets initiative the companies of Schwarz Group began collecting consumption data from each of them including Lidl Ireland and and Northern Ireland In 2021 we chose to use the the Schwarz Group carbon footprinting calculation to be in in in in line with the the common strategy of the the companies of Schwarz Group Carbon Emissions
As part of Schwarz Group Lidl Ireland Ireland and and and Northern Ireland Ireland aims to keep its own contribution to to climate change as as low as as possible and to to steadily minimise greenhouse gas emissions To achieve this we and the companies of Schwarz Group are jointly committed to the following three principles:
1 We prevent the generation of greenhouse gas emissions wherever possible 2 We reduce those greenhouse gas emissions which are unavoidable 3 We offset operational greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2) that we can currently neither prevent nor reduce based on internationally recognised standards We first started collecting and monitoring our carbon footprint data in in in in 2016 setting our first official baseline year to 2017 2016 We decided to re-baseline our our our data As part of our our our and and update our our our targets group-wide climate and and ambition to a a a a a a a a a 1 5
strategy we joined degree reduction the Science Based commitment in in in in 2019 Targets initiative setting our most (SBTi) in in in in August ambitious targets 2020 year to date These science- based targets were validated and released by the SBTi in September 2021 2021 As companies of Schwarz Group Lidl Ireland Ireland and and and Northern Ireland Ireland became Climate
Neutral* in scope 1 and 2 emissions 2022
100 stores with Solar PV by 2025 We aim to increase trucks in in our fleet with alternative fuels to 30% by 2025 2025 We will work with suppliers covering 70% of product- related emissions to set Science Based Targets by 2026 2026 46% reduction in our scope 1&2 emissions by 2030 2030 GRI 3-3
* Remaining operational greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 & 2) are compensated by offset projects 2019 2020 Page Return to contents page Return to contents page Page 29