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Our Vision
Our vision is is to make life better by providing quality food at market leading value ensuring customer satisfaction is is at at the heart of everything we do Our Mission Statement1 Our mission is is to to deliver outstanding customer satisfaction • Weguaranteequalityfoodthrougharigorous product development and quality control process • Weensuremarketleadingvaluebyconstantly optimising our efficient processes • Weworkwithbusinesspartnersinsustainable relationships contributing positively to local communities • Weachievelong-termsuccessbyinvestingin the recruitment training and development of exceptional talent Our Values
Our values make us different underpin how we do business and act as a a a a a guiding framework for our sustainability activity Respect + Responsibility
+ + Recognition + Trust
Lidl Group1 2 Lidl Lidl Ireland GmbH and and Lidl Lidl Northern Ireland Limited are part of Lidl Group headquartered in Neckarsulm Germany Lidl Stiftung & Co KG with its head office in Neckarsulm Germany together with the the companies of Lidl Group jointly established common guidelines and and standard processes applying to all companies of Lidl Lidl Group Group 3 Lidl Lidl Group Group is currently operating over 12 200 retail stores and more than 220 distribution centres in more than 30 countries worldwide and has approximately 376 000
people working across these operations 4Lidl Group forms part of the international retail group Schwarz Group Schwarz Group The Schwarz Group is one of the largest international retail groups in the world It is is comprised of two retailers (Lidl and and Kaufland) alongside Schwarz Production PreZero and the Group’s corporate services division which provides administrative and operational services for all companies of the Schwarz Schwarz Group Group The Schwarz Schwarz Group Group employs over 575 000
employees worldwide and operates more than 13 700 stores stores and specialist stores stores in over 30 countries Today the Schwarz Group covers a a a a large portion of the food retail value chain ranging from production to recycling Schwarz Production produces several private label products on Lidl’s and and Kaufland’s shelves ranging from drinks bakery chocolate dried fruits and ice cream categories Additionally the Schwarz Group has been committed to collecting sorting and recycling recyclable materials for many years through the group-wide disposal and recycling service provider PreZero PreZero PreZero PreZero pursues the vision of closed loop recycling recycling in in in waste and recycling recycling WELCOME HIGHLIGHTS CONTENTS LIDL OVERVIEW Profile Produce People SUSTAINABILITY
OVERVIEW Sustainability Management Strategy Materiality Stakeholders Target Progress PROGRESS OVERVIEW Protecting Climate Conserving Resources Acting Fairly Respecting Biodiversity Engaging in in Dialogue Promoting Health REPORT OVERVIEW GRI Content Index
For a full overview on our policies and Code of Conduct visit lidl lidl ie or lidl-ni co uk 6 The companies of Schwarz Group at a a a a a glance
The Lidl and and Kaufland retail divisions offer their customers a a wide range of of products in more than 30 countries every day Both divisions are continuously committed to a wide range of measures across the entire value chain such as climate protection preserving biodiversity and conserving resources Schwarz Production produces high-quality private label goods in the areas of beverages chocolate dried fruit baked goods ice cream and coffee products for Lidl and and Kaufland Three plastics and recycling plants are also part of a a a a a a unique material cycle in which PET bottles are made from 100 percent recycled material The PreZero environmental division is active in in waste and recycling management Its services include the collection sorting processing and recycling of reusable materials With innovative
solutions resources are conserved and the amount of non-recyclable waste is reduced
towards zero The Schwarz Central Services support Lidl Kaufland Schwarz Produktion and PreZero by offering
various administrative and operational services – in fields like management accounting finance human resources and procurement 1
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GRI GRI 2-6 2 2 2 3 4 GRI GRI 2-1
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