Interventions in the strategic area As a multinational retailer, we focus on every aspect regarding our range of assortment. REWE Group's people-related activities aim to promote human rights and improve working conditions within the supply chains. Starting in 2021, we have introduced an internal standard requirement to comply with social standards at the production sites of all eligible private label manufacturers in Romania. The most important interventions made in 2021 in this respect are: z Increasing Romanian products shares, by choosing the products produced or processed in Romania for the assortment z Improving products recipe, by diminishing or even removing the additives z Improvement of packaging quality, by reducing the quantity of materials used, the plastic, and the chemical substances or by using recycled materials -12.21% 43.52% 38.18% Basic foods -7.57% 69.66% 64.38% Beverages and sweets +7.41% 55.17% 59.26% Non-food products +2.37% 67.89% 69.50% Fresh products Share of Romanian products by categories of goods in relation to the turnover of a PENNY store (%) 2020 2021 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT PENNY ROMANIA 2021 66/168 CONTENT ABOUT PENNY SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY SUSTAINABILITY STEP BY STEP SUSTAINABLE ASSORTMENT ENERGY, CLIMATE AND RESOURCES EMPLOYEES AND SOCIETY REPORT ASSURANCE GRI & SASB INDEX
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