Directing surplus food to charities We continued in 2024 to be a strategic partner for the network of Food Banks in Romania, which operates according to the standards of the European Federation of Food Banks. The organization's mission is to reduce poverty and hunger among disadvantaged categories and reduce food waste. Thus, the network coordinates the optimal transfer of food resources to organizations across the country that work with people in vulnerable situations or at high risk of food insecurity. • 276 partner stores at the end of the year in the program, exceeding the initial goal of 200 stores • 3 070 tons of food donated, almost 500% more than the previous year, in total value of 5 944 thousand Euros • 99% of all donated food comes directly from the store, 1% coming from logistics centers Capitalizing on foods that are no longer fit for human consumption We continue to look for new alternatives for the recovery of food waste in order to reduce the environmental impact caused by disposal operations. At the same time, we were able to identify operators who can take over several types of waste from food that is not suitable for human consumption, including not only vegetable waste, but also animal waste. Thus, we collaborate with authorized operators to transform this waste into biogas through the anaerobic fermentation process, but at the same time we have also looked for other methods of recovery such as transforming materials into animal feed. Through these measures we want not only to reduce the impact on the environment, but also to support the circular economy in the food sector. In the last 3 years we have taken important steps in the development of our food waste management system and we have made important changes to ensure the increase in the degree of recovery. At the same time, through the development of the network of partners for the treatment of food waste, we reached 2 179 tons recovered in 2024. In 2024, we collaborated with four authorized operators to take over and treat this category of waste. We monitor the amount of food waste generated since 2020 and implement our own methodology for quantifying the impact on the climate by quantifying the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the production of the food and the related packaging, the emissions generated (or avoided) by the way the food and packaging are disposed of or recovered and the emissions generated by transporting the food to the final destination. 3 070 516 203 83 0 Food waste avoided through donations (tons) 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SUSTAINABILITY STEP-BY-STEP CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BUSINESS SUSTAINABLE ASSORTMENT ENERGY, CLIMATE AND RESOURCES EMPLOYEES AND SOCIETY INDEX GRI & SASB ENERGY, CLIMATE AND RESOURCES
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