MERCADONA

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MERCADONA

C/ Valencia, 5 _46016 Tavernes Blanques (Valencia)
T. +34 963 883 333 _F. +34 963 883 302
www.mercadona.es
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MERCADONA
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 2011-2012
INDEX
Introduction.............................................................................2
1. Sustainable Logistics..........................................................4
2. Energy Savings.................................................................10
3. Waste Management.........................................................18
4.Commitments..................................................................28
5. Communication................................................................36
6.Relevant data for 2011-2012............................................40
Environmental Policy 2011-2012
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INTRODUCTION
Mercadona is a family-owned supermarket company with a 100% Spanish core capital,
whose main goal ever since it was founded is to provide full satisfaction to its clients’
needs related to food and beverages, household cleaning, personal hygiene products,
as well as pet-care.
Working within the framework of our “Total Quality” management model, Mercadona’s
environmental strategy is focused on an efficient use of the resources in order to
achieve “more with less” and becoming evermore productive. Part of this management
system is related to the conception and the development of new and improved ways to
reduce wastage and the development of systems that would enable to transform such
waste materials into resources, closing the cycle of the Circular Economy.
Within this overall objective, Mercadona focuses its efforts to reduce its impact on the
environment in three main domains:
• Sustainable Logistics
• Energy Savings
• Waste Management
MERCADONA AT PRESENT DAY (as of December 31st, 2012)
• Family owned company,
100% Spanish core capital.
• 1,411 local stores.
• 10 logistics blocks,
2 planned / under construction and 2 satellite warehouses.
• 4.7 million households.
• 9,647 million “kililiters” (sales units).
• 19,077 million Euros turnover.
• 74,000 strong workforce.
• Over 2,000 suppliers, of which over one hundred are integrated suppliers.
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1. SUSTAINABLE LOGISTICS
The transport of goods is one of the activities with the highest impact on the
environment, in terms of both fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gases
emissions to the atmosphere. In Mercadona we are continuously working to achieve
ever-more efficient logistics, with the overall goal of “Transporting more with less
resources” and raising productivity.
Throughout the years different strategies have been implemented in order to
improve transport efficiency, consisting in, among others, avoiding empty trucks,
optimizing truck’s payloads, and strengthening inter-modal transport systems as
well as bringing suppliers closer to the logistics blocks in order to reduce the roadkilometers run.
1.1 The strategy of “8ting”
1.2 Truck’s payloads
1.3 Bringing suppliers closer
1.4 Silent Nighttime Unloading
1.5 Intermodal transport
1.1 The strategy of “8ting”
In order to avoid truck trips without payloads, the company
plans ahead its delivery routes with extreme care, having the
same truck download and / or upload goods successively along
all the points foreseen in its route, tracing an eight-figure route:
suppliers, warehouses, and stores. In this way, the goods may
be delivered with the necessary speed to their destinations and
trucks complete “full-lorry” trips.
Moreover Mercadona and its integrated service-supplier Acotral have been working hard and closely in order to renew its
truck fleet, adapting it to the highest efficiency standards –Euro
IV and Euro V– as established by the European Union. These
standards define the criteria an engine must comply with in
order to be more efficient and less pollutant. The criteria cover,
among others, fuel efficiency and reduction of gas and particles emissions. This is an ongoing process aiming to improve
the efficiency of the fleet.
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1.2 Truck’s payloads
It is important that every truck shall transport the maximum possible payload, within the established parameters of security, in order
to save resources and increase the efficiency of every trip. Following this principle, our logistics staff undertakes careful studies
on the best ways of stacking and palletizing the goods in order to
achieve a better and improved use of the available space. Packaging eco-design (see page 19) has a crucially important role in
this process.
Logistics Optimization:
km/m3 of products
delivered to the stores
10.4
10.8
11.5
12.6
2012
2011
2010
2009
Thanks to the efforts undertaken in order
to improve the efficiency of the company’s
logistics, each and every cubic meter of
goods that is delivered to the stores runs an
ever shorter trip.
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1.3 Bringing suppliers closer
Reducing trip distance for trucks permits to achieve a more efficient transport as well as optimizing the whole of the distribution
process. Hence, within its growth and expansion policy, Mercadona works to locate its new logistics blocks in such a way as
to reduce the average distance run by the trucks between the
warehouses and the integrated suppliers, as well as the distance
between the warehouses and the stores, progressively reducing
both. Our integrated suppliers also take this into account within
their own growth policies, locating their new premises near to
Mercadona’s logistics blocks whenever possible.
1.4 Silent Nighttime Unloading
In order to become evermore invisible to our neighbors and reduce
the impact of urban distribution, Mercadona has implemented
the Silent Nighttime Unloading of goods in 466 of our stores. By
means of this time savings system of delivery, less trucks circulate in the city streets, thus improving mobility in urban areas, as
well as reducing both noise pollution and the overall emission of
greenhouse effect gases during the whole process.
The unloading of goods
within urban areas in
off-peak traffic hours
with vehicles capable
of transporting larger
payloads enables savings
in fuel that may reach up
to 70% by the ton
Silent Nighttime Unloading at our store located in C/ Lauria, Valencia.
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1.5 Intermodal transport
Increasing the volume of the goods transported by ship and
freight-train enables to reduce the environmental impact of
transport. Mercadona has followed the strategy of using the
freight-train networks for the products that, on the basis of their
weight or volume, would need a large amount of truck payloads
to be distributed. As it happens with road transport, routes are
carefully planned so the trains do not run without payloads, taking
into account both the weight and volume of the goods.
540
freight-trains
per year
LEÓN
VALLADOLID
ZARAGOZA
TARRAGONA
BARCELONA
MADRID
VALENCIA
A
PALMA DE MALLORCA
ALICANTE
GRANADA
SEVILLA
MÁLAGA
Areas under the influence of:
LOGISTICS BLOCK
operational
TENERIFE
LOGISTICS BLOCK
planned / under construction
A
FUERTEVENTURA
GRAN CANARIA
A
SATELLITE WAREHOUSES
Freight-train routes
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Highlights of the ongoing
efforts in order to achieve
sustainable logistics
during 2011 and 2012:
Sparing
17 million of road-run kilometers
due to the implementation of improvements in logistics
in 2011 and over additional 11 million km avoided
during 2012.
By 2012,
85%
of the fleet
abides to the
Euro V
standard
466
stores fully equipped for
Silent Nighttime
Unloading
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2. ENERGY SAVINGS
The consumption of energy in both stores and warehouses is a crucial area to act
upon in order to increase the efficiency of the company. Mercadona has implemented
a monitoring system to control energy consumption in stores and warehouses which
enables us to identify and implement the most efficient energy saving policies. This
system, together with an ongoing program of training and awareness on energy related
matters aimed at our staff in stores as well as in warehouses enables to detect energywasting points, and to implement corrective measures. The main goal is to consume
only the energy that is necessary for the optimum operational functioning of both the
processess and the premises.
2.1 Stores
2.2 Warehouses
2.3 Refrigerant gases
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Mercadona’s energy consumption is split as follows:
13% warehouses
1% offices
86% stores
How energy is consumed in a standard supermarket:
50
%
refrigeration
6% oven/bakery
25% lighting
14% air conditioning
5% sockets
The whole of
Mercadona’s staff
is trained in good
practices focused on
energy savings
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Better use of daylight
Regulation
of artificial
lighting
according to
daylight
Heat-exchangers to help with the air conditioning
of the store
ENTRY
AIR FLOW
21º
EXIT AIR FLOW
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Lower ceilings in order to
improve air-conditioning
efficiency.
2.1 Stores
Mercadona’s stores include several improvements related to air
conditioning, lighting and insulation of the premises in order to
reduce the energy consumption.
To the 20 energy saving measures that Mercadona implemented for its supermarket’s standards in 2007 additional ones have
been included during 2011 and 2012, as for example a more
efficient lighting, automated switch-off systems, or floating condensation systems in the frozen goods sections. These measures have achieved a 20% reduction of electricity consumption
in comparison to a conventional store.
All our staff is trained in good practices related to energy savings,
being their implementation absolutely crucial in order to curb
energy consumption in our stores.
Low consumption
lighting
Electric consumption:
kWh/m3 of goods delivered
to the stores
2012
2011
2010
2009
61
65.8
67.9
68
The energy saving measures have reduced
the demand of energy per every cubic meter
delivered to the stores.
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2.2 Warehouses
We also implement energy saving good practices in our warehouses.
Moreover, many measures have been undertaken in order to reduce
consumption, such as:
• Kinetic Energy Recovery System (installed in our logistics block in
Villadangos del Páramo).
• Windows and skylights to take advantage of daylight inside the
buildings.
• Presence detectors in staff areas.
• Low consumption lighting systems.
Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems.
• Frequency variators.
• Heat-exchangers for the bread production lines and bakery ovens.
• Hydraulic-sealing docks to avoid losing refrigeration during the unloading and loading of trucks.
• LED screens.
• Improvements in thermal insulation.
All these measures strengthen one another and are complementary
to the training of our staff in energy saving matters.
Use of daylight by means of skylights.
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Other environmentally friendly measures include water deposits for
the collection of rainfall and hydrocarbon separators in the outflow
of the rainfall network.
2.3 Refrigerant gases
Refrigeration systems may be up to 50% of the energy
consumption of a store, and they involve the use of refrigerant
gases, which do have an impact if released on the environment.
Hence, in 2011 was launched a program to control the leaks
of refrigerant gases, in order to detect as soon as possible any
losses which may reduce the efficency of the refrigeration as
well as contribute to global warming. This program involves daily
system check-ups, enabling immediate detection and repair of
any possible leaks. Positive effects have been detected as soon
as 2012.
Refrigerant gases: g/m3
2012
2011
2010
2009
8.1
10.5
10.2
9.4
Early detection and repair of leaks, the ongoing improvement of the premises and the
preventive maintenance program, contribute
to the substantial reduction of refrigerant gas
leaks in the company. However, we know
there’s still a long way to go.
Supermarket located in Vía Augusta, Tarragona.
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Supermarket located in the Almazara mall, in San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante.
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Highlights of the
ongoing efforts in
energy savings during
the 2011 - 2012 period:
Eco-efficient stores
In 2011
420
In 2012
535
Substantial efforts
were made during 2011,
leading to
100%
of the stores fitted with
heat exchangers, which has
enabled
87,000
kWh per store / year in
energy savings
Overall savings for the
company:
In 2011
In 2012
million
de kWh
million
de kWh
72
135
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3. WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste generated by the retailing distribution is an important part of its environmental
impact. In order to reduce it, Mercadona has been working actively on its process as
well as cooperating closely with its integrated suppliers.
The reduction of packaging materials has to be balanced with packaging’s capability
to prevent losses and wastage during the whole process by preserving both food
security and product integrity. To preserve this balance is a task that involves close
cooperation along the whole of the company’s food supply chain.
Besides working to reduce the generation of waste materials in its process,
Mercadona and its integrated suppliers work closely in order to efficently retrieve
valuable materials and to provide a new use for by-products, which otherwise would
be wasted. The purpose is to achieve the so called “Circular Economy”: transforming
waste materials into resources.
3.1 Waste prevention strategies
a) Ecodesign
b) Prevention of food wastage
c) Other strategies
3.2 Recycling and waste management
3.3 Circular Economy
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3.1 Waste prevention strategies
a) Ecodesign:
The purpose of ecodesign is assuring packaging’s main functionality of preserving and protecting food products, while also reducing the environmental impact caused by their storage, distribution and consumption.
Glass 435 g
PET 60 g
• Substitution / Reduction of materials: reducing packaging weight without compromising the
product’s safety permits transporting more units
per truck payload as well as an easier storage
and transport to the customer’s home.
• The “Brad Pitt” strategy: suppressing unnecessary prints and serigraphy. This way the
product can be seen as it is, not in a picture.
• Compaction and concentration: eliminating part of the air or the water contained in the
products reduces both their volume and their
weight, requires less space for transport and
storage and reduces packaging waste.
• Improved stacking: packaging design to enable a better optimization of space has a positive outcome on both logistics and the storage
at the customer’s home.
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b) Prevention of food wastage
Mercadona focuses its efforts in reducing surpluses as well as
product loss and wastage in both stores and warehouses. We
have consequently developed many strategies at every link of
our food supply chain. Some of those strategies are:
• “Whole tree” purchases: finding use for the whole of a supplier’s production.
% Waste / kg delivered
0.71%
0.70%
0.86%
0.98%
2012
2011
2010
2009
Mercadona continuously working to avoid
product losses during its process. The adopted measures evidence that wastage reduction
is possible, despite it being an extremely complex process.
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• Fruit and vegetables: quality is prioritized over aesthetics and
the produce comes directly from the fields, avoiding intermediate handling.
• Daily placement of orders: stores and warehouses are
served on a daily basis directly from the suppliers (by means
of our own transport fleet) minimizing storage time.
• Becoming more of a “corner store”: by adopting some behaviors of traditional retailing in order to sell-out some of the
produce before it becomes spoiled.
• “Siempre Precios Bajos” (Always Low
Prices): by means of the Always Low
Prices strategy, without promotions, we
manage to have foreseeable demand,
which facilitates order and stocks management and prevents our customers’
over-purchasing products they will not
consume.
Moreover, Mercadona has started to cooperate with charities,
donating surplus products that, while not being suitable for
sale, are perfectly suitable for consumption. Further information
on this matter is available on our website: www.mercadona.es
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c) Other strategies
The campaign promoted
by AECOC aims to “reduce
wastage throughout
the food supply chain
as well as optimizing
the use of surpluses”.
More information can be
found at: www.aecoc.es
In line with the above mentioned strategies, Mercadona has
joined an initiative launched by the Association of Manufacturers and Distributors AECOC “La alimentación no tiene desperdicio, aprovéchala – Use food, don’t waste it” which aims to
reduce the waste of foodstuffs throughout the food supply chain.
Work is centered in two different areas. On the one hand the
implementation of the necessary measures in order to increase
efficiency in the process and the better use of foodstuffs. On the
other hand, looking for ways to use surpluses, by means of either
re-distribution or recovery.
According to the European Union, 42% of food wastage happens at household level. Hence, besides cooperating with the
campaign promoted by AECOC, Mercadona has been cooperating with consumer associations in the following projects:
• “Understanding labeling - “Aprendiendo a leer el etiquetado”. This guide has been made in close cooperation with the Foro
Interalimentario (Inter-food Forum) and the Federación de Usuarios y Consumidores Independientes
(FUCI – Federation of Independent Users and Consumers), and it focuses on
explaining to consumers all relevant information on food labels:
preservation conditions, best-before and use-before dates, etc.
• We have edited, in cooperation with the Asociación Valenciana
de Consumidores y Usuarios (AVACU – Valencian Association of
Users and Consumers), the guide “Aprovechemos los alimentos
– Let’s make the most out of food” which provides advice and
information in order to avoid food wastage in households.
Both guides are available on the Mercadona Channel website:
www.canalmercadona.es
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• Prosol Capsules. Mercadona’s integrated supplier Prosol has
created oxo-biodegradable capsules for toasted coffee, with a
specific formulation that enables them to degrade once they
have been used, generating water and CO2 as waste products.
• Reduction in the consumption of single-use plastic bags.
During 2011 Mercadona extended to the whole chain the campaign aiming to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic
bags that started in Catalonia in 2010.
Plastic bags delivered per
sales ticket
The campaign, aiming to encourage customers to re-use plastic
bags, was implemented by signing voluntary agreements with
nearly all Autonomous Communities (Comunidades Autónomas), in order to comply with goals set by the National Integrated Plan for Waste Management (Plan Nacional Integrado de
Residuos, PNIR).
2012 0.21
2011 0.90
2010
2009
During 2012 Mercadona reduced single-use plastic bag consumption over 90%, far over the set and foreseen goal. This
means savings of over 13.000 tons of plastic per year.
3.05
3.23
Re-using the bags we all have at home has reduced over 90% the consumption of the single-use plastic bags in all stores since 2010.
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Recycling: kg/m3
5.21
6.14
6.52
5.83
2012
2011
2010
2009
Amount of recycled materials per every cubic
meter of goods delivered to the stores.
3.2 Recycling and waste management
• Waste materials, such as plastics, wood, expanded polystyrene
and cardboard generated by Mercadona’s process are wholly
recycled after a prior step of sorting and compaction in-store.
The transport of those materials is done by reverse logistics,
taking advantage of the return trips made by Mercadona’s truck
fleet back to the warehouses. Part of the recycled cardboard
and plastics return to the stores in the form of cereal or milkboxes, or as household cleaning goods (see page 27).
PRODUCTS
PACKAGING
MATERIALS
Cardboard: kg/m3
2012
2011
2010
2009
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5.08
5.41
5.54
4.82
Expanded
polyestyrene: kg/m3
Plastics: kg/m3
0.31
0.04
0.29
0.04
0.26
0.28
0.03
0.04
• Waste container rooms: this area is exclusively used to store
the rubbish containers. It is equipped with ozone deodorizers
and has double access (from the store and from the street),
avoiding any impact of the containers on the urban environment.
• Clean area: All warehouses and stores are equipped with areas on site, to safely store on the premises hazardous waste
produced by maintenance works, until they are removed by authorized agents. By doing so we stop any hazardous waste from
being thrown into the environment and we recuperate materials
and resources, contributing to the reduction of the environmental impact caused by the company’s activities.
Used batteries collected in
our stores (tons)
2012
2011
2010
2009
152
154
130
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Maintenance related waste
materials: kg/m3
2012
2011
2010
2009
“Clean area” in the supermarket located at C/ Campos Crespo, Valencia.
0.016
0.015
0.015
0.016
The maintenance related waste materials are
collected by authorized waste management
companies for their appropriate processing.
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3.3 Circular Economy
The best strategy to reduce waste is to not generate it. Despite the
fact that currently this goal is not 100% achievable, Mercadona
works at every level in order to reduce and re-use the waste materials
it generates. Those can be valuable resources for other processes,
complying with the Circular Economy axiom of “Transforming
waste materials into resources”. Some of Mercadona’s integrated
suppliers have developed innovative processes to take advantage of
waste materials from other processes within the food-supply chain.
Products
Treatment
Retrieving of
raw materials
+
+
Process
related waste
New products
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• Plastic recuperation (Sp-Berner).
In 2011 arrived in Mercadona’s
stores a new family of household
cleaning goods made from the
recycled plastic waste generated
by Mercadona as well as by other
integrated suppliers. This process
has been developed by Sp-Berner.
• Retrieving flour for animal
feed. Grupo Siro, Mercadona’s
integrated supplier, processes the
by-products of its factories, where
the Hacendado (Mercadona’s
Own Brand) products are made,
by turning them into raw materials
for animal feed, saving resources
and reducing the overall wastage
within the food supply chain.
• Re-usable packaging (Logifruit). It is a closed cycle in which
the transport and storage of
goods is made in re-usable boxes that are washed and retrieved
throughout many uses. Damaged
boxes are used to make more
boxes as well as plastic pallets,
closing the cycle.
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4. COMMITMENTS
Within its “Total Quality” management model, Mercadona regards its suppliers as one
of the basic pillars for the smooth running of the company. In this sense, concerning
their production process both sustainability and responsibility are unavoidable values
in order to offer to our clients the highest quality at the best possible price. Hence,
Mercadona launched a few years ago a series of projects aiming to increase sustainability within the food supply chain. In this section we shall highlight two of these
projects, as well as the efforts that have been undertaken by the company’s integrated
suppliers in order to improve their environmental policies.
4.1 Responsible production
4.2 Sustainable fishing
4.3 Animal welfare
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4.1 Responsible production
Mercadona’s integrated suppliers are wholly aware of the need
to implement responsible production systems within their industrial sectors, and in this sense, many of them have been
certified, or have undertaken the necessary steps to have their
environmental management system certified by well-known international standards.
By the end of 2012, 88% of the production premises of our integrated suppliers had already obtained an environmental certification such as ISO 14001, EMAS or some other equivalent
standard. The remaining 12% have undertaken the necessary
steps to become certified
Integrated suppliers with
certified environmental
management standards
2012
2011
2010
2009
88%
83%
81%
67%
Unión Martín
Montesinos
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4.2 Sustainable fishing
Mercadona has launched a program in cooperation with its suppliers in order to grant the sustainability of the fish products it
sells on its stores.
During 2012 the Fish Purchasing Policy was approved.
The goal aimed by this policy is to improve the sustainability of
the products from either extractive fisheries or aquaculture that
Mercadona offers to its customers.
Fish section of our supermarket located in “El Palmaret”, in Alboraya, Valencia.
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FISH PURCHASING POLICY
This Fish Purchasing Policy commits both Mercadona and
its suppliers to work hand in hand on the basis of the following criteria:
• Not to trade with the produce from illegal, unreported or
unregulated fisheries.
• To grant traceability from the ship to the store.
• Labeling products according to the existing regulations, providing clear, true and accessible information to the consumer.
• To comply with legal regulations regarding minimum sizes,
restricted areas and fishing bans, among others.
• Supporting the ongoing improvement of fishing methods
and tackle.
• Supporting adding new products that comply with sustainability criteria.
• Suppressing endangered species from our product
range, or species that come from seriously jeopardized
eco-systems.
• Supporting products from sustainable aquaculture
that comply with internationally accepted best practices.
• Supporting local fisheries.
• Respecting fair working conditions.
All decisions will be taken on the basis of the available
scientific data from reliable and renown bodies and
institutions.
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The Hacendado tuna fish
(Mercadona’s own brand)
has been certified as
Dolphin Safe, certification
whose main objective is to
grant that the tuna fishing
companies use fishing
methods that are not
harmful to dolphins and
are protective towards the
marine ecosystems
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Mercadona is working hand in hand with its integrated supplier
Jealsa – Escurís in order to improve the sustainability of the
tuna fish we offer to our customers. Both companies are fully
aware of the challenges they face, of which the biggest is the
preservation of the tuna fisheries for everyone to enjoy the advantages of their produce both at present day as well as in the
future.
Wholly aware that sustainability is an ongoing process in which
every link within the food-supply chain is a stakeholder, Mercadona and Jealsa – Escurís rely on the International Seafood
Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) to face this challenge.
The ISSF
The ISSF is a global association that joins together the forces of
the scientific community, the tuna fishing industries as well as
the WWF, one of the most important non-governmental conservation organizations in the world.
The ISSF’s main goal, which is supported and shared by all
of the participating companies, is to launch initiatives on the
basis of appropriate scientific research and know-how in order
to preserve the stocks of tuna-fish in the long term, as well as
making a sustainable use of such stocks, reducing accidental
catches and promoting healthy marine Eco-systems.
Hence, the companies taking part in the ISSF, among which
Mercadona’s integrated supplier Escurís is to be found, assume
the necessary commitments in order to reach the foreseen objectives, so that they may only trade with ships that comply with
criteria such as: full traceability control, avoidance of illegal,
unreported or unregulated fishing (IUU), reporting 100% of the
catches, avoiding trans-shipping of payloads at high-sea, as
well as avoiding shark finning, which consists in chopping the
shark’s fin and throwing the rest of its body back to the sea.
Mercadona purchases
100% of the canned
Hacendado tuna-fish from
ISSF-participant companies
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4.3 Animal welfare
The new regulations on animal welfare are focused on granting
that the animals are always treated with dignity, avoiding any kind
of unnecessary pain during their lives. Hence, Mercadona and its
integrated suppliers work together in order to grant animal welfare,
which has a positive outcome both for health and in the quality of
the products that we offer to our customers.
This has been part of our work-ethics and the know-how of our integrated suppliers for years. Mercadona’s business model is based
on a sustainable food-supply chain in which each and every one
of its links, from the fields to the end-consumer, are involved in
an on-going process based on long term and transparent relation-
The integrated supplier of eggs Huevos Guillén complied ahead of time to the E.U. regulation on animal well-being. On its free-range poultry
installations each and every animal (exclusively fed on cereal) may move freely.
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ships, which is why Mercadona is wholly aware of how its integrated suppliers manage the well-being of their animals, and is demanding on the matter. Hence, Mercadona’s integrated suppliers
are equally demanding towards their own suppliers and primary
animal breeders.
In many cases, our integrated suppliers have undertaken the necessary improvements required by the E.U. regulations related to
animal welfare well before the established deadlines. As an example, the industrial group Grupo Huevos Guillén, Spain’s largest producer of fresh eggs changed all conventional cages for the
egg-laying chickens by new ones, which not only enables a larger
living space per chicken but also permits avoiding overcrowding as
well as the spread of disease.
The Proyecto Star 16.86
enables to increase
productivity while
granting the comfort of
animals throughout their
whole life cycle
Premises of the Proyecto Star 16.86, launched by the integrated supplier Cunicarn.
Yet another example is the industrial group Cunicarn, which has
designed, in close cooperation with the IRTA (Instituto para la Investigación y Tecnología Alimentaria de Cataluña, Catalonia’s Institute for Research and Food Related Technology), its own protocol for rabbit welfare. Grupo Cunicarn launched the Proyecto Star
16.86. Among its objectives is the assurance on the animal welfare
on the farms of its suppliers and primary producers.
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5. COMMUNICATION
Mercadona cooperates with different international initiatives working towards a more
responsible and sustainable retailing distribution industry. By means of the exchange
of information and better practices within the European Retail Forum for Sustainability and the Global Compact Network, the company shares publicly its efforts related
to both environmental policies as well as Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe
and the rest of the world.
5.1 Global Compact
5.2 European Retail Forum for Sustainability
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5.1 Global Compact
Mercadona is an active member within the Global Compact: an
international initiative that promotes the implementation of 10
universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights,
labor laws, the environment and the fight against corrupt practices in corporate activities and business’ strategies. It is the
largest voluntary initiative related to Social Corporate Responsibility in the world.
As an active participant in the initiative, Mercadona publishes
a yearly report renewing its commitment with the 10 Principles
of the Worldwide Agreement and providing information on its
progress. The 2011 report is publicly available on the website
of the Spanish network of the Worldwide Agreement.
www.unglobalcompact.org
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5.2 European Retail Forum for
Sustainability
The European Retail Forum for Sustainability is a joint project
launched by the European Commission, the European Retail
Round Table (ERRT) and Eurocommerce (the European employer’s association for retail). Mercadona has been an active
member ever since it was founded in March 2009.
The Retail Forum focuses on supporting the sustainability related
activities within the retail industry, promoting the manufacturing
of sustainable products, and improving consumer awareness.
During its first three years, the Retail Forum has presented a voluntary code of conduct aiming to promote the environmental sustainability of the retail sector, whose main goal is to achieve a more
sustainable consumption, improving the environmentally responsible behavior of the retailing distribution in the following areas:
1. Promoting more environmentally sustainable sourcing and
production of products.
2. Improving the environmental performance of the retailers’
premises.
3. Optimizing the transportation of goods.
4. Reducing packaging and minimizing waste.
5. Improving facility access.
6. Improving communications with customers.
The Retail Forum has also promoted a voluntary agreement for waste reduction, by which 17 of its members (including Mercadona) have made the commitment to undertake three consumer-oriented information campaigns
until June 2014 to reduce food wastage in households.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/industry/retail/
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After its achievements during the 2009-2012
period, the Retail Forum will continue working for
three more years. The European Commission has
acknowledged its work as well as the usefulness of
the Issue Papers the Forum delivers, which may be
consulted, in different languages, on its website
The third Annual Event of the Retail Forum took place in Brussels in October 2012.
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6. RELEVANT DATA
2011
17million
453
2012
Sustainable Logistics:
fewer km in road-runs
11 million
466
stores with Silent Nighttime
Unloading
fewer km in road-runs
stores with Silent Nighttime
Unloading
349,000
tons transported by
freight-train
290,000
tons transported by
freight-train
619,000
tons transported by
ship
685,000
tons transported by
ship
Energy Savings:
420
535
eco-efficient stores
72 millions
eco-efficient stores
135 millions
of kWh saved
of kWh saved
Waste management:
148,600
tons of cardboard
retrieved
8,910
tons of plastic and expanded
polystyrene retrieved
9,990
tons of plastic and expanded
polystyrene retrieved
1,750
tons of wood retrieved
2,570
tons of wood retrieved
114,000
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145,500
tons of cardboard
retrieved
fewer tons of CO2 emissions thanks to the efforts
undertaken in environmental management
Although we have made substantial progress with our environmental
management systems, we are aware there are many aspects still to
improve and continue working with this goal in mind.
C/ Valencia, 5 _46016 Tavernes Blanques (Valencia)
T. +34 963 883 333 _F. +34 963 883 302
www.mercadona.es
www.facebook.com/mercadona
www.twitter.com/mercadona
MERCADONA
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 2011-2012

MERCADONA

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