Business conduct

Accomplished.
In 2024, more than 90% of food products were purchased from local suppliers.

In progress.
In 2024, 37 suppliers of perishable and Private Brand products were audited, including re-audits. Of these 37 supplier audits, 11 correspond to suppliers with ISO 14001 certification. At least 232 suppliers are expected to be audited in 2024-2026, 20% more than in 2021-2023.

Accomplished.
100% of Biedronka’s Private Brand fresh egg production units were inspected, thus meeting the objective. Since 2018, more than 200 audits have been carried out.

Accomplished.
In 2024, we ensured that, in Portugal and Poland, aspects related to animal welfare were included in the scope of audits of perishables suppliers that produce products containing at least 80% animal protein.
In Poland, animal welfare audits have been carried out in the areas of primary meat production and in fresh aquaculture fish production.
In Portugal, animal welfare audits were carried out in the areas of primary meat production and slaughterhouses and fresh aquaculture fish productions (in the case of suppliers not certified by the Global GAP).
The results of these audits are reported in “Selection and monitoring of suppliers”.

In progress.
In 2024, Biedronka initiated the audit of direct suppliers of fresh aquaculture fish according to the Group’s “Fish Welfare” standard representing 42% of Biedronka direct suppliers of this category. In addition, these audits were also carried out for the first time in Portugal.