In Europe (Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Romania), South America (Argentina, Brazil), Carrefour's teams are committed to the transition to food solidarity through numerous sponsorship programmes.
Actions in favour of the environment, the fight against food waste, professional integration, the defence of equality and inclusion, and raising awareness of nutritional balance.
Carrefour encourages the ongoing involvement of its employees, stores, warehouses and head offices, all of which engage daily in solidarity initiatives. Employees and customers are at the heart of the community social action conducted by Carrefour.
Among the initiatives implemented, the stores organise collections of donations from their customers for food banks or recognised charitable organisations such as Emmaüs-LeRelais in France.
Alongside these donation campaigns, the stores and warehouses work to combat food waste. For example, in Brazil, fresh products whose consumption date is getting near are removed from the shelves and given to partner Food Banks (without breaking the cold chain) which then distribute them among their beneficiaries.
All integrated French hypermarkets and supermarkets and all Polish hypermarkets have already signed an agreement with food aid associations to have their unsold stock distributed in this way.
The collaborators
The women and men at Carrefour come together every day to offer their skills to the organisations working for the social and professional inclusion of people having difficulties accessing the job market. In France, for example, employees from the logistics teams share their skills with food banks and Emmaüs on various types of missions, such as merchandise flow analysis, adaptation of logistics organisation, training preparers, etc.
In concrete terms, the Carrefour Foundation supports producers who are moving towards sustainable agriculture. For example, with the NGO IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, the Foundation provides financial and technical support, thanks to the involvement of Carrefour Brazil, for the conversion to sustainable cattle production in Mato Grosso for 457 producers.