DELIVERING SUSTAINABILITY AT SAFEWAY
DELIVERING SUSTAINABILITY AT SAFEWAY
DELIVERING SUSTAINABILITY AT SAFEWAY
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Safeway<br />
<strong>DELIVERING</strong><br />
<strong>SUSTAINABILITY</strong> <strong>AT</strong><br />
<strong>SAFEWAY</strong><br />
4. 11. 2002<br />
Nicola Ellen<br />
Strategy Manager, CSR
Safeway<br />
CONTENTS<br />
• Pursuance of sustainability at Safeway<br />
• Sustainability objectives<br />
• Obstacles to achieving objectives<br />
• Lessons learned<br />
• Opportunities for co-operation
Safeway<br />
<strong>SAFEWAY</strong> CSR REPORT<br />
http://www.Safeway.co.uk<br />
Click on Company Information
Safeway<br />
CSR VISION<br />
Our vision is to be recognised as<br />
a business which strategically<br />
balances social, environmental<br />
and economic priorities with our<br />
long-term brand development
Safeway<br />
ENVIRONMENTAL<br />
MANAGEMENT POLICY<br />
Our objective is to operate in harmony with the global environment<br />
and practice environmental protection as an integral part of our<br />
business activities.<br />
We will achieve this by:-<br />
• Minimising the environmental impact of our products, premises,<br />
activities and developments<br />
• Ensuring operations and products are, at a minimum, in full<br />
compliance with applicable governmental requirements and<br />
Safeway Standards.<br />
• Ensuring environmental objectives are incorporated into the<br />
business strategy.<br />
• Using appropriate, available technology to protect the<br />
environment.<br />
• Conducting and supporting research to improve the<br />
environmental impacts of products and activities.
Safeway<br />
ENVIRONMENTAL<br />
MANAGEMENT POLICY Cont’d<br />
• Assigning management responsibility and maintaining<br />
organisational and operational procedures appropriate to<br />
implementation of the environmental policy.<br />
• Training employees who will help us achieve our environmental<br />
objectives.<br />
• Ensuring efficient use of energy, raw materials and natural<br />
resources and minimising wastes and pollutants associated with<br />
the business.<br />
• Fostering improvement programmes with suppliers, agents and<br />
contractors in order to reduce their environmental impacts.<br />
• Contributing to development of national environmental policy,<br />
regulations and standards.<br />
• Wherever possible, adopting quantifiable targets for action so<br />
that our progress can be directly measured.<br />
• Communicating our environmental policy and practices to our<br />
stakeholders.
Safeway<br />
DEFINITION OF CSR<br />
How we behave<br />
Our SEE impact<br />
Stakeholder relationships and<br />
perceptions
Safeway<br />
CSR STEERING GROUP<br />
• Lawrence Christensen Supply Director (Chair)<br />
• Steve Webb Corporate Development<br />
Director (Vice Chair)<br />
• David Wilson Company Secretary<br />
• Jim White HR Director<br />
• Kevin Hawkins Director of Communications<br />
• Liz Kynoch Technical Director<br />
• John Durkan Trading Director<br />
• Fernando Property and<br />
Garcia – Valencia Development Director<br />
• Nicola Ellen Strategy Manager - CSR
Safeway<br />
CSR CHAMPIONS<br />
• Julian Ashley IT<br />
• Simon Finn Culture<br />
• Sarah Baxter Marketing<br />
• Sarah Howells Culture<br />
• Richard Hemmings Property and Development<br />
• Steve Webb Finance<br />
• Duncan Gibson Trading (Purchasing)<br />
• Gavin Bailey Trading (Technical)<br />
• Dave Timson Supply Chain<br />
• Cathy Mercer Human Resources<br />
• Kate Griffin Communication
Safeway<br />
CSR RISK SELF ASSESSMENT<br />
• Formalise process<br />
• Identify gaps<br />
• Determine 2003/4 objectives and<br />
targets
Safeway<br />
CSR REPORT<br />
http://www.Safeway.co.uk<br />
Click on Company Information
Safeway<br />
CSR OBJECTIVES<br />
Environment (product stewardship, operational)<br />
Nutrition<br />
Ethical Trading<br />
Employment and Training<br />
Community Involvement<br />
Stakeholder Engagement<br />
Health and Safety
Safeway<br />
<strong>SUSTAINABILITY</strong> OBJECTIVES<br />
Product Stewardship<br />
• Organic<br />
• ICM<br />
• Assurance<br />
• GM<br />
• Biodiversity<br />
• Sustainable Sourcing<br />
Operational Effectiveness<br />
• Energy<br />
• Transport<br />
• Refrigeration<br />
• Waste<br />
Product Integrity<br />
• Animal Testing<br />
• Fair trade<br />
• Chemicals in products<br />
• Nutrition
Safeway<br />
SUSTAINABLE SOURCING<br />
TARGETS<br />
• Ensure sources of fish and shellfish comply with MSC<br />
standards<br />
• Participate in a pan-European working group to<br />
establish criteria for the sustainable production of<br />
Palm Oil<br />
• Review tuna ingredients to ensure meet E.I.I.<br />
Standards already in place for canned and fresh<br />
sources<br />
• Reduce amount of peat used in Safeway brand<br />
horticulture products to 50% current levels by 2005<br />
• Evaluate feasibility to source FSC accredited paper<br />
and paper products<br />
• Evaluate opportunity to source FSC accredited wood<br />
products in store development.
Safeway<br />
OBSTACLES TO ACHIEVING<br />
<strong>SUSTAINABILITY</strong><br />
• Consumer buy in<br />
• Complexity of sustainability<br />
• Immaturity/complexity of tools<br />
• Limited availability of sustainable<br />
products<br />
• Cost of achieving sustainability
Safeway<br />
LESSONS LEARNED BY<br />
<strong>SAFEWAY</strong><br />
• Work with suppliers<br />
• Listen to stakeholders, not least customers<br />
• Identify and manage sustainability issues<br />
• Continually improve standards<br />
• Trial new products<br />
• Offer choice<br />
• Increase consumer awareness<br />
• Monitor consumer concerns and needs<br />
• Sectoral initiatives where appropriate
Safeway<br />
OPPORTUNITIES FOR<br />
CO-OPER<strong>AT</strong>ION WITH UNEP<br />
Objective must be for consumer to<br />
say “YES” to sustainable life style<br />
choices
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