Schwarz Group
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GER |
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Retailer
World's fourth largest retailer by revenue. Owns the Lidl and Kaufland brands.
Schwarz Group | GER |
Company Assessment
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Forest 500 identifies the 350 companies and 150 financial institutions with the greatest exposure to tropical deforestation risk, and annually assesses them on the strength and implementation of their deforestation and human rights commitments. This company received a score of 38%.
Source: Forest 500 (2022) |
As listed on the We Mean Business website, this company has committed to the following climate action initiatives: adopt a science-based emissions reduction target.
Source: We Mean Business (2021)
This company has sustainability claims on its website in three dimensions - social, economic and ecological.
Source: company website (2021)
This company is a member of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, whose stated mission is to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works with business, government and academia to build a framework for an economy that is restorative and regenerative by design.
Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2023)
This company is a signatory to the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, whose goal is to eliminate plastic pollution at its source.
Source: New Plastics Economy (2022)
In 2022 after more than 170 nations backed a historic UN resolution to end plastic pollution, global businesses across the plastics value chain, financial institutions, and NGOs came together to announce a common vision for an effective and ambitious Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution. The vision will form the basis for future policy engagements with governments through a newly launched Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty which will be convened by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and WWF. This company has endorsed the vision statement of the treaty.
Source: Global Plastics Treaty (2023)
The 2021 Food and Agriculture Benchmark assessed 350 keystone companies across the entirety of the food system, from farm to fork. It covers three dimensions where transformation is needed: nutrition, environment and social inclusion. This company ranked #72/350, with a total score of 32.5/100.
Source: World Benchmarking Alliance (2021) |
Company Details
Type | Family-owned private company |
Revenue | 97 billion EUR (2018) |
Employees | 350,000 (2017) |
Subsidiaries | Kaufland
Retailer - Kaufland Australia Pty Ltd Retailer German retail giant Kaufland was coming to Australia. In Jan 2020 Kaufland announced it would exit the Australian market to concentrate on Europe. |
Contact Details
Address | Neckarsulm, Germany |