We aim to uplift lives every day by pioneering access to the most affordable goods and services, creating economic opportunity, and protecting our planet.

Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited recognises and acknowledges the social, environmental, and economic impacts of food loss and waste in all the regions and communities where it operates, hence, it remains committed to addressing this complex issue across its value chain.

According to the FAO, approximately one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally. This amounts to about 1.3 billion tons per year, occurring along the entire food chain. In developing countries, food losses and waste occur mainly at the beginning of the food chain (e.g., harvesting and storage), while in developed countries, food losses and waste occur mainly at the end of the food chain (e.g., retail and consumption).

Apart from the social issues related to food losses and waste in a region where significant numbers of people go to sleep hungry, the Shoprite Group also acknowledges the wastage of embedded resources (water, energy, land, labour, and capital) and the generation of greenhouse gases from the landfilling of food waste.

Being a business with heart, the Shoprite Group is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG Target 12.3, intrinsically aim to halve food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along the food chain by 2030.

To this end, Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited commits to the following:

1. Adopting a hierarchical approach in dealing with food losses and food waste.
2. Reviewing our entire value chain, from R&D and sourcing to consumption (i.e., from farm-to fork) to identify opportunities to reduce food losses and waste.
3. Collaborating and partnering with other organisations who are equally committed to addressing these challenges.
4. Training & developing our people across the organisation to become champions in the reduction of food losses and food waste.
5. Sharing information with customers to reduce food waste .
6. Setting targets to continuously improve our performance related to food losses and waste.
7. Reporting and being transparent on our efforts and performance.
8. Embracing innovation and technology across the organisation to reduce food waste.

Our purpose is to uplift lives every day by pioneering access to the most affordable goods and services, creating economic opportunity, and protecting our planet.

By keeping the customer first in everything it does, it acknowledges the growing awareness and interest in packaging, particularly the use of plastic packaging, whether single use or not.
Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited recognises the environmental degradation caused by packaging, be it on land or in marine environments, and its potential to become an environmental crisis if not addressed in a coordinated and collaborative manner.

Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited acknowledges the usefulness of packaging, as a primary and key protector of its contents. In the case of food, plastic packaging maintains critical food safety and hygiene levels and helps in
the preservation of food and ultimately in the reduction of food waste. However, the company does not support the current linear make-use-dispose approach for packaging, but rather a more sustainable circular approach, incorporating all aspects of the value chain.

To this end, Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited’s commitments to Sustainable Packaging include the following:

1. Adopting a Design-for-Sustainability approach to packaging based on life-cycle thinking and innovations, particularly for our own brands. Including correct and non-confusing reusable,
   recyclable, or compostable labelling.
2. Embracing the Circular Economy concept, even in our own operations, which supports extended producer responsibility of packaging, including in-store recycling of certain waste
   streams.
3. Setting commitments and targets to use sustainable packaging, especially for our own brands and in-store formats (e.g., carrier bags, fresh food packaging, etc.), including:
   a. 100% of packaging to be reusable or recyclable or compostable by 2025
   b. 30% average recycled content across all packaging by 2025
4. Collaborating and partnering with key stakeholders including regulators, suppliers and other organisations who are equally concerned about this issue
5. Supporting local community recycling initiatives.
6. Sharing and promoting Sustainable Packaging information with employees, customers, suppliers, and investors by reporting and being transparent on our efforts and performance.

We aim to uplift lives every day by pioneering access to the most affordable goods and services, creating economic opportunity, and protecting our planet.

At the heart of its purpose, Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited aspires to be Nigeria’s most affordable, accessible, innovative, and responsible retailer by being relentless in its efforts to keep its business efficient and sustain its price leadership. Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited acknowledges where it operates in Nigeria are faced with severe water security challenges, a situation that is likely to be significantly exacerbated by the effects of climate change. Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited recognises that access to clean water remains a human right, and a precursor to economic development, notwithstanding the availability of water to maintain the integrity of ecosystems.

While Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited is not a significant user of water, it does depend on a reliable source of clean water for its direct operations. However, parts of its supply chain, its shoppers, and its local communities are very dependent on water availability and accessibility.

To this end, Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited remains committed to:

1. Using water, as a natural and scarce resource, responsibly and efficiently throughout its direct operations, and engaging with suppliers to do similar.
2. Reducing pollution and improving the treatment of wastewater from its operations.
3. Strengthening the resilience and adaptive capacity of its operations and supply chain to ensure
   responsible business continuity, and that of the local communities in which it operates.
4. Collaborating and partnering with key stakeholders including regulators, suppliers, NGOs, local communities, and other organisations to address water security issues.
5. Sharing water security information with employees, customers, suppliers, and investors by reporting and disclosing its plans, efforts and performances related to water security.