2013 Targets
Respect the Environment | Source with Integrity | Make a Positive Difference in Our Community | Reflect Our Nation's Diversity | Be a Great Place to Work |
Local:
- Source 30% of the produce sold in Loblaw stores from local Canadian growers.
- Source up to 40% of the produce sold in Loblaw stores from local Canadian growers during the peak growing season.
Animal Welfare:
In 2013, we will make the following commitments:
- Fresh pork sold in our stores will be sourced from suppliers who have made a transition to loose housing environments by year-end 2022. We will work with the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), the pork industry and governments to advance the upcoming Pig Code of Practice.
- Introduce a new President’s Choice free-run omega egg product.
Paper Procurement:
- Implement a sustainable paper procurement commitment for the business.
Sustainable Seafood:
- Source 100% of seafood sold in our stores from sustainable sources by year-end 2013.
- Complete proprietary vendor questionnaire to inform our sourcing decisions, including identifying remaining “at risk” species/stocks and fisheries/farms unable or unwilling to meet our sustainable seafood criteria.
- Work with WWF and our scientific advisor to assess all species/stocks against our sustainable seafood criteria.
- Delist products that do not adhere to our sustainable seafood criteria.
- Create an action plan for remaining species/stocks that we have determined to source conditionally.
- Obtain chain-of-custody (CoC) certification for our distribution centres and more than 600 of our stores enabling the sale of both MSC and ASC certified products in our seafood counters.
- Participate in the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) discussions on seafood sustainability and eco-labelling.
- Continue to drive consumer awareness of sustainable seafood and be open and transparent about our progress and policies.
Palm Oil:
- Source palm oil contained in all control brand products from sustainable sources by year-end 2015.
- Create a sustainable palm oil policy and action plan.
- Complete an inventory of all control brand products that use palm oil and/or palm oil derivatives.
Product Safety and Traceability:
- Expand Loblaw Academy to remaining control brand vendors.
- Implement quality and safety management systems for non-food control brand products.
- Implement quality and safety management systems across ethnic control brand products.
- Achieve 100% Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certification for all control brand produce growers.
- Develop a consumer food safety education program in stores.