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In 2015, the lives of millions of people, of all ages and
circumstances, were put in turmoil. The headlines were
filled with natural and industrial disasters such as floods
in southern France and the explosion at the Tianjin in-
dustrial complex in China. In these particularly unsettled
times, the Carrefour Foundation’s actions aim, as far as
possible, to improve the living conditions of those left
vulnerable, by providing assistance and food.
What is the Foundation’s mission?
Since 2000, the Carrefour Foundation has pursued a public
interest mission to reduce exclusion and poverty. To do
so, it relies on the motivation and expertise of the Group’s
staff and its commitments to non-profit partner organisa-
tions. The challenge is to bring together the energy of the
teams and the needs of these organisations.
Thanks to the awareness of the local issues by our
partners and the mobilisation of our employees, our
Foundation supports and accompanies at an interna-
tional level those who are extremely vulnerable and suf-
fering from exclusion. The Carrefour Foundation draws
its strength and vitality first of all, from the thousands
of staff members in Europe, Asia and Latin America who
so generously give their time and energy to help NGOs
in the field and to pass on their expertise. With their
wealth of personal and professional experience, each
and every one shares our passion of retail and brings the
Carrefour Foundation’s mission for food solidarity to the
grassroots level.
Our mission is at the very heart of the issues facing the
world today and finds its
raison d’être
and legitimacy in
Carrefour’s core business and experience as a food re-
tailer. This mission revolves around two lines of action:
food solidarity and emergency humanitarian aid.
More than ever
committed to
fighting inequality
JÉRÔME BÉDIER
Chairman of the Carrefour Foundation
Deputy Chief Executive Officer,
General Secretary of the Carrefour group
“Thanks to the awareness
of the local issues by our
partners and themobilisation
of our employees,
our Foundation supports
and accompanies those
who are extremely vulnerable
and suffering fromexclusion.”
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