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by combining traceability, taste, and agroecological best practices for core
market products. Stability and progress for suppliers, product quality,
safety and traceability for the Group, and an attractive offer for customers:
allofthisderivesfromatrustingrelationshipthatissustainableandpositive
foreveryone.
Encouraging innovation
Carrefourmakesmultiple solutions available to its suppliers to boost inno-
vation and creativity and encourage the development of new solutions.
Aself-assessmenttoolfortheirsustainability-developmentpracticesallows
them to compare their average with that of other suppliers in their activity
sector. The Group’s goal is therefore to support suppliers in order to estab-
lishconcreteactions. Eachyear, Carrefour highlights thebest practices of its
suppliers, like the Suppliers’ Major Challenge for the climate, organised in
2015. With the Inbox project in France, Carrefour also helps SMEs lacking
thenecessary resourcesbyproviding themwiththeexpertiseof theGroup’s
employeesinvariousfields:marketing,qualitycontrol,design,logistics,and
more. TheGroup is increasing the range of opportunities so businesses can
present their products andboost the reference rates for their newproducts.
The third Carrefour exhibition for SMEs and innovation brought together
nearly 450 French SMEs and VSEs in June 2015, and the first Carrefour
supplierexpositionwasorganisedinPoland.
FRANCE
Responsible relations
In December 2015, Carrefour was the first company
to receive the “Responsible Supplier Relationships
certification in the food industry sector” for its
activities in France. This certification brings particular
attention to the Group's respect for the concerns
of suppliers, awareness of the impact of purchasing
on economic competitiveness, integration of
environmental and societal factors in the buying
process, and conditions for relationship quality
with suppliers.
GROUP
Suppliers’ Major Challenge
for the climate
Developing farming activity to fight against
desertification in Argentina, reducingmethane
emissions generated by beef-cattle farming by
changing cattle feeding for Carrefour Quality Lines
in Belgium, replacing diesel fuel with biomass fuel
for coffee roasting in Brazil, andmore: Carrefour’s
suppliers have enthusiasticallymobilised in support
of the effort to reduce CO
2
emissions. November 2015
saw the first Suppliers’ Major Challenge for the
climate, whose initiatives showed that the innovation
and cooperation between Carrefour and its suppliers
are powerful drivers of progress.
POLAND
Special event
More than 100 suppliers, employees and journalists
were on hand in January 2015 for the signing of
three new Carrefour Quality Lines in Poland, for butter,
fresh-squeezed apple juice, and chicken. For this
event, Carrefour was able to boost its newly-created
Suppliers Club, a network set up for sharing
experiences and expertise.
ROMANIA
Honouring local producers
For the third consecutive year, Carrefour Romania
participated in the
Indagra
fair (an international
exhibition of equipment and products for agriculture,
horticulture, viticulture and livestock breeding),
with the goal of reaffirming the company’s support
for local producers by highlighting Romanian products
and the advantages of local supply.
1. Kurt Verlinden, fruit and vegetablesmanager for Carrefour Belgium, with the VanMeijl
family, which grows white asparagus onmore than 100 hectares in the Limbourg region.
2. The Zanetti family business, a Carrefour partner, operates in the region around Parma and
has carried on the tradition of
Parmigiano Reggiano
cheese since 1900.
3. Anna Kurnatowska, manager of Carrefour Quality Lines
(Jakość z natury)
in Poland,
meeting withmilk producers and Carrefour partners to produce
twarog
, a typical Polish fresh
cheesemade according to traditional methods.
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