Regional products for sustainability: ALDI Poland

ALDI Poland provides customers with a constantly growing selection of sustainable and regional products, following our motto – RAZ ALDI, ZAWSZE ALDI (once ALDI, always ALDI).

Recent studies confirm that consumer awareness of sustainability is steadily growing in Poland. Accordingly, we are continually developing our sustainable product range to further raise customer awareness and provide our customers with comprehensive information about our CR activities. Every three months we publish a CR magazine, available at our stores or online. We inform our customers how they can protect the environment in their daily lives, by making sustainable decisions such as the safe disposal of batteries, waste recycling and prevention of food waste. To honour the importance of regionality in Poland, we held eight weekly events highlighting typical products from various Polish regions.

For the first time in 2019, the report 'Responsible Business in Poland 2018: Good Practices' named ALDI Poland a socially conscious company in the country's most extensive review of CSR measures. The report described twelve ALDI measures, including international purchasing policies, the ALDI Nord Instore Concept, our Climate Protection Policy and the Social Compliance Programme. In 2018, MSC Poland recognised ALDI Poland for its exceptional commitment to sustainable fishing and the expansion of the MSC programme in Poland.

We published an online declaration in 2019, to renounce cage eggs in processed own-brand products by the end of 2025. It is our first national commitment that goes beyond international purchasing policies, making us the third retail chain in Poland to eliminate both fresh and processed caged eggs by 2025.