Tag: ALDI

Aldi Becomes First UK Supermarket To Offer Free Period Products In Customer And Colleague Toilets

Stuart Mitchell

Aldi will be providing pads and tampons in its in-store toilets from today, with customers able to simply take what they need. The supermarket has also partnered with leading menstrual equity charity, Bloody Good Period, to donate over 1 million period products to support the charity’s fight against period poverty. The campaign is further backed by Clara Amfo, broadcaster and Bloody Good Period ambassador. New research** released today from the supermarket reveals the extent of the period poverty crisis across Britain, with over 1 in 3 of those who menstruate…

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Aldi Introduces HVO-Powered Trucks To Its Fleet

Stuart Mitchell

Aldi is converting more than 30% of its fleet of owned HGVs to operate on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuels. The move is taking place on more than 160 HGVs based at its Cardiff, Swindon and Neston distribution centres, and is expected to reduce the supermarket’s carbon footprint by approximately 15,432 tonnes of CO2e per year. HVO is a diesel alternative that significantly lowers greenhouse gas emissions compared with conventional diesel. If implemented across Aldi’s entire fleet of more than 550 HGVs, the change could eliminate an additional 55,130 tonnes…

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ALDI launches Fairtrade cocoa project

Stuart Mitchell

ALDI proudly continues to support its long-term Fairtrade partner and cocoa cooperative ECAMOM driving impactful initiatives aimed at fostering women’s empowerment, tackle child labour, enhancing financial inclusion, and ensuring sustainable agricultural practices to support readiness for EUDR. In 2020, the ALDI SOUTH Group, Fairtrade, the chocolate manufacturer Storck and the cocoa cooperative ECAMOM in Côte d’Ivoire established a strategic working relationship which resulted in annual Impact Reports. Through these impact reports, ECAMOM collected data from its 3,800 cocoa farmers on how the Fairtrade premium, received for the cocoa sold to…

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Aldi slashes food waste by almost 60% and sets new 2030 target

Stuart Mitchell

Aldi has announced a 57% reduction in its food waste*, meaning it has hit its 2030 target eight years early. The UK’s fourth-largest supermarket announced this latest milestone as it published its inaugural sustainability report, which offers insights into the work Aldi is doing that contributes to society and the planet, while maintaining its commitment to quality and affordability. The business had committed to reduce food waste by 20% by 2025 (relative to a 2017 baseline) and to halve food waste by 2030, in line with the Courtauld 2030 and…

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Aldi Trials Blister Pack Recycling Scheme In Supermarket First

Stuart Mitchell

Aldi is trialling a blister pack recycling scheme for its own-label medicines in a UK supermarket first. Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket is working with recycling firm TerraCycle to encourage customers to recycle their empty medicine packets made from plastic and aluminium foil. TerraCycle will convert the materials, which would otherwise be disposed of in general waste, into a recycled raw material which can then be used in the production of new products – such as nuts and bolts from the aluminium, or plastic waste bins and outdoor furniture. The trial –…

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