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Insights from a Sustainability Manager: Strategies and Challenges at METRO Cash & Carry

In this interview, sustainability manager Mrs. Louise Dearnley shares her insights into METRO Cash & Carry's sustainable practices. She discusses her role involving research, communication, and ensuring compliance with sustainability standards. Louise emphasizes the importance of educating customers through various channels and highlights the sustainability management team's dedicated efforts in Germany. She addresses challenges such as energy consumption and waste management while outlining future goals like the increased use of renewable resources and the promotion of sustainable products.

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Insights from a Sustainability Manager: Strategies and Challenges at METRO Cash & Carry

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  1. Interview with a sustainability manager by Anna-Lena, Julia and Emily

  2. Index • Sustainability in general • Interview with Mrs. Louise Dearnley • Sustainability at METRO Cash & Carry (MCC) • METRO - Saving the planet • Outcome

  3. Sustainability in general Definition: People are sustainable if they care about • social • economic • environmental aspects to make sure that future generations can have a good life.

  4. Interview with Louise Darnley 1. What does a sustainability manager have to do?  A: -fact finding -research -give presentations -communication between customers and other counterparties

  5. Interview 2. How do you make sure that the customers know that you work sustainably? A: -internet -communicate with them -brochures -labels -Metro post → advertisement

  6. Interview 3. How do you make sure that everybody at METRO Group works sustainably?  A: -visiting our partners  -testing their work 4. How do you know that there is no forced labour? A: -can’t be totally sure -but: we offer acceptable wages 5. How many people are working for the sustainability management in your company? A: -ten to twelve people fulltime are working in Germany +many engineers at METRO.

  7. Sustainability at MCC Quelle: http://www.metrogroup.de/multimedia/WindowTools/html/Image.jpg

  8. Sustainability at MCC Situation now: • produce waste • Use a lot of energy Situation in future: • Energy: -use renewable energy resources -reducing energy • Waste: -recycling

  9. Sustainability at MCC • 50,000 products 10% are sustainable (Bio-products, energy-saving light bulbs, …) • problem: swine flu & economic crisis → 15% out of work

  10. METRO - Saving the planet • Too much energy needed to feed our demands • Consumer pressure →plan: differences through small steps

  11. Saving the planet • Example: New Look Fashion store in UK →producer doesn‘t get much money Fair wages at METRO

  12. Outcome • she was honest telling us that there are problems • she could answer questions comprehensibly • she gave us a lot of information about the sustainability strategy of METRO

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