We are committed to operating in a way that will improve the quality of life or our stakeholders, now and in the future.

Our business impacts the lives of millions of people every day. We believe that making this impact a positive one is not just the right thing to do - it also makes good business sense.

We are committed to conducting business with full regard for the concerns of each of our main stakeholder groups – customers, investors, suppliers, employees and the communities we serve – while working to ensure a sustainable future for our business.
 

Based on our observation of social trends, we have organized Corporate Responsibility activities around four main key themes:

Corporate Responsibility Pillars

 
Ahold has developed specific policies for each pillar. These policies apply to Ahold as a group, as well as to all of the operating companies. However our companies operate in different countries, which sometimes have differences in legislation. Therefore some operating company policies may be different than what is specified in our group policies,  in order to ensure full compliance with specific country legislation.

Download Ahold's CR policies:

 

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A fresh approach

Based on our observation of social trends, we have established four pillars for our Corporate Responsibility activities, which include: healthy living; sustainable trade; climate action; and community engagement. 

We have always viewed product safety as part of being a good corporate citizen; so we have also integrated it formally within CR.

CR Blog

Read more about our approach to Corporate Responsibility on
Roland Waardenburg's
CR blog.