Number of more sustainable products
Due to reporting reasons, METRO only displays the share of own brand products in those policies with limited scope.
Number of food products* certified as organic**
| FY 2022/231 | FY 2023/241 |
FY 2024/251 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of products | Own brand | Branded | Own brand | Branded | Own brand | Branded |
| METRO Germany | 131 | 4,074 | 137 | 3,060 | 116 | 1,520 |
| METRO entities | 7012 | 8,7693 | 6014 |
5,6635 |
5386 | 4,0487 |
1 as per 30 September
2 In 14 out of 18 reporting entities
3 In 18 out of 18 reporting entities
4 In 13 out of 18 reporting entities
5 In 15 out of 18 reporting entities
6 In 15 out of 18 reporting entities
7 In 16 out of 18 reporting entities
* Products means all own brand and brand food products and includes double counts for common sourced products
** Organic in line with EU regulations (EU 834/2007, EU 889/2008 and EU 271/2010) and/or national organic labels (esp. of non-EU countries) and/or as listed in the official GS1 packaging label guideline.
Number of sustainably certified palm oil products
| FY 2022/231 | FY 2023/241 |
FY 2024/251 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of products | Own brand | Share of certified own brand | Branded* | Own brand | Share of certified own brand | Branded* | Own brand | Share of certified own brand | Branded* |
| METRO Germany | 32 | 100% | 184 | 28 | 100% | 101 | 24 | 100% | 57 |
| METRO Entities | 5262 | 35% | 3,0853 | 5044 |
35% | 17035 | 5394 | 43% | 19015 |
1 as per 30 September
2 In 25 out of 27 reporting entities
3 In 13 out of 19 reporting entities
4 In 23 out of 26 reporting entities (in 3 out of 26 reporting entities not applicable)
5 In 13 out of 18 reporting entities
* The figure includes double counts for common sourced products
Explanation: Referring to own brand and branded products. Sustainably certified palm oil products according to the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification levels Identity Preserved, Segregated, Mass Balance or Book & Claim
Expired Target: 100% of own brand products containing palm oil being RSPO Identity Preserved or Segregated certified by 2023.
Considering the new EU Deforstation Regulation METRO currently revises its Sustainable Palm Oil Policy and therefore has not renewed its target.
Share of sustainably certified palm oil product volumes
by level of quality (Jan-Dec 2024 calendar year results)
| RSPO Certification level | Share of used palm oil |
|---|---|
| Identity Preserved | 0% |
| Segregated | 47% |
| Mass Balance | 33% |
| Credits | 0% |
| % of volume of palm oil used in our METRO own brand products as RSPO certified | 80% |
Explanation: Referring to sustainably certified palm oil own brand product volumes of all METRO entities according to the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification levels.
Number of sustainable soy products
Number of sustainable soy tier 1 products
| FY 2024/251 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Own brand products | Number | Share | |
| METRO Germany | n.a. | n.a. | |
| METRO Entities | 142 | 88% | |
1 As per 30 September
2 In 8 out of 26 reporting entities (in 18 out of 26 reporting entities not applicable)
Explanation: Referring to own brand and brand products. Sustainable Soy Tier 1 products with RTRS or Proterra or other FEFAC approved certification (ADM Responsible Soy Standard, Agricultura Certificate de Aapresid; Certified Sustainable Agriculture (ASC), Amaggi Responsible Standard, Belgian Feed Association (BFA), Bunge Pro S, Cargill Triple S, Certified Responsible Soya (CRS), Coamo Responsible Soy, Donau Soja, Europe Soya, FEMAS, ISCC Plus, Sustainable Feed Standard (SFS), Sustainable Farming Assurance (SFA), US Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol (US SSAP)
Number of sustainable soy tier 2 products
| FY 2024/251 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Own brand products | Number | Share | |
| METRO Germany | 67 | 78% | |
| METRO Entities | 5152 | 44% | |
1 As per 30 September
2In 15 out of 26 reporting entities (in 12 out of 26 reporting entities not applicable)
Explanation: Referring to own brand and brand products. Sustainable Soy Tier 1 products with RTRS or Proterra or other FEFAC approved certification (ADM Responsible Soy Standard, Agricultura Certificate de Aapresid; Certified Sustainable Agriculture (ASC), Amaggi Responsible Standard, Belgian Feed Association (BFA), Bunge Pro S, Cargill Triple S, Certified Responsible Soya (CRS), Coamo Responsible Soy, Donau Soja, Europe Soya, FEMAS, ISCC Plus, Sustainable Feed Standard (SFS), Sustainable Farming Assurance (SFA), US Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol (US SSAP)
Number of sustainably fished or farmed products
| FY 2022/231 | FY 2023/241 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of products | Own brand | Share of certified own brand | No name* | Share of no name | Branded** | Own brand | Share of certified own brand | No name* | Share of no name | Branded** |
| METRO Germany | 51 | 85% | 217 | 67% | 525 | 42 | 93% | 85 | 29% | 554 |
| METRO Entities | 7782 | 72% | 9573 | 29% | 1,418 | 8394 | 71% | 1,1005 | 27% | 1,3716 |
| FY 2024/251 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of products | Own brand | Share of certified own brand | No name* | Share of no name | Branded** |
| METRO Germany | 45 | 66% | 289 | 22% | 459 |
| METRO Entities | 8357 | 70% | 9408 | 26% | 1,3179 |
1 As per 30 September
2 In 22 out of 27 reporting entities (in 5 out of 27 reporting entities is not applicable)
3 In 18 out of 19 reporting entities
4 In 23 out of 27 reporting entities (in 4 out of 27 reporting entities is not applicable)
5 In 22 out of 25 reporting entities (in 3 out of 25 reporting entities is not applicable)
6 In 15 out of 18 reporting entities
7 In 18 out of 26 reporting entities (in 8 out of 26 reporting entities is not applicable)
8 In 22 out of 25 reporting entities (in 3 out of 25 reporting entities is not applicable)
9 In 16 out of 18 reporting entities
* Products not bearing a METRO brand but with METRO address. This also includes all in-house produced products and all products sold via counter and labelled with METRO address.
In FY 2020/21 we have reported all no name products subject to the scope of the Policy and carrying one of the acceptable certificates mention in the explanation below. As of FY2021/22 we sharpened our reporting approach and contemplate only those certificates where Chain of Custody certificate is ensured also at the level of METRO legal entities.
** The figure includes double counts for common sourced products and products that carry two or more of the certificates listed below.
Explanation: Referring to sustainably fished or farmed own brand and no names products of the Top 12 species subject to the scope of the Policy according to the following certifications MSC, ASC, FOS, BAP, Global GAP, ASMI, GULF, IRFM, organic, FIP, AIP, RFM, CQA, MEL Japan or any other GSSI benchmarked certification scheme. The branded products are not limited to the Top 12 species.
Number of Cage Free Shell egg products
| FY 2022/231 | FY 2023/241 | FY 2024/251 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of products | Own brand | Share of own brand | Own brand | Share of own brand | Own brand | Share of own brand |
| METRO Germany | 16 | 100% | 11 | 100% | 12 |
100% |
| METRO Entities | 151 | 60% | 1372 | 55% | 1563 | 62% |
1 As per 30 September
2In 21 out of 27 reporting entities (in 6 out of 27 reporting entities is not applicable)
3In 16 out of 26 reporting entities (in 10 out of 26 reporting entities is not applicable)
Explanation: Referring to own brand cage free shell eggs products, an improvement of farming conditions for laying hens by promoting alternative and more sustainable housing systems, i.e., barn systems and outdoor access systems (free range, organic – ‘enriched’ or ‘combi’ cage systems not allowed).
We have successfully transitioned to exclusively use 100% cage free shell eggs for our own brand assortment already last year in multiple countries (Austria, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, France,Turkey).
Number of fair-trade products
| FY 2022/231 | FY 2023/241 | FY 2024/251 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of products | Own brand* | Branded* | Own brand* | Branded* | Own brand* | Branded* |
| METRO Germany | 15 | 1,107 | 11 | 470 |
11 | 344 |
| METRO Entities | 89 | 2,010 | 892 | 1,0233 | 684 | 9945 |
1 as per 30 September
2 In 9 out of 18 reporting entities
3 In 13 out of 18 reporting entities
4 In 8 out of 18 reporting entities
5 In 13 out of 18 reporting entities
* The figure includes double counts for common sourced products.
Explanation: Referring to own brand and brand products that carry one of the following certifications Fairtrade, GEPA or Rainforest Alliance and counts double those products that carry more than one of the above-mentioned certificates.
Number of products from sustainable forestry
| FY 2022/231 | FY 2023/241 | FY 2024/251 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of products | Own brand | Share of own brand | Own brand | Share of own brand | Own brand | Share of own brand |
| METRO Germany | 5 | 100% | 3 | 100% | 53 | 100% |
| METRO Entities | 2,076 | 65% | 2,1562 | 66% | 2,2573 | 76% |
1 as per 30 September
2 In 23 out of 26 reporting entities (in 3 out of 26 reporting entities is not applicable)
3 In 20 out of 26 reporting entities (in 6 out of 26 reporting entities is not applicable)
Explanation: Referring to own brand products and brand products. Sustainable forestry means certified according to FSC® or PEFC label or from recycled material. Brand data is not available as reporting system currently cannot discriminate product certificate vs. packaging certificate on sustainable forestry.
Target: 100% of own brand products containing more than 50% of wood in weight from sustainable forestry by end of 2023. Additionally, 100% of the processing factories of those products shall be socially compliant until end of 2030.
Number of sustainable single use products
| FY 2022/231 | FY 2023/241 | FY 2024/251 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of products | Own brand | Share of own brand | Own brand | Share of own brand | Own brand | Share of own brand |
| METRO Germany | n.a* | n.a* | n.a* | n.a* | n.a* | n.a* |
| METRO Entities | 935 | 59% | 8962 | 58% | 7473 | 62% |
1 as per 30 September
2 In 21 out of 26 reporting entities (in 5 out of 26 reporting entities is not applicable)
3 In 16 out of 26 reporting entities (in 10 out of 26 reporting entities is not applicable)
* No locally sourced own brand products affected by the policy
Explanation: Referring to own brand for which METRO strives to decrease the share of disposables and/or transform to reusable models if applicable and where reusable options are not feasible offer single use solutions made from alternative material which is recyclable or compostable.
Target: By 2025, METRO will empower our customers’ businesses to move into a future without conventional single use plastic and increase resource efficiency by:
- providing reusable, recyclable and compostable alternatives
- supporting our customers in this phase out and
- advocating for the movement towards a circular economy regarding plastic
