Shared Value 2030

A company of our size -with over 237,000 associates, millions of customers, over 35,000 suppliers, and presence in 634 cities throughout the region- has the opportunity and obligation to achieve a significant contribution to sustainable development. Therefore our aspiration is to create Shared Value; that is, to build a business that benefits all our stakeholders. We want to be the most reliable retailer of which our customers, associates, suppliers, communities, and shareholders can be very proud.

To achieve this we have anchored our Corporate Responsibility to our guidelines and, as a result, to our daily actions. With this in mind, in the last few years we have worked with our stakeholders to have clearly-established priorities, and we are focused on those problems deemed as most important. Consequently, we have created Shared Value 2030, the primary consideration for our Corporate Responsibility strategy, which will guide the Company throughout the next few years.

This report contains several of these initiatives and the progress made to date. We shall be transparent about our progress and shall continue to provide regular updates each year.