2024 ESG Report
Protecting biodiversity
According to the World Wildlife Fund’s 2020 Living Planet Report¹, “The world has seen an average 68% drop in mammal, bird, fish, reptile, and amphibian populations since 1970”. Pollution, climate change and habitat loss are all threats to biodiversity
¹World Wildlife Fund’s 2020 Living Planet Report(Open in a new tab)
We are working to help protect Canada’s biodiversity, with initiatives like:
Our native plants program
Our commitment to sourcing seafood from sustainable sources¹
and more!
¹ excludes T&T®
Responsible water use
Water plays a vital role in maintaining biodiversity within our ecosystem. We have a responsibility to work within our business operations and supply chain to use water responsibly and to protect local water sources.
For more than a decade we have supported World Wildlife Fund (“WWF”) Canada, as they work to protect and restore nature and biodiversity loss in Canada. As one of their largest Canadian corporate partners, we have provided more than $14 million in direct funding (including $363,000 in 2024), covering a myriad of programs and projects, since 2009, including WWF’s Regenerate Canada program, an effort to fight biodiversity loss and other impacts from climate change.
Partnerships
World Wildlife Fund Canada
For more than a decade we have supported World Wildlife Fund Canada as they work to protect and regenerate Canada’s biodiversity. As one of their largest Canadian corporate partners, we have provided more than $14 million in direct funding, covering a myriad of programs and projects, since 2009.
In 2024, we provided $363,000 to support WWF’s Regenerate Canada program, an effort to reverse the devastating effects of climate change on biodiversity loss.
We support Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agrifood (“CANZA”), an industry-led alliance which is focused on coordinating and advancing investment and solutions towards a more resilient agri-food system. This system seeks to secure long-term productivity for farmers, ensure food security for communities, and showcase the competitiveness and leadership of Canada’s entire agri-food system. CANZA brings together farmers and diverse industry partners to drive solutions that de-risk farmers’ efforts to adopt climatesmart practices and reward the positive environmental impacts of these efforts.
Critical to this work is the creation of an environmental outcomes marketplace. This project, with Loblaw’s leadership and support, will help farmers’ adoption of climate-smart practices by enabling them to access payments for practice change or environmental outcomes (such as improved health, water quality, or biodiversity). The project will help farmers overcome technological and operational barriers.
