Rewe Group

Assessment year: 2018

Total score 
2 out of 5
Intent and awareness 
3 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Palm oil 
4 out of 5
Soy 
1 out of 5
Cattle 
1 out of 5
Timber 
2 out of 5
Pulp & paper 
3 out of 5
Scope and Ambition 
3 out of 5
Reporting and implementation 
2 out of 5
Social considerations 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2017

Total score 
3 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Palm oil 
5 out of 5
Soy 
2 out of 5
Cattle 
0 out of 5
Timber 
2 out of 5
Pulp & paper 
3 out of 5
Operations 
3 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2016

Total score 
3 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Operations 
3 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
5 out of 5

Assessment year: 2015

Total score 
3 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Operations 
3 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
5 out of 5

Assessment year: 2014

Total score 
3 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Operations 
3 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5
Sector 
Food retail, Furniture & flooring
Segments 
Retailer
HQ 
Germany
Company type 
Private

Collective commitments

New York Declaration on Forests signatory
No
Consumer Goods Forum member
Yes

350 companies

To ensure deforestation free supply chains, companies need to adopt and implement timebound and measurable policies for forest risk commodities.

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This assessment has been carried out following the assessment methodology developed for the Forest 500 project.

In 2018 the number of companies assessed increased from 250 to 350.

Profile 

Rewe Group is a German retail company that operates within food retail, home improvement, pharmacies, discount stores, apparel shops, and travel. Rewe Group has over 15,000 stores in 20 European countries, and every week the company has 70 million customers visiting their shops. A number of products sold by Rewe Group contains palm oil.  

Other companies

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

Score
4 out of 5

IKEA Group

Score
3 out of 5

Carrefour S.A.

Score
3 out of 5

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Score
3 out of 5

Kingfisher Plc

Score
3 out of 5

3M Company

Score
3 out of 5

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