With the concurrent sustainability of 5 weeks to 17 August would REWE Group inspire customers in the markets and travel agencies for sustainability issues. “the value of biological diversity and of natural resources should be shifted to greater awareness among consumers, manufacturers and retailers, says Manfred Esser, Member of the Board of REWE Group. “We have set ourselves the aim of making products throughout their life cycle sustainable. This is our responsibility – but one company alone can not lift this great task.
Therefore, we invite our customers to join us and our industry partners in the sustainability weeks in stores and travel agencies to take action and stand up for the diversity of nature, “said Esser. During the sustainability of weeks, there are different ways to get into the markets and travel agencies REWE Group to learn about the issue of animal and plant health. REWE, toom consumer market, nahkauf, PENNY, toom DIY and ProMarkt provide such sustainable products – including the PRO PLANET label REWE Group and sustainable products from well-known brand – the handout and in the markets at the center.
The REWE Group cooperates with product selection with the Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) in Wuppertal, which evaluates the products of the industrial partners in terms of their lasting contribution. In the markets of toom DIY and travel agencies in the REWE Group Customers can also find information booths and brochures about the issue of sustainability. fundraiser from 5 to 10 August at REWE, toom consumer market and nahkauf dedicated REWE in the action weeks to the subject of bees and would like to clear up, especially about the importance of bees for the production of food.
From the 5th to 10 August donates per sold honey at REWE REWE, toom nahkauf and 50 cents for the Nature Conservation Germany (NABU) for the protection and promotion of traditional orchards. This creates additional food supplies and habitats for bees. The brochure “Much more than just honey” also clarifies the benefits and the threat to the bee. Everyone PENNY for the future with more sustainable products – from organic own brand! “BO” on PRO PLANET products to Fairtrade range – carries PENNY help to make sustainability for genuine customer benefit.
During the weeks PENNY promotes sustainability in its markets with various industrial partners, a total of 16 sustainable products. The communication focus is on the handout MSC, UTZ and PRO PLANET products. “Little Gardener” Action of 12 to 17 August at toom DIY For each of 12 to 17 August 2013 sold at toom DIY plant that is identified in the advertising supplement to the 10-cent coin, toom DIY donates 10 cents for every euro in aid of “Little Gardener”. A total of 100 primary schools throughout Germany can look forward that can win a mobile garden including herb and vegetable planting with appropriate garden tools on the proceeds.
In collaboration with industry partners toom DIY presents the topic recycling of materials in conjunction with sustainable products and packaging solutions to its approximately 320 markets. To the main action days Thursday, Friday and Saturday there will be in all markets information booths and demonstrations, demonstrate to customers the optimum use of electricity and heating energy. “wonderful diversity” in the DER Touristik help customers realize sustainable travel products THE tourism is environmentally certified hotels in their travel brochures from. With the support of the independent organization ECOTRANS, the DER Touristik has also designed the flyer “groundbreaking” as a guide.
This brochure provides information on test methods and criteria of the selected environmental permits and facilitates the selection of sustainable hotels from which the tour operator program. And for little explorers is published in cooperation with the WWF PANDA YOUNG children’s program for children and youth magazine “wonderful diversity” including origami craft sheets and raffle. In this issue of species conservation in tourism for children aged eight years shows what children should take in their family vacation to protect the animals and plants on site.
The flyers are from the 5th August 2013 in the travel agencies of the DER Touristik. Dialogue Forum on 12 August in Berlin: protection of animal and plant life around 200 participants on 12 August to discuss the challenges in the field of animal and plant health in Humboldt Carré on the Dialogue Forum of REWE Group. The speakers Marion Hammerl of the Lake Constance Foundation and Dr. Julian Rode the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research will provide you with their presentations impetus for the following discussions.
Together with experts of the REWE Group and its industrial partners solutions are developed in different workshops: What conditions must be met in order for the improvements in animal husbandry from consumers and NGO representatives are perceived positively? What can be done to biodiversity criteria are considered better standards for the food industry? What are the requirements for sustainable resource flow in the area of animal nutrition from today and tomorrow? And what can be better addressed ecological sustainability issues in the coffee growing? The cooperative REWE Group is a leading trade and tourism groups in Germany and Europe.
In 2012 the company generated total external revenues of around 50 billion euros. The REWE Group, founded in 1927, is represented with its 327,000 employees and 15,500 stores in 13 European countries. In Germany in 2012 generated approximately 226,000 employees in 11,000 markets revenues of 36 billion euros. The sales lines include supermarkets and hypermarkets, such as REWE, REWE CENTER, REWE CITY, toom and Billa, the discounter PENNY, the toom Hardware B1 Discount DIY and electronics stores from ProMarkt. The travel and tourism under the umbrella of the DER include hiking the tour operators ITS, Jahn Reisen and Tjaereborg and dertour, Meier’s world and ADAC Reisen and the business travel division FCm Travel Solutions and over 2,100 travel agencies (including THE travel agency, DERPART), hotel chains lti hotels, Club Calimera and PrimaSol hotels and the organizers direct clevertours.com. Enquiries: REWE Group Corporate Communications, Tel: 0221-149-1050, press (at) Rewe-group.com
