Sustainability and Environment Initiative of the Year
Planet, Ethics, People, Social Program – Lagardère Travel Retail
PEPS (Planet, Ethics, People & Social) is the Paris-based travel retailer’s hugely ambitioius, long-term, science-based, cooperative and transparent sustainability strategy, structured around the four PEPS pillars.
The company’s commitments under the Planet pillar include:
- Reduce carbon emissions to contribute to ambitious industry targets
- Reduce waste
- Promote responsible packaging and disposables.
It illustrated these to the judges through anti-waste and recycling programmes in France via its Relais H Café brand, with Bean & Beyond in the UAE and composter technology in the Czech Republic.
Mélanie Guilldou picks up a key award for Lagardère Travel Retail, this time for its ambitious ESG programme
Its Ethics commitments range from developing local food and products sourcing and promoting responsible products and ingredients to cultivating ethical behaviour.
Its key People commitments centre around ensuring security and well-being at work, promoting employee engagement and fostering diversity and equal opportunities, demonstrated via case studies from Poland and Switzerland.
Social commitments include supporting local communities, encouraging and facilitating volunteering and leveraging the network to make donations.
Examples shown in its entries included locally sourced wood for furniture at Képar Café, Senegal, which performs a strong community function, and an initiative in Poland to support elderly people, via strong cooperation with local foundations and centres.
The four-pillar approach that puts people at the heart of Lagardère’s green efforts
Single-use plastics are being phased out in favour of biodegradable cutlery
The company has also teamed up with philanthropic brands, including Last Minute Market which redistributes leftover food to charities.
Lagardère Travel Retail makes a huge effort to appeal to jobseekers and current staff with happiness and job satisfaction seen as a priority rather than as a nice to have
Lagardère Travel Retail is committed wherever it operates to a science-backed roadmap to increase sustainability
FAB eZine
January 2024
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