Social audits relating to own imports by METRO SOURCING and non-food own-brand producers of the METRO sales lines
Risky Non-Food Own Brand Producers1 with valid audit (number)
Thereof with passed audit
(in %)
1 This includes own brand producers of commercial goods (non-food own brands and own imports) who carry out the last decisive and value-giving production step. Regarding the definition of 'risky' refer to footnote 1 of the KPI Risky Non-Food Own Brand Producers.
2 For the key figures there may be variances from the consolidation group in financial reporting for reasons such as data availability.
Definition: Status of all risky own brand producers in which METRO SOURCING International Ltd., Hongkong has import goods manufactured, and of risky non-food producers who manufacture own brands or own imports for our sales lines. Regarding the definition of “risky” refer to footnote 1 of the KPI Risky Non-Food Own Brand Producers. Producers that have passed the audit or have been approved by an exemption can demonstrate their successful compliance with the amfori BSCI standard or an equivalent social standard system by presenting a certificate awarded by an independent third party.
Explanation: 412 own brand producers were audited as of 30 September 2024. Of these, 100% (412 producers) passed the audit. Effective 1 January 2019, non-food own brand producers who fail the audit cannot be used until they achieve an acceptable audit result. In other words, they have to receive an A, B or C for the amfori BSCI assessment or an audit that is acknowledged as equivalent. In exceptional cases, D audits can also be approved if it can be proven that the points that led to the D result have been rectified, but no new audit has yet been carried out. Furthermore, a D audit may be approved in exceptional cases if an individual result in a non-critical performance area leads to an overall D result according to the audit provider’s calculation system, but the individual assessment only reveals minor shortcomings, meaning that the overall performance is acceptable.
The key performance indicator relates to all the own brand producers of which we are made aware by our suppliers.
Social audits relating to own imports by METRO SOURCING and food/near-food own brand producers of the METRO sales lines
Risky Food/Near-Food Own Brand Producers1 with valid audit (number)
Thereof with passed audit
(in %)
1 Regarding the definition of 'risky' refer to footnote 1 of the KPI Risky Food/Near-Food Producers.
2 For the key figures there may be variances from the consolidation group in financial reporting for reasons such as data availability.
Definition: Status of all risky own brand producers in which METRO FOOD SOURCING has import goods produced, and of risky Food/Near-Food producers who produce own brands or own imports for our sales lines. Regarding the definition of “risky” refer to footnote 1 of the KPI Risky Food-/Near-Food Own Brand Producers. Own brand producers that have passed the audit can demonstrate their successful compliance with the amfori BSCI standard or an equivalent social standard system by presenting a certificate awarded by an independent third party.
Explanation: The roll-out of the process for Food/Near-Food own brand producers started end of 2019. 117 own brand producers were audited as of 30 September 2024. Of these, 100% (117 producers) passed the audit. In order to allow for a gradual onboarding of our producers into a social compliance system such as amfori BSCI or an audit scheme that is acknowledged as equivalent, all audit results are accepted and monitored closely.
The key performance indicator relates to all the producers of which we are made aware by our own brand suppliers.