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METRO Group publishes Sustainability Report 2007

01.07.2008

METRO Group publishes Sustainability Report 2007

The prices for raw materials and food have increased continuously in recent months. One of the main reasons are the drastically higher energy costs that also raise the price for production, transport and sale of every product. Therefore, the shortage of limited resources represents one of the major challenges in the field of sustainability for METRO Group. The Sustainability Report 2007 published today demonstrates how an attractive and high-quality product offer for the customers can be ensured in future. METRO Group presents future-oriented solutions and specific targets also for the social challenges such as climate change or shortage in skilled labour.

Alone with the installation of sliding doors on the deep freezers and freezer shelves the sales divisions Metro Cash & Carry and Real are able to reduce their power consumption by up to 15 percent. Group-wide, the specific energy consumption in 2007 could be reduced by three percent over the year earlier value. This is an achievement that also benefits the customers: savings in energy costs make it easier for the sales divisions to keep the product price increases relatively low. By 2009, METRO Group plans to reduce its energy consumption per square meter of selling space by another 3.5 percent.

The advantages of an efficient resource management METRO Group also communicates to its suppliers: since 40 percent of the fresh produce in India spoils on the road from the producer to the customer, Metro Cash & Carry is qualifying local fishermen in improving the processing, storage and transport of their products. Since its market entry into India, 1,150 fishing crews have been trained in modern catching and processing methods in cooperation with the German Association for Investment and Development [Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft, DEG].

METRO Group also guards against the foreseeable shortage in skilled labour. To ensure that the manifold wishes of its customers can also be fulfilled in the years to come, METRO Group invests consistently into the training of young people. With 8.5 percent, the company again reported an above-average training quota in its domestic market for the year under review. In Eastern Europe, so far almost 7,000 participants have already completed the Group’s training program "Metro Education". It supports education at the local business schools and offers internship positions at the sales divisions of METRO Group.

The Sustainability Report 2007 can be ordered or downloaded as a PDF file at www.metrogroup.de/sustainability.

METRO Group is one of the largest and most international retailing companies. In 2007 the Group reached sales of around € 64 billion. The company has a headcount of some 280,000 employees and operates over 2,200 stores in 31 countries. The Group’s performance is based on the strength of its sales divisions which operate independently in their respective market segment: Metro/Makro Cash & Carry – the international leader in self-service wholesale, Real hypermarkets, Media Markt and Saturn – European market leader in consumer electronics retailing – and Galeria Kaufhof department stores.

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