Supplementary Report on Sustainable Retailing Performance

The report presents Ahold Delhaize's first consolidated sustainable retailing baseline following the 2016 merger, with data collected under newly harmonized group indicators. It reports 370,256 associates and sets targets including a 20% reduction in food waste by 2020 and a 30% reduction in emissions from the 2008 baseline. Climate disclosures include 4,505 thousand tonnes of location-based CO2 equivalent emissions, while the sustainability reporting received limited assurance with a qualification related to missing comparable 2015 data.