Local sustainability across the country – ALDI Portugal

From the Algarve to the northern reaches of the country, ALDI Portugal places the community needs and customer wishes at the forefront of our sustainability and environmental measures.

ALDI Portugal supports the needy at many locations throug food and non-food donations. For this purpose, we work together with more than 40 local charitable organisations. This regional approach is especially important to us. It underscores the connection between ALDI Portugal, the employees and the local population.

We are constantly adapting the shopping experience to suit our customers. In 2019, we intensified our engagement in several quality and awareness awards. We participated in the Sabor do Ano (Taste of the Year) award, demonstrating our commitment to high-quality produce at affordable ALDI prices. 27 products received awards. Via the new website, social media channels, such as YouTube and LinkedIn, and in our customer magazine, we provided customers with information on a variety of sustainable topics. One example of this was ALDI Portugal's packaging mission, 'Compromisso ALDI', launched in 2019, which is based on the principle 'Reduce. Reuse. Recycle'. It aims to avoid packaging whenever possible, and also introduced new waste sorting symbols on all our own-brand products.

Our stores received a fresh look, in the latest ANIKo design, to make shopping more fun for customers. This redesign also integrated energy-saving measures such as the generation of electricity on our store roofs using photovoltaic systems and the installation of chillers using CO₂ as a natural refrigerant. In February 2020, we signed the commitment 'Lisbon European Green Capital 2020 – Climate Action 2030' to implement a wide range of environmental measures in all ALDI stores in the Lisbon Region.