{"id":4357,"date":"2020-12-17T20:39:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T19:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/?page_id=4357"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:05:20","slug":"preserving-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/sustainability\/commitments-and-projects\/preserving-biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Preserving and promoting biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-template-root template-root\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-section block-section section-bg-white\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-row-full-2columns row-full-2columns my-row-block row-full\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-row-full-2columns-cell row-cell row-full-2columns-cell my-cell-block\"><div class=\"myblock-wrapper block-my-text-teaser-gallery\" data-module-name=\"Teaser Contentmodul\"><div class=\"text-tasers-wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"text-taser-slider\">\n    <div class=\"text-taser-slider__slider\">\n        <ul class=\"rwgs__inner\">\n                                            <li>\n                    \n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/press-and-media\/newsroom\/stories\/over-800-animal-species-recorded-on-renaturalised-green-spaces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"    class=\"text-teaser bg-image dark-bg-section text-color-white link-hover-color-yellow with-1-link\"  data-module-name=\".teaser-contentmodul\">\n            <div class=\"text-teaser__background-wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"focused-image-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                    class=\"focused-image\"\n                    data-focus-x=\"0.00\"\n                    data-focus-y=\"0.00\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bluehendes-Feld-Biodiversitaet-scaled.jpg?t=2025101803\"\n                    alt=\"\"\n                    srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bluehendes-Feld-Biodiversitaet-1024x356.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bluehendes-Feld-Biodiversitaet-scaled.jpg?t=2025101803 2560w\"\n                    aria-description=\"\"\n                    loading=\"lazy\"\n                                    >\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"text-teaser__inner reweg-teaser-main\">\n        \n                    <div class=\"text-teaser__text entry-content\">\n                <p>Biodiversity is decreasing: there are currently around one million animal and plant species at risk of extinction. At REWE Group, we are very conscious of the fact that our business activities have an impact on biodiversity. It is therefore within our power to preserve biodiversity. Through the purchase of properly certified goods for example, and in the farming and production of our private-label products in particular. PRO PLANET ist one of the Projects, the REWE Group is involved in a variety of biodiversity preservation and promoting initiatives with farmers, producers, and partners around the world.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n        \n                    <ul class=\"text-teaser__links\">\n                                                            <li>\n                            <span class=\"arrow-link\">To story<\/span>\n                        <\/li>\n                                                <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n<\/a>                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-row-full-2columns-cell row-cell row-full-2columns-cell my-cell-block\"><div class=\"myblock-wrapper block-my-score-card\" data-module-name=\"Score Card\">    <div class=\"score-card-slider\">\n  <div class=\"score-card-slider__slider\">\n    <div class=\"rewe-scorecard bars black dark\" 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<td>13550000 <\/td>\n                            <\/tr>\n                                            <\/table>\n                <\/canvas>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"lower content-bottom-padded\">\n  <div class=\"card-contents\">\n    <h2 class=\"title\"><\/h2>          <p class=\"sub-title\">Flower strips in hectares, which we had planted and upgraded by the middle of 2022 as part of our biodiversity projects.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rewe-scorecard bars black dark\" data-series='[{\"x\":\"2018\",\"y\":\"300\",\"suffix\":\"\"},{\"x\":\"2021\",\"y\":\"540\",\"suffix\":\"\"},{\"x\":\"2022\",\"y\":\"540\",\"suffix\":\"\"}]'>\n    <div class=\"upper\">\n        <div class=\"card-contents\">\n            <div class=\"chart-wrapper\">\n                <canvas class=\"bar-chart\" width=\"264\" height=\"305\">\n                    <table>\n                        <caption>Together, we promote biodiversity.<\/caption>\n                                                    <tr>\n                                <th scope=\"row\">2018<\/th>\n                                <td>300 <\/td>\n                            <\/tr>\n                                                    <tr>\n                                <th scope=\"row\">2021<\/th>\n                                <td>540 <\/td>\n                            <\/tr>\n                                                    <tr>\n                                <th scope=\"row\">2022<\/th>\n                                <td>540 <\/td>\n                            <\/tr>\n                                            <\/table>\n                <\/canvas>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"lower content-bottom-padded\">\n  <div class=\"card-contents\">\n    <h2 class=\"title\">Together, we promote biodiversity.<\/h2>          <p class=\"sub-title\">We are working together with over 540 farmers in Germany and Austria in the PRO PLANET project to promote biodiversity.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-section block-section section-bg-gray section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-row-full-single row-full-single my-row-block row-full\"><div class=\"myblock-wrapper block-my-text-block block-ingrid\" data-module-name=\"Headline Copy Link\">    <div class=\"textblock margin-row-inner\">\n        <div class=\"entry-content\">\n            <h2 class=\"smaller\">We are constantly striving to convert our relevant, regional open-air fruit and vegetable products in Germany to biodiversity-promoting cultivation.<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"myblock-wrapper block-my-text-block block-ingrid\" data-module-name=\"Headline Copy Link\">    <div class=\"textblock margin-row-inner\">\n        <div class=\"entry-content\">\n            <h2 class=\"smaller\">In Austria, we want to preserve and\/or improve a further 10 million square meters of endangered ecosystems and biotopes in Austria by 2030 with the \u201cBl\u00fchendes \u00d6sterreich\u201d foundation.<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-section block-section section-bg-white section-padding-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-row-full-2columns row-full-2columns my-row-block row-full\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-row-full-2columns-cell row-cell row-full-2columns-cell my-cell-block\"><div class=\"myblock-wrapper block-my-text-teaser-gallery\" data-module-name=\"Teaser Contentmodul\"><div class=\"text-tasers-wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"text-taser-slider\">\n    <div class=\"text-taser-slider__slider\">\n        <ul class=\"rwgs__inner\">\n                                            <li>\n                    \n    <div\n    class=\"text-teaser bg-pattern 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For this reason, in 2016, toom Baumarkt became the first German DIY store chain to take the decision to convert its entire line of soils, both private-label and branded products, to peat-free alternatives by no later than 2025.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                    <div class=\"text-teaser__illustration illu-blatt\"><\/div>\n        \n            <\/div>\n<\/div>                <\/li>\n                                            <li>\n                    \n    <div\n    class=\"text-teaser bg-pattern bg-pattern_pattern5 bg-pattern_gray dark-bg-section without-link\"  data-module-name=\".teaser-contentmodul\">\n        <div class=\"text-teaser__inner reweg-teaser-main\">\n        <h2 class=\"text-teaser__title smaller\">Agriculture and nature conservation for greater biodiversity<\/h2>\n                    <div class=\"text-teaser__text entry-content\">\n                <p>We have been working to protect biodiversity in conventional fruit and vegetable farms in Germany and Austria since 2010. In partnership with the Lake Constance Foundation, BirdLife Austria, NABU, and now more than 530 producers, we are supporting various measures at orchards, vegetable fields, and neighbouring areas.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                    <div class=\"text-teaser__illustration illu-apfel\"><\/div>\n        \n            <\/div>\n<\/div>                <\/li>\n                                            <li>\n                    \n    <div\n    class=\"text-teaser bg-pattern bg-pattern_pattern6 bg-pattern_gray dark-bg-section without-link\"  data-module-name=\".teaser-contentmodul\">\n        <div class=\"text-teaser__inner reweg-teaser-main\">\n        <h2 class=\"text-teaser__title smaller\">Blooming Austria<\/h2>\n                    <div class=\"text-teaser__text entry-content\">\n                <p>In 2014, we began our cooperation for endangered ecological habitats with the environmental protection organisation BirdLife \u00d6sterreich in a project called \u2018Bl\u00fchendes \u00d6sterreich\u2019 (Blooming Austria). The initiative provides funding for use in preserving and maintaining endangered natural areas and extensive agricultural sites as well as projects for environmental and sustainability training, thus promoting domestic biodiversity.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                    <div class=\"text-teaser__illustration illu-biene\"><\/div>\n        \n            <\/div>\n<\/div>                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-row-full-2columns-cell row-cell row-full-2columns-cell my-cell-block\"><div class=\"myblock-wrapper block-my-score-card\" data-module-name=\"Score Card\">    <div class=\"score-card-slider\">\n  <div class=\"score-card-slider__slider\">\n    <div class=\"rewe-scorecard number black dark mid-value\" data-unit=\"euros\" data-format=\"\" data-value=\"2291691\" data-use-thousands-separator=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"upper\">\n        <div class=\"card-contents\">\n            <span class=\"value\"><\/span>\n            <span class=\"unit\"><\/span>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"lower content-bottom-padded\">\n  <div class=\"card-contents\">\n    <h2 class=\"title\">Our commitment to biodiversity.<\/h2>          <p class=\"sub-title\">We have invested approximately three and a half million euros in six different biodiversity and environmental protection projects.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-section block-section section-bg-white section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-row-full-single row-full-single my-row-block row-full\"><div class=\"myblock-wrapper block-my-text-block block-ingrid\" data-module-name=\"Headline Copy Link\">    <div class=\"textblock margin-row-inner\">\n        <div class=\"entry-content\">\n            \n            <p>Preserving biodiversity is an important criterion used to design more sustainable product ranges. Biodiversity criteria can be addressed through systems of standards, such as Bio, Fairtrade, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC\u00ae), the Rainforest Alliance and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). They are also used in the Guidelines the REWE Group has drawn up for raw materials such as palm oil, fish, and cocoa. Impacts on biodiversity are also examined during analyses conducted for the PRO PLANET label. This allows measures to be taken for preserving and promoting biodiversity in certain projects.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"textblock__links\">\n                <a\n                    href=\"https:\/\/rewe-group-nachhaltigkeitsbericht.de\/2022\/en\/index.html\"\n                    target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"                    class=\"arrow-link\"\n                >\n                    More information on the strategic approach in our sustainability report                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-section block-section section-bg-gray section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-row-full-2columns row-full-2columns my-row-block row-full\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-myblocks-row-full-2columns-cell row-cell row-full-2columns-cell my-cell-block\"><div class=\"myblock-wrapper block-my-page-teaser block-ingrid\" 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