Shoprite Holdings | Sustainability

We aim to be Africa’s most affordable and accessible retailer - and doing this in a responsible way for our communities and the environment. This provides us with a social licence to operate and it makes business sense.

Our Commitment

As the largest retailer on the African continent, we recognise that we can play a transformative role in the 15 countries in which we operate. We are making our operations more sustainable and building resilience to climate change, while we continue to invest in our people and in our communities.

Our Approach

Our sustainability approach builds on our purpose and our values. We understand that the success of our business depends on the ability of our customers to buy our products, of our suppliers to produce them – even in an uncertain climate – and our ability to safely transport, store and sell them.

Our People

We invest in our people to reach their highest potential.

Our Customers

We provide accessible, affordable and safe products to our customers.

Our Communities

We #ActForChange in our communities.

Our Suppliers

Together we grow local economies and create jobs.

Our Planet

We promote sustainable consumption and production patterns for our planet.

Trained 155 029 people

Provided employment for 147 268 people and created 3175 new jobs

Saved 32 million kWh through use of energy- efficient lighting, equaling 30 562 tCO2e

Grew the number of food gardens supported from 19 in 2017 to 90 gardens in 2019

Trained 545 community members to grow food gardens

Tackling packaging waste

We’re hard at work to ensure that 100% of our plastic packaging is reusable and/or recyclable by 2025. We are already using 4 000 tons of plastic returned annually to our distribution centres to produce our 100% recycled and recyclable plastic shopping bags.

Communities are central to Shoprite’s strategy to give back

We take hands with various community partners in long-term projects to #ActForChange in our communities.

SEE HOW

Pensioner’s garden provides for 120 families

When Susan Davies retired 16 years ago she wanted to help disadvantaged people in the area, so she established the Catch Community Centre in Gonubie, Eastern Cape. With Checkers’ help, she is reinvigorating the food garden that provides fresh vegetables for 120 families.

Preschools get boost from Shoprite

Support for preschools includes education and governance training, meals for the children and critical structural upgrades. Recently 15 preschools in and around Kathu in the Northern Cape benefited from an extensive teacher training programme.

Entrepreneur and Shoprite supplier now employs 35 people

From baking a few cakes and employing just over five people, Shanaaz Essa’s business Exquisite Cakes started supplying Shoprite and can now employ over 30 people.

Rooftop solar PV powers shopping centre

The Gordon's Bay Mall is the seventh solar PV plant installed by the Shoprite Group. Together these plants already reduced the Group’s carbon emissions by 7350 tCO2e.