Annual Integrated Report 2019

Socialand relationship capital Social and relationship capital Bidfood Europe strongly believes in collaboration with our communities. We are involved in various initiatives to pursue our sustainable objectives. Sometimes we act as a knowledge partner and in other cases we use our role as a chain partner. Always with the philosophy: ‘you only go faster when you move forward together’ . ‘Healthy Nutrition at Schools’ – Netherlands The Dutch school has a major impact on the lives of young people in Holland. A healthy supply of food in schools can therefore provide an important basis for a healthy lifestyle for these young people. To achieve this, Bidfood Netherlands is a signatory to the Healthy Nutrition at Schools Agreement, managed by Youth At Healthy Weight. With this agreement, caterers, vending machine suppliers, producers and other suppliers jointly take responsibility for healthier food in schools. We have set the goal of facilitating and achieving a healthier meal offer at schools. Guzmán Gastronomia, known for their community spirit engaged with the local community. Projects such as the collection of toys, food and clothes for local charities; as well as of ce- wide blood donation drives. Fresh produce is donated to “Banc de aliments”, a Barcelonan programme to assist the homeless. Belgium is the supplier to Tomorrowland, the worlds biggest electronic music festival. DAC Italy sponsors local sporting events. This is an opportunity to create brand awareness and to build healthy communities through sport. Events include the Flero Junior Tournament (Sept 2018) and Maclodio Night Tournament (June 2019). Bidfood Europe works closely with the local Food Bank entity in each country. The food surpluses from various locations throughout the country are donated to the regional Food Banks. These products are still good for consumption, which means that the Food Banks can supplement their food packages. In this way Bidfood not only contributes to ghting poverty, but also to combating food waste. Consistency in sustainability activities have been achieved across our European geographies. Paperless Logistics introduced to Bidfood Iberia. DAC Italy have implemented paperless delivery planning and paperless picking resulting in 23% paper saved. Bidfood Czech Republic and Slovakia are engaged to identify and step-in to assist in various areas of need. Czech Republic has adopted the national “Lunches4Kids” project, ensuring children from low-income homes receive lling, nutritional meals in their school canteens. Cultural support is also an area of focus with the Czech business proudly being a long-time partner of the National Theatre in Prague. Bidfood Czech, in the interests of embracing the multi-cultural and lingual European environment, have engaged weekly one-on-one English language lessons, for their staff. Bidfood Europe has committed to making packaging in foodservice more sustainable, developing ambitious goals to reduce packaging and make packaging within the foodservice industry more sustainable. Bidfood Netherlands has started to adjust their own brand products to a recyclable and reusable packaging. They have also chosen to approach packaging to ensure that its t-for-purpose. Packaging’s main function is in transport, therefore the opportunity is presented to optimise packaging in terms of functionality and suitability, with sustainability in mind. Bid Corporation Limited Annual integrated report 2019 / 47 Divisional review