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Our ESG Policies
Everyday Supermarket Nigeria Limited recognizes that global sustainability challenges, including but not limited to climate change, pollution, health & safety, human rights & community impacts are of critical importance, to our long-term success.

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL & GOVERNANCE POLICY

 

Everyday Supermarket Nigeria Limited recognizes that global sustainability challenges, including but not limited to climate change, pollution, health & safety, human rights & community impacts are of critical importance, to our long-term success. Therefore, we are committed to  conducting our businesses thoughtfully and responsibly, to prevent pollution and safeguard the natural and social environment. As such we shall maintain Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) programs that foster a sustainable workplace, protect the environment, conserve energy, manage waste, and minimize our consumption of natural resources. To fulfil the policy’s commitments, we will implement our Environmental and Social Management Systems (ESMS) for effective identification, assessment, management and monitoring of ESG risks and opportunities in our business operations.

 

Purpose

This Policy outlines our approach to integrating ESG considerations into our business strategy and decision-making, including the governance and oversight of our internal practices. We aspire to become a regenerative company—helping to renew people and the planet through our business. Therefore, our strategy is to address environmental and societal issues in ways that create long-term value for our business and shareholders through delivering value to our customers, creating economic opportunities for suppliers, strengthening local communities and enhancing the environmental and social sustainability of our business and product supply chains. This is because we know that addressing such societal needs builds the value of our business by extending our license to operate, building customer and associate trust, creating new revenue streams, managing cost and risk, building capabilities for future advantage and strengthening the underlying systems we all rely on.

 

Objectives and Scope

Guiding operational principles are essential for ingraining ESG into our operations and they reflect in the outcomes of our operations. Hence, we aim to ensure that ESG factors are incorporated into our operations and management decision-making in a meaningful and effective way. This means in practice that we shall seek to:

1)  Ensure that ESG risk assessments are integrated into our business operations;

2)  Measure, track and analyse our environmental and social impact across our branches.

3)  Reduce our impact on the local environment, including reducing our energy, carbon, water and waste footprint in our operations and across our global value chain. Reduce the carbon footprint of our operations;

4)  Respect and support fundamental human rights for all people across the value chain, including combatting all forms of human trafficking.

5)  Offer the equal opportunity to all in employment, training, development and advancement

6)  Continuously evaluate and minimize, where possible and practicable, adverse impacts of our operations on the environment, workers and all stakeholders;

7)  Interact with our stakeholders in an inclusive and relationship-building manner and commit to transparency and disclosure to our stakeholders.

This Policy applies to all our employees and retail tenants. We will exert an appropriate level of influence and control over our suppliers to ensure full compliance with this policy which in turn will increase their ability to bring positive change in their operations and business relationships. The Managing Director has the oversight of the policy while the E&S Manager with the support of the branch managers will oversee the day-to-day enforcement and implementation of the policy

 

Principles and Commitments

To meet our long-term environmental commitments, we shall:

  • Conduct our operations in compliance with all applicable national legal regulations and permitting requirements.
  • Follow  good  international  industry  practice  (GIIP)  and  where  relevant,  incorporate  the requirements of applicable international and national best-practice standards in its operations. The standards and guidelines include but are not limited to the IFC Performance Standards, and applicable National E&S Legislations;
  • Integrate ESG risk assessments into our operations to identify and evaluate environmental and social risks and impacts and incorporate the mitigation hierarchy into its management approach, seeking to avoid, and where this is not possible, minimize adverse impacts and enhance positive effects on the environment and affected stakeholders, and where appropriate compensate or off- set risks and impacts to ensure continually improve our environmental performance;
  • Develop and adopt a set key performance indicator for measuring and monitoring the ESG performance of our operations and that of our partners;
  • Communicate and promote awareness, accountability, and environmental and social responsibility among employees, customers, partners, suppliers as well as government, the public, and other stakeholders;
  • Provide  clearly  defined  roles  and  responsibilities,  training,  communication  systems  and participation opportunities to promote effective engagement of employees at all levels.
  • Provide mechanisms for employees and other stakeholders to  express concerns and make suggestions about our activities and practices and act in a transparent and accountable manner to address and respond to concerns and feedback; 
  • Minimize the generation of waste products and ensure that disposal of waste is conducted in a safe and environmentally sound manner;
  • Develop and implement procedures to prevent emergencies from arising, and to prepare for and respond to emergencies that cannot be prevented;
  • Establish measurable objectives and targets for environmental and social performance to strive for continuous improvement;
  • Enshrine the respect for human rights and adherence to fair labour practices such as applying the principles of fair treatment, non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees by complying with the International Labour Organisation Fundamental Labour Conventions and the UN Declaration of Human Rights;
  • Promote the adoption of sustainable supply chain practices by ensuring that our sourcing activities are done following global best standards;
  • Enshrine integrity, honesty, and fairness into its activities by adhering to the principles of good corporate governance and carrying out our activities with zero tolerance for bribery, corruption and unethical behaviour in accordance with local laws where we operate;
  • keep our stakeholders appropriately engaged on issues and periodically provide E&S performance information on our business operations.

 

Continuous Improvement and Communication of the Policy

Everyday is committed to the continuous improvement of its ESGMS. Consequently, this policy and the associated management system will be reviewed annually for improvement in response to changes in internal processes, in alignment with national and international best practice requirements, and recommended to the executive management for approval.

To ensure an all-inclusive adoption and implementation of this Policy, it will be communicated to all employees, third party workers, our retail tenants, partners, investors and supply chains, with an abridged version displayed on the Everyday website to communicate our ESG commitments to other stakeholders and the public.

 


Sachin Gupta


Managing Director Everyday Supermarket