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Interview with a sustainability manager

Interview with a sustainability manager. by Anna-Lena, Julia and Emily. Index. Sustainability in general Interview with Mrs. Louise Dearnley Sustainability at METRO Cash & Carry (MCC) METRO - Saving the planet Outcome. Sustainability in general. Definition:

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Interview with a sustainability manager

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  1. Interview with a sustainability manager by Anna-Lena, Julia and Emily

  2. Index • Sustainability in general • Interview with Mrs. Louise Dearnley • Sustainability at METRO Cash & Carry (MCC) • METRO - Saving the planet • Outcome

  3. Sustainability in general Definition: People are sustainable if they care about • social • economic • environmental aspects to make sure that future generations can have a good life.

  4. Interview with Louise Darnley 1. What does a sustainability manager have to do?  A: -fact finding -research -give presentations -communication between customers and other counterparties

  5. Interview 2. How do you make sure that the customers know that you work sustainably? A: -internet -communicate with them -brochures -labels -Metro post → advertisement

  6. Interview 3. How do you make sure that everybody at METRO Group works sustainably?  A: -visiting our partners  -testing their work 4. How do you know that there is no forced labour? A: -can’t be totally sure -but: we offer acceptable wages 5. How many people are working for the sustainability management in your company? A: -ten to twelve people fulltime are working in Germany +many engineers at METRO.

  7. Sustainability at MCC Quelle: http://www.metrogroup.de/multimedia/WindowTools/html/Image.jpg

  8. Sustainability at MCC Situation now: • produce waste • Use a lot of energy Situation in future: • Energy: -use renewable energy resources -reducing energy • Waste: -recycling

  9. Sustainability at MCC • 50,000 products 10% are sustainable (Bio-products, energy-saving light bulbs, …) • problem: swine flu & economic crisis → 15% out of work

  10. METRO - Saving the planet • Too much energy needed to feed our demands • Consumer pressure →plan: differences through small steps

  11. Saving the planet • Example: New Look Fashion store in UK →producer doesn‘t get much money Fair wages at METRO

  12. Outcome • she was honest telling us that there are problems • she could answer questions comprehensibly • she gave us a lot of information about the sustainability strategy of METRO

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