Among various other measures that we use to fulfill our human rights due diligence, we use HRIA very selectively and see it as a tool to implement continuous improvements into supply chains. However, we have not committed publicly to a fixed number of HRIA per year like other competitors, because we do not see the benefit of public pressure in this regard. We cannot foresee over the years, how many HRIA are useful for us to conduct. In addition, we do not per se want to publish the results as public pressure might influence internal as well as supply chain transparency during the conduction of a HRIA.

In our Fairness Guideline, we outline our risk analysis approach: As part of its sustainability strategy process, REWE Group updates its risk assessments annually and records the negative impacts of its business activities in its supply chains. It analyses the impact of its supply chains on human rights, both across product ranges and on a commodity-specific basis. These analyses include human rights risks such as child labour, forced labour, discrimination, prohibitions of association and a lack of right to collective bargaining, poor occupational safety, overtime as well as no living income....

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