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page 18 OLOUCARL SPOURCOINDGUCTS Lidl Ireland/Northern Ireland | Sustainability Progress Report 2018/19 WORKING WITH LOCAL SUPPLIERS AND DEVELOPING LONG-TERM, MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS IS A CORE PART OF OUR BUSINESS MODEL. OUR RESEARCH SHOWS THAT BUYING FROM LOCAL SUPPLIERS IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO OUR CUSTOMERS. SOURCING LOCALLY ENABLES US TO BUILD CLOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR SUPPLIERS, HELPING TO SECURE OUR SUPPLY CHAINS AND SOURCE THE FRESHEST QUALITY PRODUCTS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. We work closely with a diverse range of local suppliers - 225 in Ireland and 50 in Northern Ireland. Many of these suppliers export to Lidl supermarkets in Europe and the United States, providing the opportunity for suppliers to grow their exports into other markets. We also employ a diverse range of local contractors from general maintenance contractors to specialist refrigeration engineers. They install our fire alarms, service our heating systems, repair our automatic entrance doors and keep our ovens baking. We rely on these suppliers to ensure we maintain our stores and warehouses to the highest standards each day. We also employ hundreds of people through construction companies to build our stores Local Beef, Lamb, Pork, Chicken and Duck As part of our ongoing programme to source locally, 100% of our fresh beef, lamb, pork, chicken and duck is sourced on the island of Ireland and is Bord Bia Quality Assured, Northern Ireland Farm Quality Assured or Red Tractor Assured. Beef and lamb that are Bord Bia Quality Assured are also carbon footprinted under the Sustainable Beef and Lamb Assurance Scheme (SBLAS). Local Fruit and Vegetables Where possible we source locally but our customers want to be provided with a wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables all year round, that often don’t grow in Ireland. As such we need to source further afield to respond to customer demand. When sourced in Ireland, our fruit and vegetables are certified to the Bord Bia Sustainable Horticulture Assurance Scheme (SHAS). Alternatively our imported products are certified by the GLOBALG.A.P. Fruit and Vegetable standards. Customer and Society and distribution centres. 37% of fruit and vegetables are sourced locally* * Figures for Ireland at financial year end. Resources and Agriculture Of our permanently listed products Local suppliers 225 50 Over €1 billion worth of produce sourced in 2018 Agricultural Inputs Cultivation & Harvesting Animal Keeping Production Processing Transportation Logistics Centre Transportation Stores and Services Purchase Usage Disposal 90% own-brand 10% branded Supply Chain and Processing Operations and Processes IRELAND NORTHERN IRELAND