Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare

Our Commitment

Animal welfare

At Lidl GB, we are committed to protecting animal welfare, so we work hard to ensure that all animals in our supply chain live a good life.

Through our partners such as The Red Tractor and RSPCA Assured alongside animal welfare focussed NGO's, we have specialised contacts placed throughout the industry that can help advise and help action continuous improvement.

We have also created strong supplier relationships through our lean buying practices and by championing British farming, we are able to provide product with leading-welfare standards, at an affordable price.

To learn more about our dairy supply chain, and how we manage animal welfare alongside our supplying farmers, please click here.

 

The Five Freedoms

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five freedoms video

Emma Baxter, Senior Researcher from Scotland’s Rural College, explores each of ‘The Five Freedoms’ and what they mean to the animals within our supply chain:

Our approach

Eggs

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updated eggs table

*Figures based on number of shell eggs sold

**The covid-19 pandemic caused unique and significant challenges for the egg sector. Impacts such as the closure of the hospitality sector, the rise of home baking during periods of lockdown and challenges relating to the labour market disrupted supply chain forecasts within the industry. Lidl worked hard with its supply case during this period to keep its shelves stocked with high quality eggs at competitive prices, ensuring it met customer demand throughout this unprecedented period. Due to these unforeseen circumstances Lidl is reporting an increase in the proportion of enriched caged-eggs versus cage-free eggs in FY20/21 in comparison with FY 19/20. Despite this, Lidl is engaging closely with its supply base on the conversion to 100% cage-free eggs by 2025 and remains committed to achieving this goal. 

CrueltyFree

 

Leaping Bunny

Lidl GB believes that cosmetic and household products should be cruelty free. We are proud to be Leaping Bunny approved. A global programme, Leaping Bunny requires cruelty free standards over and above legal requirements.

All of our own brand cosmetic and household products are approved under the Cruelty Free International Leaping Bunny programme, the internationally recognisable gold standard for cruelty free products. We adhere to a fixed cut-off date policy and proactively monitor our suppliers to ensure that our products continue to adhere to the Leaping Bunny criteria through our supplier monitoring system which is independently audited.

For more information about Cruelty Free International, Leaping Bunny and Leaping Bunny criteria, please visit http://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org.

Our goals

  

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Our partners

Through our partners such as The Red Tractor and RSPCA Assured alongside animal welfare focussed NGOs, we have specialised contacts placed throughout the industry that can help advise and help action continuous improvement.

We have created strong supplier relationships through our lean buying practices and by championing British farming, meaning that we are able to provide product with leading-welfare standards, at an affordable price.