We are convinced that entrepreneurial success can only last in harmony with respect for human rights and environmental standards. We therefore take our corporate responsibility to respect human rights and environmental standards seriously.  Through a risk-based management approach, human rights as well as environmental risks can be identified, addressed through appropriate preventive measures and, if a risk occurs, corrected through appropriate remedial action.

Despite our efforts, the diversity of our business activities and our complex international supply chains can mean that social and environmental risks are not identified in good time and lead to grievances. In order to fulfill our corporate duty of care in these cases as well, we have established several reporting channels through which indications of violations of human rights or environmental obligations or risks in this regard can be reported to us.

In our current Human Rights Progress Report 2025, we report on our progress in implementing our human rights policy.

We have drawn up a declaration of principles in which we commit to respecting human rights and environmental standards in all areas of our business activities. The contents of the policy statement describe our position and approach to dealing with environmental and human rights risks.

Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG has outlined its values for merchandise purchasing in various purchasing policies and position papers.

The individual Lidl national companies also formulate their own positions on sustainability topics in national position papers and purchasing policies. In doing so, they are guided by the international approach on which the following papers are based. Corresponding documents are published on the websites of the Lidl national companies.

The defined strategies and practices form the basis for the purchase of merchandise and the selection and evaluation of our merchandise suppliers in international purchasing and the purchasing departments of our respective national companies.