At the heart of the
socially conscious
food transition
ANNUAL REPORT 2021
The Carrefour Foundation
at a glance
21 years
21 ans
d’existence et plus de
of existence and more than
1 100
1,100
projets soutenus
projects supported
depuis 2000
since 2000
3
programmes
• Sustainable and socially
conscious agriculture
• Solidarity-based anti-waste
• Citizen engagement
1 mission
of general interest:
socially conscious
food transition
More than €3.8 M
invested outside France
since the outbreak of the
Covid-19 pandemic
72 projects
supported in 2021
(57 in France
and 15 abroad)
€6.75 M
annual endowment
in 2021
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Foreword
Alexandre BOMPARD,
President of the Carrefour Foundation,
President and CEO
of Carrefour Group.
Sincere commitment
to all populations
2021 was a busy year for the Carrefour Foundation. Reflecting the Group’s
raison d’être – the food transition for all –, the Carrefour Foundation supported
a great many projects covering all areas of social and environmental commitment
and a wide variety of beneficiaries. You will find many examples of this in this
annual report. The Carrefour Foundation has also paid particular attention to
young people, who were especially affected by the impact of the Covid-19.
Finally, in 2022, from the earliest days of the conflict in Ukraine, the Founda-
tion mobilised to provide aid to Ukrainian refugees in Poland and in Romania,
countries where Carrefour operates.
This steadfast commitment from the Carrefour Foundation is fully in line with
the values of responsibility and solidarity that the Carrefour Group advocates.
To promote these values even more strongly, I decided to create a Commitment
Department, positioned at the highest level of our Group’s governance. It brings
together sustainable development, diversity, inclusion and solidarity in a single
department. The Carrefour Foundation is a full part of this department and as
such will continue to ambitiously pursue its actions in the years to come.
The other members of the Board of Directors: Cláudia Almeida E Silva, Managing
Partner of Singularity Capital, Advisor to the Startup Lisboa incubator and Independent
Director on the Groupe Carrefour Board of Directors; Charles Hufnagel, Executive
Director Communication for the Group and France; Christine Graffard, Director of
Projects at Voyageurs du Monde; Caroline Robert, Head of the Dermatology Department
at the Gustave Roussy Institute and member of the Carrefour Group’s Food Advisory
Committee; Martine Saint-Cricq, Employee representative; Benoît Soury, Organic
Market Director and Director of Proximity for France; Charles-Édouard Vincent,
Founder of Lulu Dans Ma Rue.
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At the heart of the
food transition
Established in 2000, the Carrefour Foundation is driven by a general
interest mission: to act in favour of the food transition in France
and worldwide. The socially-conscious economy-based ecosystem
in which we evolve every day brings us closer to our NGO partners
and teams on the ground to jointly build responsible and socially
conscious projects.
Our global footprint in 2021
Poland
Romania
Belgium
France
Spain
Italy
Taiwan
Egypt
Argentina
Brazil
Integrated countries
Franchise countries
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About our
3 programmes
Citizen engagement
We support medical research that
investigates our relationship with
a healthy, balanced diet and its health
benefits. We also wish to make it easier
for everyone - citizens, non-profits
and institutions - to get involved
in this cause that we all have in
common: the socially conscious
food transition.
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more on this programme
11
projects including
3 outside France
(15% of all projects
supported in 2021)
37
projects including
9 outside France
(52% of all projects
supported in 2021)
24
projects including
3 outside France
(33% of all projects
supported in 2021)
Sustainable and
socially-conscious
agriculture
We support agricultural sectors and
food production NGOs in transitioning
to more sustainable models – such as
organic farming and agro-ecology –
to contribute to the future of farm
production. To help farmers rise to
the challenge of creating a food
transition that is accessible to all,
we support their upscaling and training
projects. Professional integration and
reconnecting city dwellers to the land
also drive our action.
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Solidarity-based anti-waste
With 1.3 billion tonnes of food discarded every year worldwide, according to
the FAO, it has become imperative to support charitable initiatives “from pitch fork
to table fork”. Through our actions, we help to foster new forms of consumption
to reduce food and non-food waste. In our view, this can also go hand-in-hand with
the fight against food insecurity, by supporting the NGOs which help disadvantaged
populations adopt consumption patterns that are better for them and for the environment.
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FRANCE
SUSTAINABLE AND SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS AGRICULTURE
Feeding your neighbour:
a meaningful
endeavour
The Apprentis d’Auteuil Foundation helps
young people in difficulty, particularly
by promoting the entry into working life
of 16-30 year olds. Four of its schemes,
focusing on “agro-ecological market
gardening”, have been supported since 2021
by the Carrefour Foundation.
Three questions to Lou Poisson,
Corporate Patronage officer at Apprentis d’Auteuil.
What are the specificities of the Apprentis
d’Auteuil Foundation?
Lou Poisson — First of all, it is a historical Foundation,
registered as being of public utility for more than 155 years.
Its initiatives in favour of young people and their families
can be broken down into four missions: support,
education, training and integration. We help 6,000
families and 30,000 young people in France, through
300 establishments and facilities throughout the country.
Since its inception, Apprentis d’Auteuil has provided
training in horticulture and market gardening to educate
young people who are excluded from the labour market
in a tangible and rewarding profession.
How do these activities help the young people
you train get into work?
L. P. — They allow these young people in difficulty to
quickly obtain a first level of qualification and improve
their employability in just a few months, in a sector that
is short of manpower: agriculture. 70% of the apprentices
in our SKOLA winegrower training scheme find a job
in the year following their course. The support of
the Carrefour Foundation in 2021 saw two examples
of this pragmatism.
On the one hand, the funding was used to improve our
equipment, develop our production capacities and
expand our teams. On the other hand, the Carrefour
stores near our training centres could, in the long term,
offer an outlet for our products, and job opportunities
for our young people.
Particularly since you have also focussed
your training programmes on organic farming
and short supply chains...
L. P. — Our ambition is to contribute to the training of
a new generation of farmers who are aware of the need
to care for the environment and who favour the local
sale of their products. All our young people in training
are proud to learn noble, rewarding and meaningful
professions: feeding their “neighbour”.
Solid roots at the heart of communities
The four projects supported by the Carrefour Foundation
are all perfectly integrated into the local economy:
• Market gardening training course at the Grasse Vocational
Training Centre in the Alpes-Maritimes department.
• Development of the training sector in the Saint-François
La Cadène agricultural college in Labège,
in Haute-Garonne.
• Winegrower training in the Médoc area.
• Creation of a community vegetable garden in Saint-Julien-
de-Concelles, Loire-Atlantique.
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FRANCE
SUSTAINABLE AND SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS AGRICULTURE
Raising ecological awareness
at an early age
We followed a visit to a vegetable garden
by a class of top junior primary school
pupils from Bobigny, in Seine Saint-Denis.
What a delight to see the expressions of
wonder on the faces of inner city children,
immersed in a world they discover little
by little: fruit and vegetable growing!
Witness this 200 m² plot in the heart of the tree-lined
inner city estate of l’Abreuvoir (“the trough”), which
appears to be a predestined name. For the past three
years, Manuel Martinez has been going there every two
weeks with his pupils. What’s on the “menu” today?
“We’re sowing peas,” says the teacher. The children, most
of whom live in flats, are enthusiastic and attentive.
This is a serious matter! “The visits are prepared in
advance by the members of the charity La SAUGE
(see right). Their project, ‘From Seed to Plate’, is part of
the biology and Moral and Civic Education chapters
of the CM2 curriculum. And what a success!”
When we ask Manuel to tell us about his best memories,
the images rush through his head: “the afternoon snack
of cherry tomatoes and lettuce at the end of the school
year in 2021, one of my pupils asking his parents for a
vegetable garden as a birthday present, the children
tasting a compote that is still a little warm, that they
have just cooked themselves with fruit that is a little too
ripe collected by La SAUGE.” Because the association’s
educational project extends far beyond the upkeep of
a vegetable garden. “With my pupils, we discuss topics
such as waste sorting, reusing peelings as compost,
the benefits of a balanced diet, or the water you need to
grow the cotton that goes to make the jeans they wear”.
Our teacher admits that he too has learned a lot in
the past three years! “Since I’m fortunate enough to
have a patch of garden at home, I’ve put my new-found
knowledge into practice,” he says with a smile. The city’s
vegetable garden is beginning to gain notoriety.
La SAUGE is patient. The curiosity and knowledge it
sows in the minds of the children and those around
them is beginning to bear fruit.
343 pupils
benefited from
the programme
“De la Graine à l’Assiette”
in France in 2021
Budding farmers!
Launched in 2019, the programme “From Seed to Plate”
(De la Graine à l’Assiette) has been piloted in three schools
in Seine Saint Denis. Its aim is to provide pupils with basic
knowledge about agriculture and to raise their awareness
of ecology more widely in order to encourage sustainable
behaviour, and even to encourage vocations, and to create
a real vegetable garden with them! To date, 16 classes
and 343 children from CM1, CM2 and 6e year groups
(9 – 12 years of age) have benefited from this programme
which takes place during school time, with a 90-minute
session every two weeks, spread out over the year and
exploring a different theme each term: “respect the earth,
it can do everything”, “nothing is thrown away, everything
is transformed”, “think of tomorrow, cultivate your garden”.
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A third-party trust broker
“The Communist regime and its command economy
disappeared in 1989, but some of its effects still remain
in rural communities, notably a lack of trust between
neighbours,” says Romeo Vasilache, FDAgri’s executive
director. “We support organisations that bring vegetable
farms together to pool their resources and harvests,
which is the key condition to achieving economies
of scale and gaining access to large markets like
supermarkets and logistics platforms.”
The four organisations supported by FDAgri in its first
full year of activity help farms in capacity building and
production: paying the wages of the food hub’s manager
or providing training and consultancy in sowing,
fertilisation, crop treatment, harvesting and crop
selection. “Our programmes run for three or four years,
after which the results must have produced enough
return on investment to encourage the famers to
continue with their social enterprise or cooperative,”
adds Romeo Vasilache.
“We are also planning to leverage non-financial support
from our donors such as advice on building a business
plan or applying for quality certification, or visits to farms
by Carrefour buyers.”
Organisations supported by FDAgri in 2021
• Civitas Foundation – Transylvania (north-western Romania)
– Food hub - Start-up support phase –
25 farms supported.
• CMSC Foundation – Moldova region (north-east) –
Food hub – Start-up support phase - 15-20 farms.
• Synerb Association – Timis County (west) – 2 cooperatives
(1 existing, 1 green field) – Start-up support phase –
15 farms.
• PACT Foundation – South Romania – Food hub – Initiative
Group / Planning phase – Target 20 farms.
ROMANIA
SUSTAINABLE AND SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS AGRICULTURE
Collective impact,
growing together
The Foundation for the Agriculture
Development (FDAgri) provided project
incubation funds in 2021 to help small
vegetable farms in Romania harness their
untapped potential.
The Romanian agricultural sector is fragmented and
polarised: 48% of land is farmed by 0.4% of high-
resource farm enterprises, and 12% by more than 72%
of ‘subsistence’ farmers. Between these segments lies a
middle class of farms that are economically active but
lack the resources and know-how to be more profitable
and capable of contributing more to their communities.
This is the target of the Carrefour Foundation’s aid
which began in 2021.
The independent Foundation for the Development
of Agriculture (FDAgri) raises and distributes funds
from the Carrefour Foundation and other philanthropic
partners. Following the precepts of the collective
impact model, FDAgri subsidises handpicked NGOs
that form two types of entrepreneurial grouping: farm
cooperatives and food hubs (or social enterprises),
which are intermedy structures that facilitate the access
of the farmers’ products to retail channels.
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FRANCE
SOLIDARITY-BASED ANTI-WASTE
Learning
to avoid waste
The Network of Second Opportunity Schools
(Réseau des Écoles de la 2e Chance –
Réseau E2C), with its 54 members who
manage 139 school sites, each year
provides more than 15,000 young people
excluded from the labour market with a
structural training and support solution,
lasting an average of 6 months.
Based on an intensive course, the E2C approach
combines learning and skills development, work-study
courses, and individualised support. This “curriculum”
combines a skills-based approach with the discovery of
occupations, with the aim of helping each young person
develop a concrete and achievable career plan.
Getting remote training
in preventing food waste
The COVID crisis brought to light the value of distance
learning when one’s mobility is restricted, for whatever
reason: whether it be lockdown or a rural setting that
is a long way from learning centres. The E2C network
devised a MOOC on the theme of food waste.
This project is a perfect example of the approach
to integrating Open and Distance Learning (ODL) into
the E2C educational process. The Carrefour Foundation
was impressed by this innovation and from 2022 will
support the deployment of a call for projects aimed
at E2Cs to develop new educational initiatives on
the theme of “healthy eating”. About ten projects will be
financed. All good ideas are welcome!
In 2021,
500 Carrefour
stores
welcomed 1,800 trainees
from the E2C France
network
Fellow travellers
As leading lights in the field of educational innovation,
the E2C offer each “second chancer” an opportunity to be
guided and supported on the path to employment.
Their action is based on three pillars:
• A training programme entirely tailored to the needs of the
trainee, founded on a skill-based educational approach;
• The discovery of life in a company, on a block release
basis, designed with the trainee, allowing them to imagine,
test and consolidate their career plan;
• Individual support, at all the steps in the trainee’s process,
aiming to solve any peripheral issues and build a relationship
of trust between the young person and “their” school.
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about the 139 schools of
the “Réseau E2C” in France
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How does SOLAAL act in this area?
A. D. — We promote donations by farmers and charitable
gleaning on farms. We provide the logistical engineering
and we track the donation. We have even developed
a free smartphone application that allows farmers to
organise the collection of their unsold produce in less
than two minutes! We have also obtained a specific tax
regime from the Government that takes into account
the cost of producing unsold food for donors.
Finally, we benefit from Carrefour’s transport logistics
throughout the community. This is essential, particularly
for the transport of fresh produce. In 2021, we collected
3,660 tons, the equivalent of more than 7.3 million meals!
What are SOLAAL’s priorities
in the coming years?
A. D. — To make ourselves known to all farmers in France,
increase our presence throughout France, and clearly
regulate post-harvest gleaning. I am very enthusiastic
and optimistic about the future. Farmers and all
the players in the sector are becoming increasingly
aware of their social responsibility.
Carrefour transports Solaal
The Carrefour Foundation has supported SOLAAL since
the charity was founded in 2013. In 2021, 28 tonnes of fruit
and vegetables were transported by Carrefour Supply
Chain’s regional teams to 16 charities in the country.
In total, nearly 3,601 kilometres were covered (21 deliveries)
to help nine donors.
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SOLAAL
in 2021
3 660 tonnes of products donated
to national food banks in 2021.
70 charity gleaning operations
in favour of food aid.
9 national offices.
FRANCE
SOLIDARITY-BASED ANTI-WASTE
The equivalent of
more than 7 million
meals every year
Founded in 2013, SOLAAL is a registered
charity that facilitates connections between
donors of unsold food from the agricultural
and food sectors, and food banks.
Angélique Delahaye,
market gardener and chairwoman
of the charity, tells us more.
Why can’t French farms sell all their harvest
on the market?
Angélique Delahaye — There are many reasons for this:
products that do not comply with buyers’ specifications,
imbalance between supply and demand in the event of
a production surplus, for example, the influence of the
weather on the consumption of a particular product, etc.
This “waste” varies from one agricultural sector to another
and from one farm to another. As a relative proportion
of production, it is not huge. On my market garden farm,
it is around 2 to 3% on average. What is important
is that in absolute terms, on the scale of our country,
these unsold products represent millions of tonnes of
various foodstuffs, which could potentially contribute
greatly to tackling the surge in food insecurity in France!
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FRANCE
CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
Promoting
transparency
Incubated within the “Les Ambitieuses
Tech for Good” programme by La Ruche
Développement which supports female
entrepreneurship, the agency Maïom,
founded by Marion Rocher, deciphers the
eco-responsibility of restaurants’ offerings.
The origins, composition, nutritional qualities and
environmental impact of food products, which today
appear on most products, could soon also be displayed
on restaurant tables. “A growing number of consumers
want to know if they are eating healthily and responsibly”,
says Marion Rocher. “Maïom has developed Kalia,
an application that allows restaurant owners to identify
the eco-responsibility of their offering, develop healthy
and environmentally friendly recipes and share their menu
online, with details of the impact of the dishes they offer.”
Nudging restaurants and their customers
towards healthy and sustainable eating
Based on an extremely well-filled database, “which includes
nutritional data and the new Eco-Score for ingredients”,
the solution, available on subscription at €15 per month,
measures the environmental, nutritional and financial
impacts of the meals prepared and passes them on
to customers through an online map. “Today, we know
how to determine the average carbon footprint of all
types of food according to where and how it is produced.
This transparency leads everyone to change their practices
towards healthier and more sustainable food.”
La Ruche spreads its wings
In 2022, the incubator is seeking to extend its reach by
drawing on the support of numerous regional partners
(schools, technology parks, incubators). This network
enables the association to meet female entrepreneurs all
over France and to run the “Les Ambitieuses Tech for
Good” programme in French regions through workshops
to raise FoodTech awareness among different profiles of
women (students, young workers, etc.).
A ”beehive” buzzing with good advice
Marion was supported by the programme
“Les Ambitieuses Tech for Good” run by La Ruche
Développement (the development beehive), which
encourages female entrepreneurship. In France, women
represent only 9% of the entrepreneurs in the association’s
new ramp-up programmes. These “Ambitious Women”,
supported by numerous partners, including the Carrefour
Foundation, can thus confidently pursue the development
of their projects focused on the future and the food
transition. In the near future, the young entrepreneur
can see herself coaching women in entrepreneurship.
Like cooking, sustainable practices are all about
transmission!
In figures
18 Tech For Good female
entrepreneurs supported since 2020.
83% of the start-ups incubated
over the last 3 years in the
“Les Ambitieuses Tech for Good”
still exist today.
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FRANCE
CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
Hearts and minds
Showing ever greater responsibility. Such is the ambition of the Restos du Coeur, which
have been providing food aid to the most disadvantaged for nearly 40 years. This photo
report offers a glimpse of the charity’s supply, transport and distribution, but also
consumption.
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Supply
You all right, hen?”
“Ça va, ma poule?” was one of the favourite
sayings that Coluche, the founder of the “Restos”,
would use to greet his friends. The birds that
supply the charity with their eggs would
undoubtedly reply that they are fine!
No more eggs from cage-reared hens!
The Restos are attentive to animal welfare
and the quality of the products they distribute.
They also take care to diversify them.
Transport
Shorter, less polluting
Short supply chains and local producers are
now the preferred option. The commercial
vehicles transporting the foodstuffs to
the Restos’ 1923 distribution centres are
gradually being replaced by less polluting
vehicles to reduce carbon footprint.
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Distribution
100% bio-sourced tableware
2021 was the year in which plastic tableware
was replaced by 100% biobased tableware
– produced from cardboard, cane fibre
and wood – when distributing meals for
consumption by “street people”, for whom
disposable tableware is a legal requirement.
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Consumption
Well-informed active consumers!
Eating is good, eating healthy is even better!
The Restos work to promote a balanced diet
for all and in 2021 provided people they
received in the centres with a recipe book to
help them compose their meals and to cook
all the products distributed simply, following
the pictograms!
No stopping us now!
The Carrefour Foundation has been supporting
the “Restos” for the past 10 years and has been
accompanying the charity on the path to more
ethical and responsible food. The global approach
undertaken by the two partners will continue in
2022, encouraged by the rapid and noteworthy
results observed last year.
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on the process of transformation
of the food support model
of Restos du Coeur
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EGYPT
CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
Eating healthily - and eating enough
This vast “better eating” operation was largely based on
regular donations of unsold food from the city’s Carrefour
shops, where 120 young girls and boys also benefited
from work placements. Enthralled by the atmosphere,
the tasks entrusted to them and the quality of the human
contacts, they enjoyed a remarkable and promising
experience of professional and social integration. In my
mind, one image encapsulates and illustrates the work
we do in Cairo: it was when a child chose to buy some
fruit with the few Egyptian pounds he had left in his
pocket. That’s the best reward you could hope for!”
Uniting forces
The collaboration with SSIEG was made possible by
the dedication of franchise partner Carrefour Egypt
(Majid Al Futtaim), along with the Carrefour Foundation,
the Sawiris Foundation and other project stakeholders,
including the Egyptian government. The eight shelters
and two youth day care centres are actively involved
in the “better eating” programme for street children.
120 work
placement
vacancies
in Carrefour Egypt stores
were all filled.
Géraldine Tawfik is the representative
of the NGO Samusocial International
in Egypt, which comes to the aid of “street
children” in the huge Cairo metropolis.
She shares her experience.
“Despite the considerable social policies implemented
by the city, more than 15,000 children in Cairo live on
the streets, alone or with their families. With the support
of the Sawiris Foundation and the Carrefour Foundation,
Samusocial International Egypt (SSIEG) is developing
an ambitious programme to improve the living conditions
of these children and teenagers. Medical care is provided
in clinics that we have contributed to refurbishing.
We provide them with psychological, educational and
legal assistance and also sports activities. Thanks to
the support of the Carrefour Foundation, last year we
enabled 1,700 of these children to have enough to eat,
but also to eat healthily. This is an essential part of
our mission. Most of these boys and girls suffer from
malnutrition, anaemia, obesity or diabetes. A nutritionist
has been recruited to set up a diet adapted to the needs
of each of the children in the eight residential shelters
and the two day care centres. The homeless children
also benefited from healthy meals distributed during the
outreach activities carried out by the SSIEG team.
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A call for projects to fight
student food insecurity...
Faced with numerous requests from student associations anxious to address
the food insecurity of students, the Carrefour Foundation launched the “Students
& Food Innovation” (Etudiants & Innovation Alimentaire) call for projects to meet
the needs of this population as effectively as possible. Open to associations
in mainland France and the French overseas territories, ten projects have been
selected, each receiving €30,000. Here are some examples.
L quipage
Unis Cit
Le RECHO
Since November 2020, the socially
responsible and inclusive restaurant
“La Table du RECHO” has been distributing
dishes cooked by a team of trainee refugee
cooks to several partner student structures
(universities, residences, associations, etc.).
The RECHO’s kitchens ensure that they
are supplied with products that respect
the living world and the environment, for
example, a responsible production chain,
organic and local products.
Contribution to the project
Solidaire
Since March 2021, the digital platform for
free and charitable deliveries “Delivr’aide”
allows students to benefit from free food
baskets containing food staples. The project
is committed to fighting food waste by
recovering unsold or non-standard food
from several local traders and producers.
Contribution to the project
• Extending the application to several
major French cities.
• Purchase of an electric van for the daily
• Covering the additional operating costs
transportation and distribution
of 150 meals.
due to the growing demand for deliveries
(rental of new premises, acquisition
of new vehicles, maintenance of
the application, etc.).
Congratulations also to…
Alter’Nature, Ateliers de la Citoyenneté,
COOP’COT, ESS Club, FASEE, Les Amis
de la Presqu’île de Giens and Secours
Populaire Roubaix !
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Auvergne-
Rh ne-Alpes
From October 2021 to June 2022,
the “Food insecurity” project mobilised eight
young people on a voluntary community
service scheme to promote an inclusive
food transition among the population and
young people of the Saint-Etienne
metropolitan area. Examples of proposed
initiatives: entertaining events around
health and food, “Soup Discos” and
interactive cooking workshops.
Contribution to the project
• Support for the structuring and coordination
of the project: creation of tools, canvassing
of the local non-profit sector, payment for
support provided by the team coordinator
in charge of the eight young volunteers.
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... and another to support food transition
in local communities!
In 2021, the Carrefour Foundation and the Carmila shopping centres launched
the call for projects “Together for the food transition” (Ensemble pour la transition
alimentaire) to support local initiatives in favour of sustainable agriculture, anti-
waste and education in nutrition. Among the 60 projects submitted, 10 winners
received a €5,000 grant and the opportunity to exhibit in the nearest Carmila
shopping centre.
Sustainable
and socially-
conscious
agriculture
Saveurs et senteurs de Mayotte: giving a new lease of life to the vanilla sector in Mayotte
through agriculture that is less water-intensive and more protective of the Mahorais ecosystem.
Espace Centre: invites people who have been cut off from the labour market to take part
in food-related activities and projects in the form of an eight-week back-to-work course.
Marché paysan de Gueux: extending market days to improve visibility for local producers
and promote short supply chains.
Régie LibRT: develop a market gardening project on a 1,500 m² greenfield site and selling
affordable baskets of organic fruit and vegetables.
LPO Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: supporting farmers in voluntary initiatives to improve
the potential of their farms for biodiversity and birds.
Solidarity-
based
anti-waste
Fondation Massé-Trévidy: installation of a connected greenhouse near to a retirement home
in Finistère department, offering a chance to the residents to be involved in all the production phases.
Entreprendre pour Apprendre (Burgundy Franche-Comté): implementation of
a “mini business” project to encourage young people to create innovative solutions to combat
food waste.
Education
in nutrition
PTCE Vivre les Mureaux: creation of a community garden for the inhabitants and
beneficiaries of the association. It will implement permaculture practices and aim to develop
social ties between the inhabitants.
Mayoo: development of a recreational web application for schoolchildren to promote sustainable
and environmentally friendly food.
IMVEC: setting up of an educational social garden that offers fresh and traditional products
with the involvement of young people and individuals excluded from the labour market.
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Being there for people
One of the cornerstones of the Carrefour Foundation’s work since
it was created in 2000 is emergency aid, responding to the immediate
needs of the population and supporting relief organisations.
This year, the Carrefour Foundation provided financial support
for the purchase of basic necessities in France and in the Carrefour
Group’s integrated countries, which were still heavily impacted
by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Belgium
Romania
Financial support for schools affected
by flooding in the Liège region.
Support to the Red Cross (distribution
of emergency food products
to 16,500 families).
Argentina
Brazil
Support for two local charities
(Red Cross, Food Banks) to improve
access to healthcare for indigenous
people and provide them with emergency
food aid.
Financial support to Ação da Cidadania
for the purchase and distribution
of foodstuffs all over the country
in response to the food insecurity
exacerbated by the pandemic.
France
Support to several local NGOs involved
in the fight against food insecurity
for vulnerable populations and students
(StudHelp, On Remplit Le Frigo,
L’Auberge des Migrants, La Chorba,
Solidarités Saint-Bernard, Science
Accueil, Animafac, Collectif de Solidarité
Etudiante Lyon, HopHopFood and
Du Beurre Dans Leurs Épinards).
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Increasing our commitment
to food and its benefits
Three questions to Marie-Astrid Raoult,
Director of the Carrefour Foundation.
What were the big challenges
that the Foundation met in 2021?
Marie-Astrid Raoult — Although it was not as
unprecedented as in 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic had
a far-reaching impact on the work of NGOs worldwide.
Our first challenge was to strengthen our role as a partner.
Given their shortage of human resources and the need
to provide an immediate response to the insecurity
of their beneficiaries, we made sure to support our
non-profit partners in the development of social
innovation projects.
In addition to our usual support, our partnership with
Carmila enabled us to pursue our desire to become a
foundation working within communities. As a result,
through the call for projects Ensemble pour la transition
alimentaire (Together for the food transition),
we discovered and supported initiatives that are fully
integrated into local ecosystems.
2021 was a year that saw more help go towards
younger generations. What brought you to make
these commitments?
M.-A. R. — We know that the younger generations are
very sensitive to environmental issues and are looking
for tools to act. This is why the Carrefour Foundation
supports training and awareness-raising projects for
schoolchildren and students to encourage them to
become active players in the food transition. During
the pandemic, we also noted the unfortunate increase
in student food insecurity. To help them take their
destiny into their own hands, we set up the call for
projects Students & Food Innovation.
Emergency aid
since 2000:
€18 M
What are the main orientations
of the Carrefour Foundation in 2022?
M.-A. R. — Beyond our food transition mission,
we have decided for 2022 to focus our attention on
three cross-cutting fields of action: agriculture and its
various manifestations; the preservation of biodiversity
(soil conservation, the fight against deforestation, etc.)
and health, by strengthening our support for organisations
committed to combating food insecurity and aiming
to transform their supply and education model,
particularly education in nutrition.
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Our selection process
Identification
Active in searching for
non-profit organisations
which share the same ambitions
and a member of several
selection committees for
charitable and philanthropic
projects, our team investigates
the social innovations relating
to the Foundation’s three action
programmes. The form
“Become a partner” posted
on our website is also a source
of new partnerships.
Selection and
co-construction
Fully committed to our
missions, we work in concert
with the organisations
running the projects and
Carrefour’s local country
teams to co-construct the
most suitable support.
Meetings and discussions
take place in advance
to assess the ambition and
the impact of projects.
Funding
We make a point of studying
all requests and allocating
grants fairly to organisations,
with the validation of our
board of directors. An annual
contract is drawn up for each
of the projects selected.
Follow-up
and reporting
We accompany each of the
projects we support through
regular calls and visits during
the year of support. At the end
of the project, the partner
organisation sends us a written
report - precious feedback
for further discussions!
In parallel, thanks to our
proximity with Carrefour
teams, we help the relevant
organisations develop business
relations with the Group
(sustainable agriculture,
products made from unsold
food products, etc).
The
Carrefour Foundation’s
operational team
Laurent Vallée
General Delegate
of the Carrefour Foundation
Isabelle Rademakers
Secretary of the Board of Directors
Adeline Renat
Project manager, France
Angélique Diarra
Communications and international project manager
Marie-Astrid Raoult
Director of the Carrefour Foundation
Audrey Vanhove-Bézier
Communications and
international project intern
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Organisations supported in 2021
Sustainable
Solidarity-based
Citizen engagement
Aspace Navarra
Enfants du Désert
Espace Centre
FHRPE
Les Restos du Coeur
La Ruche
makesense
Mayoo
Samusocial International Égypte
Sport dans la Ville
Ticket for Change
Unis-Cité Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
Université Grenoble Alpes
and socially-conscious
anti-waste
Agence du Don en Nature
Alter’Nature
Andes
Banco de Alimentos
Emmaüs Défi
Entreprendre Pour Apprendre
ESS Club
FASEE
J’aime BoC’oh
L’Équipage Solidaire
Le RECHO
Les Amis de la Coop’Cot
Les Ateliers de la Citoyenneté
Les Cols Verts
Les Enfants Cuisinent
Linkee
Ordre de Malte
Refettorio Made In Cloister
Réseau E2C
Secours Populaire Roubaix
SOLAAL
Supersaludable
agriculture
ADIE
AFAUP
Apprentis d’Auteuil
Atades
Conservation International Brazil
École Supérieure d’Agricultures
Emmaüs France
Environment & Animal Society
of Taiwan
Farming for climate
Fédération Française des Banques
Alimentaires
Fondation AgroParisTech
Fondation Massé-Trévidy
Foundation Incubator Technology
Foundation for Agricultural
and Development
Hectar
IDH The Sustainable Trade Initiative
IMVEC
Instituto Internacional
de Educação do Brasil
Intelligence Verte
Interbio Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Sauge
LEGGO
Le Paysan Urbain
Les Amis de la Presqu’île de Giens
LPO Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Marché Paysan de Gueux
National Wildlife Federation
Noeux Environnement
PTCE Vivre les Mureaux
Refettorio Paris
Régie LibRT
Réseau Cocagne
Saveurs et Senteurs de Mayotte
WWF
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fondation-carrefour.org
Annual report published in May 2022 by the Carrefour Foundation.
Publishing Director: Laurent Vallée. Publishing managers: Audrey Vanhove-Bézier, Angélique Diarra.
Design and layout by:
. Authors: Patrice Theillout, Philip Hall. Photo credits: Emmanuel
Ligner/Apprentis d’Auteuil (cover) ; Carrefour (page 3) ; Lycée Saint-François, Apprentis d’Auteuil (page 6) ;
La Sauge (page 7) ; FDAgri (page 8) ; Réseau E2C (page 9) ; Solaal (page 10) ; Valentin Curtet, Pierre Prospero
(page 11) ; Romain Colucci, Éric Patin (page 12) ; Géraldine Tawfik, Carrefour Égypte (page 13) ; Michael
Mendes, Taina Bismuth, Unis-Cité Loire-Haute Loire (page 14) ; Amélie Arnould (page 17) ; Amélie Arnould
(page 18).