Climate change is one of the biggest global challenges. In 2021, Lidl created its climate strategy with specific goals and measures, based on the scientific methodology - the Science Based Targets (SBTi) initiative - a global standard for corp. actions in the field of low carbon economy. Lidl will thus contribute to the Paris Climate Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. The specific target for Bulgaria is for the company to reduce its operational carbon emissions by 95% by 2030 compared to 2019. It also targets by 2026 the suppliers responsible for 75% of the carbon emissions in the international supply chain, incl. bg suppliers as well to set their own climate targets to be in line with SBTi.

Direct/indirect beneficiaries: employees, customers, business partners and local communities. Lidl Bulgaria regularly and transparently shares information on the topic with these and other interested parties by publishing news in internal and external channels, its own website, newsletters, letters, meetings, through its own brand product labels, reports its progress in its Sustainable Development Report.

Lidl's climate strategy is part of its global CSR strategy. Through it, the company commits to implement concrete and effective measures in 6 focus areas: "Conservation of resources", "Care for biodiversity", "Fair actions", "Care for health", "Engagement in dialogue", as well as for "Conservation of the climate". Lidl Bulgaria has been implementing effective measures to reduce energy consumption and emissions for years and has transparently shared its progress on the subject over the years.

Lidl Bulgaria applies a number of measures to reduce its carbon footprint: • Uses 100% green energy; • Has certificates for green construction - ISO 50001 and EDGE; • Plans to build photovoltaic systems on the roofs of warehouses and part of its shops; • Renew the lighting with energy-saving LED; • Switch to natural refrigerants; • Optimizes loads and reduces the average distance of each transported pallet; • Introduced 100% own fleet with Euro 6 cars; • Takes significant action on circular economy and resource conservation: REset Plastic strategy, Deforestation-free Supply Chain Policy, Raw Materials Policy; • Implements a number of measures against food waste. • The first among the large chains to sell climate-neutral food products under its own brand Vemondo; • Offers climate-neutral cosmetic products and detergents

Green construction - achieves a minimum of 20% less energy consumption, 20% less water use and 20% less energy input in materials; • Replacement of lighting with LED - saves more than 3 million kWh of energy per year or about 1547 tons of CO emissions; • More efficient refrigerants – in 2 years, freons with the equivalent of more than 4600 tCO2e emissions were phased out; • Plastic - maximum recyclability achieved for 64% of the packaging of own-brand products, reduced use of plastic in them by 8% and an average of 14% recycled in their production; • Saved food - for 2 Lidl Bulgaria and its customers worth BGN 3,711,630. • Climate neutral products - for 2 years we have offered over 126 types of climate neutral food and non-food products;