Photovoltaic system on Lidl store Photovoltaic system on Lidl store

We Don’t Just Talk – We Take Action

Acting responsibly is an integral part of our company principles and is put into practice by us every day anew.

Kaufland E-car charge station market store Kaufland E-car charge station market store

We Don’t Just Talk – We Take Action

Acting responsibly is an integral part of our company principles and is put into practice by us every day anew.

Collection campaign REset Plastic Heilbronn district Employees collect recyclable materials Collection campaign REset Plastic Heilbronn district Employees collect recyclable materials

We Don’t Just Talk – We Take Action

Acting responsibly is an integral part of our company principles and is put into practice by us every day anew.   

Insights Into Our Actions

Pupils from the Josef Schwarz School walking along a street and collecting rubbish.

16. May 2023

Environmental Protection to Join In: Clean-Up Campaign by the Josef Schwarz School

Everyone can make a difference and contribute to the protection of the environment: This was proven once again this year by approximately 300 students of the Josef Schwarz School in Heilbronn. With the support from the areas of Corporate Responsibility of Schwarz Corporate Communications and Social Engagement of Schwarz Dienstleistungen, under the motto of “Less pollution – more community”, the students cleared the garbage in our region lying around the Neckar.


Two people on the roof of a branch with solar panels

3. May 2023

International Sun Day – Questions About Solar Energy for Toni Thudium

Toni Thudium is the head of the Energy Systems team at Schwarz Immobilien Services and is responsible for the development of holistic strategies for the safe, efficient, and sustainable supply of energy to the Schwarz Group companies. On International Sun Day, he talks about the difference between renewable energy and gray energy – and about the reasons why some stores in Germany are relying on North Sea winds during the night.


Image of a sea with an offshore wind farm

5. April 2023

Fresh wind for the joint climate strategy of the companies of Schwarz Group: Lidl and Kaufland in Germany agree on green power supply from offshore wind farm with RWE

Electricity from 100 percent* renewable energy from 2022 – a fundamental building block of the jointly developed climate strategy of the companies of Schwarz Group. This is how we, the companies of Schwarz Group, want to make a contribution to the Paris climate agreement and to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. With the long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) now signed with RWE Supply & Trading, this goal is now receiving tailwind: Lidl and Kaufland in Germany will draw their electricity partially directly from an offshore wind farm in the North Sea in the future.


CR project BRIC for river cleaning

8. March 2023

Successful completion of the “Bekasi River Cleanup” (BRIC) project and handover to local stakeholders

As part of the joint sustainability strategy and the REset Plastic strategy, the companies of Schwarz Group are also supporting the removal of plastic waste from rivers, lakes and the sea. The joint vision is to turn the waste of today into the raw materials of tomorrow. To this end, a variety of activities were initiated and implemented on a local, national and global level; this commitment yields tangible results.





Graphic showing the progress toward of REset Plastic

4. August 2022

Great progress toward achieving our REset Plastic targets

From Schwarz Produktion and our retail divisions Lidl and Kaufland to the disposal and recycling activities headed by our PreZero environmental division, the Schwarz Group is involved in the entire circular economy. This calls for a great deal of responsibility, which we take very seriously. That is why we as the Schwarz Group decided to set ambitious targets for 2025 as part of our plastics strategy REset Plastic. We are pursuing these targets group-wide, never losing sight of our vision: Less Plastic – Closed Loops.


Two women look at Lichtenstern's upcycling project

1. August 2022

Upcycling art object is created from old recyclables

Upcycling art object is created from old recyclables As part of the Group-wide plastic strategy REset Plastic, the Schwarz Group regularly initiates and organizes campaigns in which employees campaign for less waste in the environment. Last year the Schwarz Group organized a cross-divisional clean-up campaign at Stiftsberg for the second year in a row, in which more than 1,000 employees from all divisions and management levels took part.