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Green Deal Biodiversity launched at Colruyt Group

20 September 2018

More than 110 companies, organisations and local authorities have gathered at our head office in Halle to sign the 'Green Deal Companies and Biodiversity' in the presence of the Flemish minister for the Environment, Nature and Agriculture Joke Schauvliege. All partners commit themselves to promoting biodiversity in business areas over the next three years. By September 2021 approximately 1,250 hectares of business area will be embellished with permanent or temporary nature. At Colruyt Group we are 100 % behind the deal and we invest considerably in greening our stores, distribution centre and offices.

Commitment to more green

By signing the 'Green Deal Companies and Biodiversity' we are underlining our commitment to more green in and around our sites. Besides our long-standing tradition of making our parking areas as green as possible, we have stepped up our awareness of and efforts towards biodiversity conservation in recent years.  Check out some of our initiatives:

Koen Baetens
This flower meadow at the Bio-Planet in Nossegem is mowed only twice a year, allowing flowers to flourish abundantly and attract plenty of bees, butterflies and other insects.
Flower meadow at our office site Wilgenveld in Halle, with corn flowers, field larkspurs, wild camomiles, weal's snouts, poppies, sand catchflies, night-flowering catchflies, cowherb, scentless camomiles, ...
35 buildings have been fitted with a green roof with mosses, succulents and grasses, as is the case here in Colruyt Wépion.
Green roof at the Bio-Planet store in Louvain.
Indigenous trees, plants and shrubs along the parking area of Colruyt Oudenaarde.
Beautifully textured living wall, the showpiece of Bio-Planet Aalst.
The impressive living wall at the OKay store in Hoeilaart also promotes local biodiversity.
Pond at the Wilgenveld site. Ponds and wadis create a habitat for frogs, toads, ...

Mutual learning

The Green Deal 'Companies and Biodiversity' is a partnership between the Flemish Government and over 110 partners (companies, project developers, intermunicipal authorities, contractors, ...). The partners get the opportunity to experiment, learn from each other and build a network. The partnership was established by the Environment Department of the Flemish Government, the Agency for Nature and Forests, consultancy agency Corridor and volunteer organisation Natuurpunt.   This is already the fourth Green Deal in Flanders. In 2017 we already signed the Green Deal Circular Purchases.

Flower meadow at Bio-Planet Nossegem

With this initiative, we contribute to the following Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

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