2030 Commitments

Taking care of the comprehensive health of our thousands of employees is a priority more than ever. The challenges of our time require holistic care, understanding the body, mind and social and environmental context as complementary parts of the individual.

For this reason, we are developing not only mechanisms to monitor the medical indicators of our people but also refining the nutritional patterns of our cafeterias, stimulating the reduction of a sedentary lifestyle and seeking ways to make our work environment healthier.

We want to rescue in our story the vocation to care, going beyond comfort and pain relief. The “new pharmacy” will be a Health Hub, where our client will find a wide range of health and wellness services, as well as quick exams and expert guidance on our multiple contact channels.

Thus, our goal is to contribute to the development of healthier habits among the more than 40 million people impacted by RD. Through our digital channels, we will help them monitor medical indicators and ask questions as soon as they arise.

RD is already a reference today in initiatives aimed at generating a positive social impact (find out more in the “Social Investment” tab, here on the side). But we are aware that we can contribute even more to the challenge of providing access to health services for the most vulnerable populations.

We will expand support for non-governmental organizations that promote comprehensive health in underserved communities across the country, not only with financial resources, but also with a greater performance of employees as volunteers. In addition, we want our Health Hubs network to also serve these communities through their various channels and service provision.

Balancing opportunities for professional growth for different genders and races and increasing the participation of historically excluded minorities within the staff are urgent commitments. For RD, promoting diversity is more than taking care of others: it is making the work environment more inclusive, representing the society we serve in a diverse and plural way.

Our priority for this decade is to increase the representativeness of minorized groups in our staff and to ensure respect in our work environment.

We are proud to be a company that has always bet on the professional growth of our talents. In 2020, more than 3 thousand employees underwent training, we awarded around 500 scholarships and 100% of our store managers were promoted internally. We want to continue growing and collaborating with a better world, so we will invest even more in personal development opportunities.

Our main focus is on education, multiplying incentives for our employees to attend technical, higher education and graduate courses.

It is not enough to look inside the house. Large chains, such as RD, drive huge supplier chains, which often represent the brand in sensitive stages of the business. So, while we do not have the autonomy to change processes and policies within other companies, we understand that it is our role to drive minimum requirements for socio-environmental service and encourage best practices in our chain.

Therefore, in our relationship with partners, we start to look beyond efficiency and costs, valuing attention to the ESG criteria.

Brazil is one of the countries that generate the most urban solid waste in the world. And 2018* data show that we recycle only 3% of the waste we generate. About 45% are thrown into dumps, precarious landfills or are not even collected. The rest goes to landfills, which are far from solving the problem.

*source: Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Limpeza Pública e Resíduos Especiais (Brazilian Association of Public Cleaning and Special Waste Companies) (Abrelpe)

The ideal approach is to create conditions for the circular economy, that is, a production chain in which disposal practically does not happen, because everything is reused or allocated with due care. There is a lot to do on this topic, but we believe that we can stop the use of landfills in this decade.

In 2015, 195 countries, including Brazil, signed an agreement in which they undertake to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in sufficient quantity to slow down the planet’s warming pace. For the plan to work, each company and each citizen must make their contribution.

Our plan is to do our part towards a low-carbon economy, encouraging energy efficiency actions, and going further, offsetting more emissions than we generate, after all, we understand that a comprehensive health-oriented company plays a key role in the pursuit of global carbon neutrality.