Sustainable Development Goals

Ever since our founding in 1985, we at ViTeS have strived to create a substantial positive impact on people and the environment. Through our social employment programs, we aim to create sufficient employment opportunities for people who struggle to find their place in the labor market, enabling them to participate fully in our society. With our recycling activities, we offer affordable and high-quality second-hand goods in our stores. For people living in poverty, this shopping selection can make a significant difference. Furthermore, we aim to contribute to a more circular world, where raw materials and energy are used more sustainably and where consumption and production are more responsible. Every kilo of goods donated to a Kringwinkel is equivalent to a saving of 0.87 kilos in CO2 emissions*. In this way, we do more than our fair share in the fight against global warming.

With ViTeS, however, we also try to look beyond our core activities: we strive to give maximum weight to sustainable principles in all aspects and processes of our business operations. To this end, we have launched numerous actions and projects in recent years to attempt to cover all UN SDGs (see THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development ). Our initiatives can be divided into three major themes: Sustainable with materials and raw materials, Sustainable with people, and Sustainable with energy and water.

This has been calculated by the Flemish Public Waste Management Agency (OVAM)