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This sustainability report covers the period from 29 January 2024 to 2 February 2025. The content of the report is based on our material topics and the information needs of stakeholders. We voluntarily used the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) as the reporting standard for this report, in preparation for the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). No Limited Assurance has been provided on the CSRD unless otherwise stated for certain KPIs. The Limited Assurance engagement focuses on specific KPIs based on NV COS 3000. We refer to page A-B for the auditor's Limited Assurance report.
This report was published on 27 May 2025.
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This report was developed in collaboration with Schuttelaar & Partners.
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HEMA
Hollandsche Eenheidsprijzen Maatschappij Amsterdam, HEMA, is a private limited liability company with its registered office (KvK number 34215639) and head office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Since February 2021, Dutch investment companies Mississippi Ventures and Parcom have jointly owned HEMA.
The reporting period in this report is the same as our financial year. This report covers the same entities as the entities in our annual financial report.
These are HEMA's subsidiaries as of 2 February 2025. These are all wholly-owned consolidated subsidiaries, according to Section 379 B2 of the Civil Code:
Netherlands
HEMA Duitsland B.V.*, Amsterdam
HEMA Financial Services B.V.*, Amsterdam
HEMA Financiering B.V.*, Amsterdam
HEMA Warenhuizen B.V., Amsterdam
HEMA België B.V., Amsterdam
HEMA Krimpen B.V., Amsterdam
Europe
HEMA België B.V., Ukkel, Belgium
HEMA Deutschland GmbH, Essen, Germany
HEMA GmbH & Co KG**, Essen, Germany (indirect subsidiary)
HEMA France S.A.S., Paris, France
HEMA Austria GmbH, Wien, Austria
HEMA EMEA Mağazacilik Limited Şirketi, Istanbul, Turkey
HEMA UK I Limited***, Birmingham, United Kingdom
HEMA UK II Limited***, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Worldwide
HEMA Far East Ltd., Hong Kong
HEMA (Shanghai) trading Consultancy Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
*) Pursuant to section 403 B2 DCC, HEMA B.V. has issued declarations of liability for these subsidiaries.
**) HEMA GmbH & Co. KG, Essen, Germany, makes use of the exemption clause under Section 264b of the German Commercial Code regarding the preparation, auditing and publication of its financial statements.
***) No activities in 2020-2024. Entities are in process of being dissolved and shall be liquidated after reporting date February 2, 2025.
ESRS table HEMA sustainability report 2024
| ESRS | part | sub-topic | location in the report |
|---|---|---|---|
| general information | |||
| BP | Basis for preparation of information | General basis for preparing sustainability statements Reporting on specific circumstances | Organisation/about this report |
| GOV | Governance | The role of governance, management and supervisory bodies Information provided to and handling of sustainability issues by management and supervisory bodies of the company Integrating sustainability performance into remuneration schemes Due diligence statement Risk management and internal controls for sustainability reporting | Organisation/our organisational structure Organisation/our management |
| SBM | Strategy | Strategy, business model and value chain Stakeholder interests and views Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction with strategy and business model | Real HEMA/our sustainability strategy |
| IRO | Impact, risk and opportunity management | Description of processes to identify and analyse material impacts, risks and opportunities Reporting requirements in ESRS included in company's sustainability statement | Real HEMA/our double materiality analysis |
| MDR | Measures and targets | Policy adopted to manage material sustainability issues Measures and resources in terms of material sustainability themes Measures of material sustainability themes Monitoring effectiveness of policies and measures against targets | Real HEMA/Value creation model |
| ESRS | subject | sub-topic | location in the report |
|---|---|---|---|
| environment | |||
| E1 | Climate change | Climate adaptation Climate mitigation Energy | Environment/climate change |
| E2 | Pollution | Air pollution Water pollution Soil pollution | Environment/nature |
| E3 | Water | Water abstraction Water consumption | Environment/nature |
| E4 | Biodiversity | Direct pressure factors biodiversity loss impact on size and condition of ecosystems impacts on and dependencies on ecosystem services | Environment/nature |
| E5 | Circular economy | Material inflows, including material use Material outflows related to products and services Waste | Environment/materials & circular economy |
| people | |||
| S1 | Own employees | Working conditions Equal treatment and equal opportunities for all | People/our employees |
| S2 | employees in the production chain | Working conditions Equal treatment and equal opportunities for all Other labour rights: child labour and forced labour | People/employees in the production chain |
| S4 | Consumers and end-users | Impact on information Personal safety Social inclusion | People/customers |
| organisation | |||
| G1 | Business conduct | Corporate culture Protection of whistleblowers Animal welfare Relationship with politics and lobbying activities Managing relationships with suppliers Corruption and bribery | Organisation/our culture |