A Sustainable Future Driven by Our Values

Our strategic partnerships include: the BlackNorth Initiative, the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB), the Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council (CAMSC), Catalyst, Holland Bloorview Dear Everybody Campaign, Pride at Work Canada, and Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI).

Over fiscal 2021, women representation at the senior management level (senior vice president and vice president) has increased to approximately 34%, a year-over-year growth rate of 6%. At the director level, women representation has increased to approximately 37%, a year-over-year growth rate of 8%.

In fiscal 2021, we rolled out our inclusion training program. This interactive learning experience raises awareness and provides practical tools to mitigate the effects of unconscious bias in decision making and workplace interactions and has been a key foundation in setting clear expectations for the safe and inclusive culture we want to create for our teammates.

In fiscal 2021, together with the Sobey Foundation, we launched A Family of Support: Child & Youth Mental Health Initiative to support 15 early intervention mental health programs with 13 children’s hospital foundations across Canada.

Our annual December Holiday Food Bank Drive is one of the many ways that, together with our customers and more than 1,500 stores, we’re working to address food insecurity in communities across Canada.

Launched in fiscal 2020 as part of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we continued the Community Action Fund in fiscal 2021, providing our stores with funds to donate right into their local community immediately. As our “on-the-ground” experts, our stores see the needs in their community first-hand.