Carrefour CSR, food transition, organic farming, sustainable food, CSR communication, greenwashing, transparency, stakeholder engagement, corporate social responsibility
Analysis of Carrefour's CSR positioning and communication on food transition, organic farming, and support for local producers.
[...] Part Towards a reconquest of trust through participatory and transparent devices III.A. Strengthening transparency and impact evaluation - Indicators (NPS, customer barometers), traceability communication, quantified objectives - Pedagogy on food and environmental issues Analysis of Carrefour's investments to objectify CSR action using numerical data, traceability, and educational communication materials to regain public trust. III.B. Co-construction with stakeholders: producers and consumers - Multi-year contracts with farmers, support for organic conversion - Implication of clients in the choice of offers, collaborative initiatives It is a matter of highlighting the fact that Carrefour is trying to promote closer and more favorable relationships, for example, multi-year contracts and common approaches to co-production with consumers in the offer. [...]
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[...] The conversion of Carrefour Engagé's discourse into a communication lever that is pedagogical and emotional. I.D. A multi-channel communication aiming to expand its impact on all audiences - Deployment in stores, e-commerce, social networks - Multiplication of formats: Carrefour Bio, Bio Expérience Strategy for disseminating CSR commitments through a plurality of channels: Shows that it is for Carrefour here to reach a diversity of possible audiences and to anchor the group's image as a responsible actor on a daily basis. [...]
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