METRO Group established on 22 September 2009 a Sustainability Board, chaired by Dr Eckhard Cordes, CEO of METRO AG, and, has thus integrated sustainability across the whole company. The Sustainability Board develops Group-wide binding standards for sustainable management and initiates their implementation.
METRO Group's Sustainability Board rises to the challenge of implementing sustainability in the operations of the sales divisions. Along with the central departments of the Group holding, each sales division of METRO Group is represented on the Sustainability Board with one member of its Management Board.
Four project groups develop concepts and prepare the decisions taken by the Sustainability Board. The project groups focus on the following topics: "Quality, Health and Environment", "Energy and Resource Management", "Employees and Social Affairs", as well as "Social Policies and Stakeholder Dialogue".