Over the years, Sonae has taken an approach which attempts to balance economic development, social responsibility and environmental protection, based on a culture which embraces values of ethics, truth, justice and respect for all those with whom it interacts. It thus seeks to adopt a participative approach, fully assuming its responsibilities towards customers, employees, suppliers and the environment.

The company has undertaken a wide range of projects that reflect real social concern, both in terms of involvement with the community and respect for the environment.

As retail leader in Portugal, and running a broad ranging and diversified portfolio of food and non food based formats, Sonae takes responsibility for its actions and the resulting impact that these can have on all stakeholders involved.

To that end, the company has built a strong, competitive and sustainable culture, based on a stable and coherent set of Values and Principles, which cover behavioural, economic, social and environmental aspects. The quantitative information demonstrating the good results achieved over the last few years thus only give a partial view of the effective contribution of the company towards the sustainable development model in the economic and social area.