Foresting solidarity around the world

In December 2000, the Carrefour group set up the Fondation Internationale Carrefour to provide support for actions in the following areas:
 Emergency Aid and Reconstruction
 Fight against exclusion around the Group's activities

When a disaster occurs, an analysis is made; actions then take the form of making contact with the country concerned through its representatives in France, intervening in a selective, pragmatic way, and providing rapid, highly targeted emergency relief.

In order to promote its goals, the Foundation chooses and sets up projects - in collaboration with appropriate local bodies - that have an international scope and will make a real impact on the lives of ordinary people. The Foundation evaluates these projects and carries out practical studies in order to evaluate their true worth.

In consultation with project operators, the Foundation defines quality benchmarks that permit ongoing monitoring of the impact of each project supported. The actions undertaken are organized around a threefold association - THE FOUNDATION, INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND NGO'S - and based on information relayed by Carrefour country management teams.

The Carrefour group is keen to increase cooperation between its staff and charitable organizations. The Foundation has set up a Website to assist this process: it features a volunteer forum to assist people in placing their skills at the disposal of social welfare programmes.

Of course, all actions undertaken by the Foundation and its partners fully respect the principles and ethical guidelines set out in the Foundation's founding statutes and internal regulations. 

More information on the Foundation website.