• During 2019 and 2020 it has reduced its electricity consumption by 39.7 million kWh, it has installed more than 1,400 solar panels, and it has ended the year with a total of 1,020 “Stores 8”, which reduce energy consumption by up to 40% compared to a conventional supermarket.
• In 2020 it joined the international initiative, Lean&Green, promoted by the AECOC, and it developed an Emissions Reduction Plan with which it will be able to certify a 20% reduction in its logistics emissions between 2015 and 2019.
• The chain introduced major improvements in 2019 and 2020, reassessing its processes and implementing new green and sustainable strategies.

• The company is replacing the single-use hygienic face mask with a new corporate one that is more practical, modern and sustainable, in order to improve the provision of protective equipment at workstations and strengthen its commitment to the environment.
• This change, which began gradually in late 2020, is expected to have been implemented across the entire chain before the end of May.
• The Totaler Supplier Cambrass, specialised in textiles for babies, is making these items at its facilities in Ontinyent (Valencia) for the company's more than 95,000 employees working throughout Spain and Portugal.

In a year as hard and complex as 2020, Mercadona has achieved the best management in its history, thanks to the 95,000 people who make up the Mercadona Project who have shown with their effort and resilience that in extraordinary times, extraordinary people show up.

• Mercadona created 5,000 new jobs, an average of 16 per day, ending the year with a staff of 95,000 people with permanent contracts.
• The company has invested more than 1.5 billion euros, funded by its own resources, to accelerate the brutal transformation it is undergoing and to promote a more digital, productive and sustainable company model.
• After sharing 409 million euros in bonuses with its staff, representing more than 25% of the total profits generated, and 364 million with Society through taxes (29% more than in 2019), the company recorded a net profit of 727 million euros (+17%).
• In 2020, Juan Roig and Hortensia Herrero allocated 70 million euros of their dividends to reactivating the economy of the Valencian Community and Spain, and plan to increase this contribution in 2021 by 45% to 100 million euros, “because knowledge and money bring happiness... if you share them”.