About This Report

These standards comprise the IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the International Accounting Standards (IAS) as well as the interpretations of the IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) and the Standard Interpretations Committee (SIC).

The main accounting principles can be found in the PDF Migros Group Financial Report. The financial reports of the Migros Group and the Federation of Migros Cooperatives are available in English, German and French. The German version is authoritative.

The Federation of Migros Cooperatives is committed to responsible, purposeful and integrated governance. It therefore voluntarily adheres to the provisions of economiesuisse's "Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance", to the Corporate Governance Directive of the SIX Swiss Exchange (DCG) and, where appropriate, to the Federal ordinance against excessive pay (VegüV). Any deviations from these provisions are referred to in the report.

The reporting level G4 ensures that all relevant issues of sustainability management are reported on in detail. For each relevant issue, the company's internal structures and processes, along with the implementation indicators (Disclosure on Management Approach, DMA), must be reported on.

The GRI Index with details about all relevant issues can be found here.

The Global Reporting Initiative has performed a Materiality Matters assessment for this report. On the basis of the GRI G4 requirements for sustainability reporting, the assessment confirms that key elements, such as the definition of relevant issues, the reporting limits and the inclusion of stakeholders, have been checked by the GRI and disclosed correctly in the report and in the GRI Index.

The dialogue takes many different forms, ranging from the M-Infoline for customers, to staff surveys, through to association memberships and political discourse. This active communication with stakeholders helps Migros understand trends and expectations at an early stage and identify social risks.

In addition, Migros conducted a survey among external stakeholder groups in autumn 2014. The aim was to find out their expectations for Migros' sustainability reporting, determine the potential for improvement and identify the relevant issues for the 2014 sustainability reporting. A total of 62 representatives from national NGOs, associations, authorities, scientific institutions and supplier companies participated in the survey. In the first part, the main sustainability aspects for Migros in the areas of consumption, environment, employees and society were categorised according to their relevance. In the second part, the respondents were asked to name issues that Migros has not previously addressed.

On the basis of the GRI G4, the Issue Management & Sustainability Department then prioritised the results according to their relevance to Migros. The issues were compared with the main expectations of Migros' most important stakeholders and then categorised into whether an issue is relevant within or outside of the company.

The CO2 burden and energy efficiency environmental key indicators are assessed annually by the independent Energy Agency for the Economy (EnAW).

The editorial deadline for the key indicators was 24 March 2014. As some environmental key indicators will not have been finalised at this moment in time, there may be an update after the online publication of the Annual Report. Updated key indicators will be highlighted accordingly.