Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn has published its 2025 impact report, marking the ninth consecutive year the retailer has assessed its performance and outlined its ambitions across sustainability, health, and social impact.
The report includes figures on the share of greenhouse-grown produce in the chain's assortment. According to the data, 21.1% of vegetables and 4.7% of fruit sold by Albert Heijn come from protected cultivation — both figures up compared to the previous year. The increase in greenhouse-sourced produce has come at the expense of open-field growing.
The report also references a partnership announced earlier involving Albert Heijn, energy company Eneco, strategic partner Bakker Barendrecht, and Dutch growers, aimed at accelerating the reduction of CO₂e emissions in the greenhouse sector. The parties have jointly set an ambition to achieve a 70% reduction in CO₂e emissions by 2030, compared to a 2018 baseline, for the greenhouse cultivation of vegetables and fruit destined for Albert Heijn. Through the collaboration, the partners aim to demonstrate that sustainability and food security are mutually reinforcing goals.
© Albert HeijnGrower Jan Reijm hosted a stakeholder meeting on Monday, 24 November 2025, during which Albert Heijn spoke with growers, industry organisations, NGOs, knowledge institutions, businesses and government about the opportunities and challenges of the energy transition in the sector, with the message: it can be done.
