After animal welfare and climate, now also packaging: Migros expands M-Check

The M-Check provides guidance on the sustainability of all products from the approximately 250 own brands. On a scale of 1 to 5, similar to a hotel rating, the products are checked and rated according to various sustainability criteria. With its transparency, the M-Check gives Migros customers the opportunity to make their purchases more sustainable. In addition to the assessment for animal welfare and climate compatibility, the M-Check for packaging is now being launched. How environmentally friendly packaging performs in the M-Check is assessed based on the factors of packaging intensity (material & weight) and the packaging cycle (proportion of recycled material & recycling after use). The detailed assessment criteria can be found online at  m-check.ch.

Evaluation criteria developed by external specialists

Each M-Check assessment dimension was developed with external partners. For the new packaging dimension, Migros worked together with Carbotech AG and Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research) to ensure a scientifically sound evaluation system. The climate dimension resulted from a collaboration with the life cycle assessment companies Treeze and Intep and was also reviewed by the myclimate foundation. For the animal welfare dimension, the HAFL (School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences) developed an evaluation system so that all husbandry systems for different animal species could be classified. The packaging dimension is now being added to more and more products. By the end of 2022, over 300 items are to be provided with the new M-Check dimension.