BRUSSELS — A corporate watch organization here has awarded Delhaize Group its annual prize for best report on sustainable development.

The Belgian Institute of Company Auditors recognized Delhaize’s 2008 responsibility report, in which the retailer detailed corporate initiatives dedicated to food safety, the environment and people.

“Throughout their history, our different operating companies have spontaneously developed a large number of initiatives related to corporate responsibility. This demonstrates that corporate responsibility is a part of our company’s culture,” Pierre-Olivier Beckers, president and chief executive officer of Delhaize Group, said in a statement.

“The corporate responsibility strategy recently developed at the Group level in a coherent way enables us to share our collective expertise and concentrate our energy on well-chosen and measurable objectives. We are happy that the report which communicates our results has caught the attention of the jury.”

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