In part 2 of this video interview, Dufry CEO, Xavier Rossinyol talks candidly to TRBusiness on the progress of Dufry’s acquisition of Autogrill, its ESG commitments and ambitions, as well as the company’s desire to capitalise on opportunities within the Asia Pacific region, despite the fact that international operators are still not permitted to directly operate duty free stores in Mainland China.

Watch part 1 of this video interview by clicking here.

On the topic of Dufry’s ESG commitments and targets, Rossinyol talks up the importance of supporting local communities in tandem with introducing global environmental initiatives and that the two should be intrinsically linked to improve the efficacy of both strategies.

He also highlighted that meeting diversity & inclusion targets is ‘a must’. “We don’t have to do it because someone tells us to or because it is fashionable…we believe it is the only way to be business successful. We are a global company, operating in 75 countries. If our workforce and management don’t reflect the full complexity of the world, we will not be successful.”

Moving on to the company’s ambitions in Asia, he confirmed that the company is under-indexing there, which means there is fantastic potential to grow.

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