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* Greenhouse Gas Management - Case Studies *
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See examples of how food & grocery companies are reducing greenhouse gas emissions and tackling climate change with our sustainability case studies.

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* Alpro UK Ltd. - CO2 Neutrality
Alpro UK Ltd. - CO2 Neutrality
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In April 2007 Alpro became the first British food manufacturer to declare a goal of carbon neutrality through a programme of reducing energy consumption, replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy and using the company's own biomass as an energy source.
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* Cadbury Schweppes - Purple Goes Green
Cadbury Schweppes - Purple Goes Green
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Cadbury's Purple Goes Green initiative was launched to tackle climate change. It aims to shrink the company's environmental footprint by reducing energy use, excess packaging and water use.
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* Coca-Cola – Calculating the carbon footprint of Coca-Cola drinks
Coca-Cola – Calculating the carbon footprint of Coca-Cola drinks
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In a UK first for sparkling drinks, Coca-Cola joined forces with the Carbon Trust to calculate the carbon footprints of some of their most popular drinks.
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* innocent drinks – measuring their ‘carbon footprint’ from farm to fridge to the recycling bin
innocent drinks – measuring their ‘carbon footprint’ from farm to fridge to the recycling bin
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innocent measured their ‘carbon footprint’ from farm to fridge to the recycling bin. Armed with data about the carbon involved in each step of the business, they knew that the key areas to start reducing emissions were increasing the recycled content of the PET bottles.
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* Morrisons – ‘Cut the Carbon Campaign’
Morrisons – ‘Cut the Carbon Campaign’
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Morrisons created a ‘Cut the Carbon’ campaign to enable colleagues to understand what constitutes a Carbon Footprint, and how they can help in the workplace to combat climate change. As a result over 85% of Morrisons stores were saving energy by the end of 2008.
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* Müller - Sustainable Dairy Goodness
Müller - Sustainable Dairy Goodness
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How Müller Dairy’s business aims to provide sustainable dairy goodness from the heart of Shropshire for the good of everyone.
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* Produce World Group - Managing non-financial information to drive sustainability
Produce World Group - Managing non-financial information to drive sustainability
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Produce World Group embarked on an ambitious strategy to embed sustainability into its operations, utilising a dedicated online platform to meet KPIs on areas including energy, water and carbon intensity, waste, health and safety and resource use.
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* Sainsbury's - first Carbon Trust certified carbon measure for dairy farmers
Sainsbury's - first Carbon Trust certified carbon measure for dairy farmers
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Sainsbury's has announced that it is the first retailer to launch a unique scheme which will help dairy farmers measure their carbon footprint and aim to reduce greenhouse gases by up to 10%.
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* Sainsbury's first environmental convenience store
Sainsbury's first environmental convenience store
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Sainsbury's first environmentally-friendly convenience store will save enough energy to heat 3.5 million Taste the Difference ready meals over 15 years - an estimated 27 tonnes of CO2.
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* Tesco - Building environmental stores
Tesco - Building environmental stores
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Tesco is constructing stores with a carbon footprint 50% smaller than those built in 2006 . This case study shows the first finished example of a store built using Tesco's new, low carbon Environmental Blueprint in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, UK.
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* Tesco - Creating a Greener Store
Tesco - Creating a Greener Store
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Tesco aims to halve its carbon footprint by 2020 through investments in renewable and sustainable energy. Its new wind turbines at selected stores produce the average electricity use of 1.5 UK homes.
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* Tesco - Empowering customers to tackle climate change
Tesco - Empowering customers to tackle climate change
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Tesco aims to play a positive role in tackling climate change by informing, encouraging and empowering its customers and encouraging long term behaviour change.
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* Tesco - Reducing carbon emissions in distribution
Tesco - Reducing carbon emissions in distribution
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Tesco has looked at ways of making its distribution systems more carbon efficient, and has set a long-term target to cut the amount of carbon dioxide created per case of goods delivered worldwide by 50% by 2012.
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* Tesco’s Approach to Tackling Climate Change
Tesco’s Approach to Tackling Climate Change
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Tesco is reducing its carbon footprint by embedding a sustainable, low carbon approach throughout the business. All new Tesco buildings will emit, on average, 50% less CO2e than a store built in 2006.
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* The Co-operative Food - Green Store CO<sub>²</sub> Refrigeration Systems
The Co-operative Food - Green Store CO² Refrigeration Systems
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The Co-operative’s flagship Food store in Manchester has become the first in the UK to utilise solely CO² as a refrigerant in both the fridge and freezer cabinets, reducing leakage and greenhouse gas emissions.
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* Unilever - GHG emissions calculator
Unilever - GHG emissions calculator New
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With agriculture a major contributor to climate change, Unilever has developed a calculator to help assess what greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation options exist in the farming practice.
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* United Biscuits - Reducing Carbon Emissions
United Biscuits - Reducing Carbon Emissions
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United Biscuits is reducing CO2 emissions by using energy efficiently, reducing waste and exploring the viable use of alternative energy.
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