Each week IGD's
Senior Sustainability Analyst Toby Pickard rounds up the biggest and
most important sustainability and environmental news stories
affecting the food and grocery industry. Check back each week
for the latest updates!
Click on the links to read each article:
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Tesco, 1 December 2011
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Tesco opens Asia's first zero carbon hypermarket
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Tesco Lotus has opened Asia’s first zero carbon hypermarket in Bang
Pra, Thailand, as part of its commitment to be a zero carbon business by
2050...
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Tesco's CSR reports |
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Marks & Spencer, 30 November 2011
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Marks and Spencer’s half year Plan A update |
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105 of the 180 commitments have now been achieved with a further 18
on course to be completed by April 2012...
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- CSR reports:
Marks & Spencer |
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Sainsbury's, 29 November 2011
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1.2 million meals donated to FareShare
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Sainsbury's launched its first ever national food drive, the One
Million Meal Appeal with its charity partner FareShare...
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- Case study:
Sainsbury's - Improving customer communication to help reduce packaging
& food waste |
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Asda, 26 November 2011
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Brits waste over £30m in Christmas food disasters each year
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New research by Asda shows the British public is wasting £31m on
festive cooking mistakes, which is a lot of food waste...
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- Articles, fact sheets and case studies on:
Packaging and waste |
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Waitrose, 23 November, 2011
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Waitrose opens its lowest carbon store yet |
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The 25,000sqft store incorporates pioneering new features to benefit
the environment and reduce carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by around
80 per cent...
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- CSR reports:
Waitrose |
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Asda, 15 November 2011
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Asda sustainability strategy set to deliver £800 million in savings by
2020
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The retailer has saved over £70m in 2010 through reducing waste and
energy usage in its operations, and delivered four years ahead of
schedule on its promise to reduce absolute carbon emissions throughout
its operations by 10%...
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Why sustainability is a smart strategy |
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The co-operative, 14 November 2011
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Hydro-electric scheme makes a splash with investors and gets go-ahead |
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A hydro-electric scheme in Yorkshire has tapped into a raft of
investors wishing to invest in community environmental projects...
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Case study:
The co-operative's wind farms and renewable electricity generation |
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Tesco, 9 November 2011
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Tesco grows rail distribution services
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Tesco has launched the first of two new rail services, which together
will save 10,000 tonnes of CO2 and remove 40,000 lorries from the road
annually...
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Case study:
Tesco - Reducing carbon emissions in distribution |
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Sainsbury's, 7 November 2011
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Sainsbury's reveals we are what we waste
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According to new research carried out by Sainsbury's, Brits think
they bin almost 10% of their weekly shop...
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Sainsbury's - Improving customer communication to help reduce packaging
& food waste |
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The Co-operative, 27 October 2011
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Co-operative ‘walks the walk’ as Most Sustainable Retailer of the Year |
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The Co-operative was named Most Sustainable Retailer of the Year at
the Retail Industry Awards 2011...
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CSR report:
The Co-operative CSR report |
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