Tesco's rail and sea voyages cut transport emissions 14 per cent

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Supermarket cut more than eight million freight transport miles from UK roads last year

Tesco has driven down its freight transport emissions by 14 per cent over the last two years, cutting more than eight million miles from UK roads in 2013 alone. The retailer announced yesterday that...

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