Lidl signs up to WWF initiative to halve environmental impact of UK shopping baskets

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Lidl signs up to WWF initiative to halve environmental impact of UK shopping baskets

Discount retailer joins Co-op, Sainsbury's, M&S, Tesco, and Waitrose in working towards ambitious carbon footprint target

Lidl has become the latest supermarket to sign up to the WWF's Retailers' Commitment for Nature, which aims to halve the environmental impact of UK shopping baskets by 2030. WWF announced this morning...

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