Retail

Facilities

Supermarkets line up to put refrigerant emissions on ice

Over 6,500 stores sign up to US EPA initiative to phase out use of ozone-depleting refrigerant

clock 07 August 2009 • 2 min read

Marketing

Tesco accused of massaging plastic bag figures

Claims over better recycling rates than competitors were adjusted for growth in sales

clock 05 August 2009 • 3 min read

Legislation

Supermarkets fall just short of plastic bag target

Use of plastic carrier bags at seven of the UK's largest supermarkets down 48 per cent over the past three years

clock 17 July 2009 • 2 min read

Supply chain

US shoppers net sustainable seafood gains

But Greenpeace report warns some supermarkets are still failing tackle over-fishing

clock 01 July 2009 • 2 min read

Marketing

Sainsbury's throws out cereal boxes in packaging overhaul

What will people read at the breakfast table now?

clock 23 June 2009 • 1 min read

Supply chain

Retailers face fresh call to axe ties with illegal Brazilian farms

More than 20 firms, including suppliers to UK supermarkets, facing legal action over deforestation

clock 22 June 2009 • 3 min read

Facilities

Sainsbury's rolls out kinetic car park energy generator

Supermarket giant estimates new energy technology will deliver pay back in just two years

clock 15 June 2009 • 1 min read

Technology

Tesco to trial electric car charging points

Supermarket giant steps up green push with plans for new " zero-carbon" store

clock 01 June 2009 • 2 min read

Supply chain

British supermarkets accused over destruction of Amazon rainforest

Greenpeace inquiry highlights concerns over the rapidly expanding cattle trade in heartland of Brazil

clock 01 June 2009 • 5 min read

Marketing

Tesco close to delivering on landfill goal

All stores in London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham have stopped sending waste to landfill

clock 21 May 2009 • 2 min read