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Tesco toasts removal of one billion pieces of plastic from its shelves in 2020
Tesco toasts removal of one billion pieces of plastic from its shelves in 2020

Supermarket claims to have met its pledge to remove one billion pieces of plastic, working with suppliers to remove unnecessary and excessive packaging of products

  • Waste
  • 05 January 2021
'Forest Allies': Kingfisher and Rainforest Alliance team up for tropical forest conservation
'Forest Allies': Kingfisher and Rainforest Alliance team up for tropical forest conservation

Partnership will help home improvement company meet its aim of creating as much wood as it consumes by 2025

  • Supply chain
  • 16 December 2020
Chicken and cereal open up new front in war on plastic
Chicken and cereal open up new front in war on plastic

Tesco announces it is removing plastic trays from its fresh chicken, as Aldi unveils fully recyclable cereal packaging

  • Waste
  • 25 November 2020
Tesco and Low Carbon to build three new solar farms in UK by 2021
Tesco and Low Carbon to build three new solar farms in UK by 2021

New agreement is part of Tesco's commitment to use 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2030, and is set to save 30,308 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year

  • Energy
  • 13 November 2020
Trial reveals UK households could save £858 a year by cutting food waste
Trial reveals UK households could save £858 a year by cutting food waste

Six-week food waste reduction programme for 52 UK households run by Tesco and Hubbub found families saved money and significantly slashed food waste once they embraced new food habits

  • Waste
  • 13 October 2020
Food and drink giants urge UK government to strengthen deforestation laws
Food and drink giants urge UK government to strengthen deforestation laws

Firms including Tesco, Nestle and Waitrose want UK government proposals expanded to encompass all deforestation, not just that defined as illegal

  • Policy
  • 05 October 2020
Tesco targets major plant-based meat sales growth in UK first
Tesco targets major plant-based meat sales growth in UK first

UK retailer raises the steaks with major plan to scale up vegan and vegetarian alternatives across its stores over the next five years

  • Supply chain
  • 30 September 2020
How the UK became a 'bright spot' in the battle to tackle the world's food waste mountain
How the UK became a 'bright spot' in the battle to tackle the world's food waste mountain

Action is being coordinated by campaign group WRAP, whose Food Waste Reduction Roadmap has helped save around 180,000 tonnes of food - worth £300m - from becoming waste since it launched in 2018

  • Waste
  • 24 September 2020
Tesco, Heathrow and E.ON join growing calls for 2030 fossil fuel car sales ban
Tesco, Heathrow and E.ON join growing calls for 2030 fossil fuel car sales ban

Tesco, Dixons Carphone, E.On, Heathrow, Lime and SSE latest to join 27-strong UK Electric Fleets Coalition partnership led by BT and The Climate Group

  • Policy
  • 22 September 2020
'Horrific': Iceland details full scale of plastic packaging sold in its stores
'Horrific': Iceland details full scale of plastic packaging sold in its stores

Iceland managing director Richard Walker calls on government to make plastic packaging tonnage disclosure mandatory in order to tackle plastic pollution crisis

  • Waste
  • 17 September 2020
Tesco steps up rail investment plans
Tesco steps up rail investment plans

Rail Minister hails corporate backing for efforts to shift freight off the roads and onto the rails

  • Rail
  • 15 September 2020
McDonald's works to close the Loop on coffee cup waste
McDonald's works to close the Loop on coffee cup waste

Consumers will able to request a reusable cup for a small deposit, which would then be redeemed when the cup is returned for cleaning and re-use

  • Recycling
  • 10 September 2020
'No time for waste': Tesco and Hubbub team up for new food waste-busting trial
'No time for waste': Tesco and Hubbub team up for new food waste-busting trial

Over 50 households to track their food waste in a bid to work out which interventions deliver biggest waste savings

  • Waste
  • 02 September 2020
Invest in bus travel to drive green recovery, study urges
Invest in bus travel to drive green recovery, study urges

Public transport 'essential' to driving economic activity, study argues, as bus operator First Group pledges zero emission fleet by 2035

  • Transport
  • 28 July 2020
In the Loop: Radical zero-waste shopping scheme launches in UK
In the Loop: Radical zero-waste shopping scheme launches in UK

Tesco and Terracycle team up to launch new packaging re-use delivering model in the UK

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  • 15 July 2020
Outgoing Tesco CEO Dave Lewis to join environmental charity WWF as chair
Outgoing Tesco CEO Dave Lewis to join environmental charity WWF as chair

Lewis appointed chair of WWF UK's trustee board, as he prepares to step down from helm of UK supermarket chain later this year

  • Policy
  • 07 May 2020
What does it really mean to be a climate leader in the corporate sector?
What does it really mean to be a climate leader in the corporate sector?

Once the immediate coronavirus threat has passed, corporates must ramp up their climate efforts, argues WWF's Seán Mallon

  • Management
  • 02 April 2020
'Urgent priority': UK must tackle supply chain deforestation, government warned
'Urgent priority': UK must tackle supply chain deforestation, government warned

Global Resource Initiative (GRI) taskforce also says UK has 'unparalleled opportunities' to green its supply chains as it seeks new global trade deals

  • Supply chain
  • 31 March 2020
Caught out? UK supermarkets accused of 'turning blind eye' to unsustainable fish feed
Caught out? UK supermarkets accused of 'turning blind eye' to unsustainable fish feed

Investigation indicates UK shoppers may be indirectly and unknowingly consuming wild fish in their farmed fish products

  • Supply chain
  • 23 March 2020
'2020 is a turning point': Top corporates urge Boris Johnson to accelerate climate action
'2020 is a turning point': Top corporates urge Boris Johnson to accelerate climate action

As the UK readies for the upcoming COP26 Summit in Glasgow in November, the Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change urge government to deliver ambitious net zero strategy

  • Net Zero Now
  • 09 March 2020
Tesco banishes shrink wrap for multipack cans
Tesco banishes shrink wrap for multipack cans

Heinz is exploring ways to roll out the initiative across other retailers, a move that could reduce CO2 emissions by up to 3300 tonnes a year.

  • BusinessGreen
  • 24 January 2020
Tesco launches 'sustainable basket metric' to track environmental impact of food
Tesco launches 'sustainable basket metric' to track environmental impact of food

In partnership with WWF supermarket will measure environmental impact of popular foods in a pilot starting next year

  • Supply chain
  • 11 December 2019
Tesco to kick-start anti-deforestation project in Brazil's Cerrado
Tesco to kick-start anti-deforestation project in Brazil's Cerrado

Supermarket is hoping to set up support scheme for soy farmers in the Cerrado region of Brazil in a bid to protect native vegetation

  • Supply chain
  • 06 December 2019
Tesco and Amazon lead latest green energy procurement push
Tesco and Amazon lead latest green energy procurement push

Major corporate renewables deals to drive construction of large scale new solar and wind projects in Europe and US

  • Energy
  • 28 October 2019
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