Tesco

Supply chain

Jamie Oliver, Tesco, and FareShare to launch surplus food cookery school

Retailer, charity, and TV chef to help train over 1,000 community cooks on how to avoid waste when using surplus food donations

clock 24 January 2019 • 2 min read

Supply chain

'There is loads of opportunity': Inside Tesco and WWF's quest for a sustainable shopping basket

In our latest SDG case study, BusinessGreen talks to Tesco about a four-year partnership the aims to halve environmental impact of a weekly shop - but 'without telling people what to eat'

clock 18 December 2018 • 7 min read

Automotive

Tesco plots UK electric vehicle charger surge

Retail giant to install 2,400 EV charging bays at its UK stores, as pub chain Marston's separately announces plans for 400 chargers across its sites

clock 30 November 2018 • 5 min read

Carbon Accounting

Tesco teams up with WWF to halve environmental impact of food shop

Long-term partnership aims to respond to customer demand and slash the environmental impact of average Brit's shopping basket

clock 16 November 2018 • 2 min read

Supply chain

UK supermarkets selling 59 billion single use plastic items a year, research reveals

Greenpeace and Environmental Investigation Agency accuse supermarkets of acting too slowly to eradicate single use plastics

clock 15 November 2018 • 4 min read

Biodiversity

Tesco and Nestle sign up to Global Ghost Gear Initiative

Companies join global campaign to tackle waste fishing gear and the huge damage it does to marine wildlife

clock 30 October 2018 • 2 min read

Recycling

Tesco trials reverse vending machines for plastic bottles

Supermarket giant latest to trial in-store bottle return machines in anticipation of impending national policy

clock 27 September 2018 • 1 min read

Investment

UK pension funds could face legal action over climate risk, ClientEarth warns

Green lawyers write to 14 major UK pension funds setting out legal obligations and risks from failing to properly manage and disclose climate change risk

clock 13 August 2018 • 4 min read

Supply chain

Are high street fashion retailers doing enough to combat viscose pollution?

Fashion industry practices have yet again come under the spotlight in a new report which points to only mixed progress on ensuring transparent, clean viscose production

clock 26 July 2018 • 7 min read

Supply chain

Tesco unveils zero deforestation soy goals

Supermarket giant pledges to transition to sourcing soy from verified zero deforestation areas by 2025 as part of new strategy

clock 05 July 2018 • 3 min read