How does tesco help the environment

In the last year, the retailer has achieved 11 percent of its target to halve the environmental impact of the average shopping basket. Other initiatives include working to ensure all wild fish is sourced sustainably and reducing emissions in existing supply chains.

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No other reproduction or distribution is permitted without prior written consent. Join the edie community. Things like reducing the electricity usage outside shop hours and turning down the aircon seem like no-brainers. Similarly, how about only using energy efficient bulbs in shops and swapping open refrigeration units for closed ones?

Tesco alone gave more than 20, tonnes to charity and has now removed best before dates on over different fruit and vegetables products. Our readers — you — wanted to know several things from the supermarkets about what they were doing to help the climate.

Things like considering reuse schemes and refill stations in stores or implementing a seasonal fruit and veg section and limiting the amount of meat and dairy in stock to try to encourage people to consume more sustainably. Tesco believes its trial of a reusable packaging is a better and more scaleable solution than refill stations. Meanwhile, Tesco previously trialled a carbon footprint labelling system and found it had little impact on customers and was difficult to understand.

And, like Tesco, they still source from forest destroyers. You can see how all the supermarkets fared in our Time to Shelve campaign in the graphic at the top of this article — and read more about how the individual supermarket brands fared against each other in the box underneath.

Lidl and Aldi. Morrisons, Co-op and Asda. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews metro. For more stories like this, check our news page. During COP26 and beyond, we will be sharing stories, ideas, and advice about one common theme: The climate crisis. At a time when the weight of environmental issues feels very heavy and overwhelming, our aim is to deliver content that will not only inform and educate but also offer hope and inspiration.

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