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63 UK retailers support BRC Climate Action Roadmap
10 Nov '20
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Sixty three leading UK retailers have come together to support the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Climate Action Roadmap, which aims at bringing the retail industry and its supply chains to Net Zero by 2040. This follows an announcement earlier this year where 20 major retailers signed a declaration to develop the Climate Action Roadmap to tackle the causes of climate change.
“We believe that with vital support from government, the retail industry can decarbonise stores by 2030, deliveries by 2035 and products by 2040,” BRC said in a press release.
The Climate Action Roadmap sets out five areas of action: putting decarbonisation at the core of all business decision making; reducing carbon emissions from shops and distribution centres; moving to net zero logistics operations; increasing sustainably-sourced products; and helping customers and employees to live low carbon lifestyles.
By 2040 the British public can expect to buy or rent products knowing they have minimal impact on the climate, BRC said.
The roadmap builds upon the Better Retail Better World campaign whereby retailers are leading the charge to meet some of the biggest global challenges of the coming decade.
The launch of the Climate Action Roadmap begins a twenty-year journey through which the industry will combat climate change and help customers live low carbon lifestyles. The plans for the roadmap will be outlined in detail at the UNFCCC Race to Zero Dialogues on November 10.
“Climate change is a threat that none of us can afford to ignore. The BRC Climate Action Roadmap is a clear and decisive statement that the retail industry is ready to take on this challenge - to be part of the solution. By 2040, we want every UK customer to be able to be able to make purchases – in store and online – safe in the knowledge that they are not contributing to global heating,” BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said.
“We believe that with vital support from government, the retail industry can decarbonise stores by 2030, deliveries by 2035 and products by 2040,” BRC said in a press release.
The Climate Action Roadmap sets out five areas of action: putting decarbonisation at the core of all business decision making; reducing carbon emissions from shops and distribution centres; moving to net zero logistics operations; increasing sustainably-sourced products; and helping customers and employees to live low carbon lifestyles.
By 2040 the British public can expect to buy or rent products knowing they have minimal impact on the climate, BRC said.
The roadmap builds upon the Better Retail Better World campaign whereby retailers are leading the charge to meet some of the biggest global challenges of the coming decade.
The launch of the Climate Action Roadmap begins a twenty-year journey through which the industry will combat climate change and help customers live low carbon lifestyles. The plans for the roadmap will be outlined in detail at the UNFCCC Race to Zero Dialogues on November 10.
“Climate change is a threat that none of us can afford to ignore. The BRC Climate Action Roadmap is a clear and decisive statement that the retail industry is ready to take on this challenge - to be part of the solution. By 2040, we want every UK customer to be able to be able to make purchases – in store and online – safe in the knowledge that they are not contributing to global heating,” BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said.
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