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UK retailers collaborate to combat climate change
04 Jul '20
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Pic: BRC
Twenty major UK retailers recently signed a declaration to develop a road map to tackle the causes of climate change. The declaration notes that retailers are coming together through the British Retail Consortium (BRC) to develop a ‘ground-breaking decarbonisation plan’ to guide the industry on steps needed to accelerate progress to a Net Zero UK ahead of the 2050 target.
The BRC-led declaration commissions the creation of a road map that will provide retailers with the guidance and support necessary to decarbonise.
Not only are they committed to cutting carbon emissions associated with their shops, distribution centres and logistics, but also, and most importantly, their supply chains and the products people are buying every day, according to a BRC press release.
The research will be conducted by environmental experts and published in the form of a road map, along with a wider industry commitment, in the run up to COP26. The work will build upon the Better Retail Better World campaign whereby retailers reduced their carbon emissions from operations by over one third since 2005.
“Retailers, suppliers and customers all have their part to play in reducing their carbon emissions. This roadmap will be the first step towards a better, more sustainable future. It will then be up to wider industry and Government to implement the recommendations it set out,” Peter Andrews, BRC head of sustainability policy said.
The BRC-led declaration commissions the creation of a road map that will provide retailers with the guidance and support necessary to decarbonise.
Not only are they committed to cutting carbon emissions associated with their shops, distribution centres and logistics, but also, and most importantly, their supply chains and the products people are buying every day, according to a BRC press release.
The research will be conducted by environmental experts and published in the form of a road map, along with a wider industry commitment, in the run up to COP26. The work will build upon the Better Retail Better World campaign whereby retailers reduced their carbon emissions from operations by over one third since 2005.
“Retailers, suppliers and customers all have their part to play in reducing their carbon emissions. This roadmap will be the first step towards a better, more sustainable future. It will then be up to wider industry and Government to implement the recommendations it set out,” Peter Andrews, BRC head of sustainability policy said.
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