Tag: Tesco

Tesco becomes first major UK retailer to ban plastic wet-wipes

Stuart Mitchell

A new move to scrap all baby wipes containing plastic was made by Tesco from March 14.   The supermarket, which is the UK’s biggest seller of baby wipes, will no longer sell branded baby wipes containing plastic.  As Tesco stopped using plastic in its own label baby wipes two years ago the entire range will now be plastic-free.   The move is significant as Tesco sells more than 75 million packs or 4.8 billion individual baby wipes each year.    It’s not just baby wipes that have been reformulated by the…

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Tesco launches sustainability-linked bond of £400m

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has launched its second sustainability-linked bond linked to the Company’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Tesco was the first business globally to set a zero-carbon goal in 2009 and later the first FTSE 100 Company to set science-based carbon reduction targets on a 1.5-degree trajectory. The launch of a second sustainability-linked bond further demonstrates the strength of our commitment to reduce our impact on the environment by reaching our target of reducing GHG emissions by 60% by 2025 (against a 2015/16 baseline). The sterling bond has a coupon…

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Tesco removes one and a half billion pieces of plastic

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has now removed more than one and a half billion pieces of plastic from its UK business since it launched its 4Rs – Remove, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle – packaging strategy. In the last 12 months, 500 million more pieces of unnecessary plastic have been identified and removed. The most recent annual savings include: More than 200 million bags removed from Tesco.com deliveries 42 million plastic forks from prepared salads and rice bowls, replaced by the option of wooden alternatives 14 million plastic chicken trays from whole chickens 48 million…

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Tesco becomes UK’s first supermarket to join defibrillator network that could save lives

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has become the UK’s first supermarket to begin registering its 2190 defibrillators to a new national database that could improve cardiac arrest survival rates in the UK. It is the biggest single addition of defibrillators to the database so far. The database, called The Circuit: The National Defibrillator Network, aims to map all public access defibrillators, allowing ambulance services to direct bystanders to the nearest registered defibrillator if they see somebody having a cardiac arrest. There are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests every year in the UK, but…

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Soft plastics collected at Tesco to become bin liners in new recycling solution.

Stuart Mitchell

A new partnership between Tesco and packaging manufacturer, Berry Global is now recycling soft plastic collected from customers at Tesco stores. Tesco has rapidly scaled up the amount of soft plastic collection points and now collects plastic from customers for recycling in over 900 stores. It has collected over 850 tonnes of soft plastic to date and is working with partners on several recycling solutions. 25 to 30 tonnes per month of collected material, including bread bags, fruit, vegetable and salad packaging, is currently being sent to Berry’s state of…

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