Tag: Tesco

Fifty million pieces of plastic scrapped from beers and ciders at Tesco

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has become the first major retailer to scrap soft plastic rings and shrink wrap packaging from all beers and ciders in its UK stores.    The ground-breaking move, made in hand with many of the leading drinks giants, will lead to 50 million fewer pieces of unrecycled plastic being produced each year.   The plastic rings are reviled by environmental groups and those with a green conscience as they can contribute to our oceans being choked up and also endanger wildlife such as birds and turtles.   Tesco will stop receiving…

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Tesco extends ambitious new health commitments to Central Europe and Booker

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco have announced a further extension of its ambitious health strategy, with commitments to help customers in Central Europe eat more healthily, and to further improve access to healthy alternatives for Booker’s business customers. The post below was published by Tesco: In March, we set out the latest step in our efforts to make our stores the easiest place for customers to shop for affordable, healthy, sustainable food. These commitments cover Tesco’s UK & ROI business, as our largest market and where our health work is currently most advanced. Our…

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Tesco set to become first UK retailer to offer sustainability-linked supply chain finance

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco is set to become the first UK retailer to offer its supply base sustainability-linked supply chain finance, in a move the retailer hopes will encourage more suppliers to sign up to science-based emissions reduction targets. The voluntary programme, which has been in development for 18 months and is due to launch in September, will see annual greenhouse gas emissions data provided by suppliers independently verified and assessed by sustainability experts, Anthesis. KPMG are engaged to carry out assurance of the programme*. Tesco suppliers will be offered preferential financing rates…

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Tesco and Race for Life celebrate 20 years in partnership as Tesco turns pink

Stuart Mitchell

This year, Tesco is celebrating 20 years in partnership with Cancer Research UK’ s Race for Life. Since the partnership began, more than 360,000 Tesco colleagues have taken part in a Race for Life event, raising millions to help fund the charity’s life-saving research. Today sees the start of ‘Tesco Turns Pink’, the supermarket’s national annual fundraiser, which runs for three days and sees thousands of Tesco colleagues from across the UK raise money for Cancer Research UK. Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, is an inspiring series of…

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Tesco makes ambitious new commitments to support healthy, sustainable diets

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has set out new plans to help customers eat more healthily, and to make Tesco the easiest place for customers to shop for affordable, healthy, sustainable food. The supermarket’s plans between now and 2025 will include a major new programme of reformulation to improve the health profile of products; changes to promotions and pricing to remove barriers to buying healthy food; and a further expansion of Tesco’s market-leading plant-based ranges, with new products that will make plant protein even more accessible to families. Progress against these plans will be…

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