Browsing: Sustainability

If you haven’t already noticed, the terms of the debate on carbon emissions have been changing. There is less talk about saving the planet, and lots more talk about how your life is going to be made miserable if you don’t get into line.

Waitrose has reduced average carbon dioxide emissions caused by refrigeration and cooling by 26 per cent compared to 2008/09 levels, according to the John Lewis Partnership CSR report.

There can be few more stark examples of how environmental concerns are affecting supply chains than Ford’s “Blueprint for sustainability” released last month. This set out the steps it is taking to reduce its carbon footprint.