retailers

Morrisons has decided to scrap ‘use by’ dates on milk products to save thousands of tonnes of household milk thrown away every year

The payments provider committed to removing exclusivity clauses from its contracts with energy suppliers

The water regulator is consulting on the most appropriate ways to share the costs and is seeking views and evidence until 6th April 2021

That’s the suggestion from E.ON, which says despite this, many firms are overlooking opportunities to cut their bills

The Consumer Council for Water has criticised Water Plus, Clear Water Business and Everflow for attracting high numbers of customer complaints

Thames Water will provide a one-off payment of 5p per litre per day of water saved for each of their customers

Around 39% of retailers don’t intend to participate in the government’s next energy efficiency tax landscape consultation. That’s according to a survey by npower Business Solutions which questioned 100 retailers on the government’s plans to abolish the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme while increasing the Climate Change Levy. The initial consultation, launched last September, is part […]

British retailers are on track to meet their 2020 environmental targets. That’s according to a report by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) which stated the industry is making “significant” progress around carbon emissions, water management and waste reduction. The BRC set environmental targets such as reducing absolute carbon emissions by 25% and halving energy-related emissions […]

High street supermarkets have been sternly rebuked for not “closing the door” on open refrigerator units. A new report called “The Chilling Facts” points to feedback from retailers that adding doors can lead to energy savings of about 33%. Slamming “near-Arctic conditions” in shopping aisles, the campaign group Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said the take-up […]

Waitrose and M&S are among a group of top retailers in the UK to sign up to new green goals including slashing their carbon emissions from deliveries and minimising waste. The 25 signatories including Argos, Asda, B&Q, Sainsbury’s, Wickes, Co-operative, Greggs and John Lewis pledged to reduce absolute carbon emissions by 25% by 2020. Targets […]