Sustainability
Walmart Sets Aggressive Sustainability Goals
Building on more than 15 years of sustainability leadership, Walmart earlier this week announced it is doubling down on addressing the growing climate crisis by targeting zero emissions across the company’s global operations by 2040. Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are also committing to help protect, manage or restore at least 50 million acres of land and one million square miles of ocean by 2030 to help combat the cascading loss of nature threatening the planet. “We want to play an important role in transforming the world’s supply chains to be regenerative. We face a growing crisis of climate change
Waitrose Removes Plastic From Multipack Private Brand Cans
British grocer Waitrose will accelerate efforts to eliminate out single-use plastic by ending the use of multibuy shrink-wrap on millions of private brand canned grocery products. The plastic wrap, which is used to keep three or four cans attached for convenience but can’t always be recycled, will now be removed permanently on all Waitrose tinned food. Waitrose was the first UK retailer to trial the removal of shrink-wrap on tinned multibuys last year. Removing the shrink-wrap on some of the best-selling everyday essentials - including baked beans, kidney beans, sweetcorn, chopped and plum tomatoes, and tuna - means a significant reduction
Tesco partners with OLIO to cut food waste
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Aldi U.S. Commits To Ambitious Circular Economy Goals By 2025
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Kroger Commits Private Brands to 100% recyclable, compostable and/or reusable packaging
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CVS Removes Controversial Ingredients from Sunscreen
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SPAR Austria Reduces 1,270 Tons of Sugar in Private brand Products
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Kroger’s Simple Truth Partners with Terracycle to Recycle
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Jumbo has a scoop with MSC-certified private brand canned fish
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Home Depot to Eliminate EPS Foam & PVC Film from Private Brand Packaging
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