The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is urging the UK retail industry to grab the opportunity of a post-pandemic rebuild to create a more sustainable industry – and is looking at how to educate both retailers and consumers in the coming months to make this happen

Growth 2000 Sustainability

PREDICTIONS 2021 Focus on sustainability

05 Jan 2021by Scarlette Isaac

2021 predictions Sustainability

Increasing online shopping is driving consumers to worry about sustainability, studies show

02 Dec 2020by Scarlette Isaac

More than half (57%) of UK online shoppers worry that the rise in online shopping is a threat to the environment, with the pandemic seeing around a fifth (19%) planning to be more sustainable this Christmas.

Covid-19 Deliver Delivery Sustainability

Plastic-free marketplace launched to help shoppers take a sustainable stand

11 Nov 2020by Paul Skeldon

In a bid to tackle plastic pollution and support small UK businesses, one Berkshire based entrepreneur has launched e-commerce site that is plastic free.

Marketplaces Sustainability

Boots adapts to ecommerce boom and sustainability drive through enhanced packaging

04 Nov 2020by Paul Skeldon

Agility is key in the Covid era and UK health and beauty retailer, Boots UK, has been able to rapidly adapt to an online model through improvements to its packaging processes.

Boots UK Covid-19 Delivery Industry Peak Resilience Sustainability

A third of UK shoppers demand greener products – and will pay more for them

28 Oct 2020by Paul Skeldon

More than a third (36%) of Brits are buying more from companies with strong environmental credentials as priorities shift during the pandemic, SME and consumer research shows, with 34% of them knowingly paying extra for greener products and services

Growth 2000 Sustainability

Yeo Valley Organic launches ‘always on’ connected packaging as mobile makes boxes smart

21 Oct 2020by Paul Skeldon

Packaging is becoming a smart asset thanks to mobile – and the UK’s Yeo Valley and Finland’s Luonkos are pioneering its use to help make organic products more popular

Mobile packaging Sustainability

Amazon to help shoppers buy sustainably in drive to be carbon-neutral by 2040

23 Sep 2020by Paul Skeldon

Amazon has launched a climate-friendly programme that will see more than 25,000 products displayed with a ‘Climate Pledge Friendly’ label to help shoppers make sustainable choices when shopping.

Amazon Industry Sustainability

How Primark sales have changed as a result of Covid-19 lockdowns and broader changes in the way its customers now live and work

07 Sep 2020by Chloe Rigby

The retailer says shoppers are now buying in a notably different way from before Covid, with sales down in its city centre shops but higher in retail parks

Covid-19 retail resilience Sustainability the changing high street

Co-op teams up with Pinga for next step in 2020 ambition of same-day deliveries from more than 650 UK shops

04 Sep 2020by Chloe Rigby

The Co-op is promising zero emission online grocery deliveries in East London through a new partnership focused on sustainability - as it creates 1,000 new jobs in a way that it says reflects changing shopping habits

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