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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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