Signatory Statement for WWF’s Retailers’ Commitment for Nature
We got together last year to make the commitment to take action in our most significant impact areas—climate, deforestation, diet, agriculture, marine, food waste, and packaging—in order to reduce the environmental impact of UK baskets by half by 2030. We have prioritized our joint efforts using a science-based methodology, in keeping with the conclusions of this analysis that supply chains may be responsible for up to 90% of supermarket greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
We are working with WWF and WRAP to help our suppliers reduce their GHG emissions across our highest impact categories because this requires our immediate attention.
We also understand that if we don’t stop the loss of natural habitat, we can’t solve the climate catastrophe. We have stepped up our efforts here, leveraging our influence to push for policies that will address deforestation linked to our soy supply chains and lessen the environmental effects of agriculture in the UK and abroad.
The WWF research makes it very clear that immediate action is necessary and emphasizes how crucial it is to accomplish this goal for the survival of wildlife and our planet. We are thrilled that nine out of the eleven major UK supermarkets have engaged with WWF this year to offer data for this study, since we know we will need to collaborate on a scale the sector has never seen before.
We would like to take this occasion to reaffirm our commitment to reducing the environmental impact of UK consumers’ shopping baskets by half by 2030 by working with all sectors of society, including WWF, our clients, our suppliers, and the government. We believe that this objective is feasible and essential for the survival of the environment, our planet, our businesses, and, most importantly, our customers.
“Time is running out,” Sainsbury’s CEO, Simon Roberts, remarked. We are aware that the food system plays a significant role in the climate disaster and biodiversity loss that are being accelerated by global warming. At Sainsbury’s, we are aware of our obligation to minimize the negative environmental effects of our business while restoring and regenerating nature wherever we can. This obligation extends not only to our clients, employees, and the communities we serve in the UK but also to those from which we source. Our own growth has been accelerated because of the advancements we’ve made in the past ten years. However, this WWF research has made it obvious that throughout our business, we all need to step up our efforts and be more ambitious in our objectives to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. We must all increase our efforts and move faster to cut our emissions. That is why we pledged to work toward reducing the environmental impact of UK shopping baskets by half by 2030 and to join the WWF Retailer’s Commitment for Nature. By setting aside competitive advantage and recognizing the critical need to go further, quicker, and collectively to deliver for climate and nature, we are working together as an industry to generate the transformation we need to see.
Click here to read the full report.
Click here to read WWF’s retailers’ commitment to nature’s climate action plan.
Time is running out,” Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts remarked. We are aware that the food system plays a significant role in the climate disaster and biodiversity loss that are being accelerated by global warming. At Sainsbury’s, we are aware of our obligation to minimize the negative environmental effects of our business while restoring and regenerating nature wherever we can. This obligation extends not only to our clients, employees, and the communities we serve in the UK but also to those from which we source. Our own growth has been accelerated because of the advancements we’ve made in the past ten years. However, this WWF research has made it obvious that throughout our business, we all need to step up our efforts and be more ambitious in our objectives to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. We must all increase our efforts and move faster to cut our emissions. That is why we pledged to work toward reducing the environmental impact of UK shopping baskets by half by 2030 and to join the WWF Retailer’s Commitment for Nature. By setting aside competitive advantage and recognizing the critical need to go further, quicker, and collectively to deliver for climate and nature, we are working together as an industry to generate the transformation we need to see.
Click here to read the full report.
Click here to read WWF’s retailers’ commitment to nature’s climate action plan.
