All the supermarkets have set ambitious targets to also cut emissions from vehicles, the distance goods travel, waste and other harmful byproducts of their business. One key driver has been shooting business electricity bills that account for nearly 40% of store costs and about 60% of their direct emissions.

The other reason is customers. Though evidence to prove that shoppers are actually lobbying for ‘greener goods’ is hard to find. But supermarkets see new green values as a means of winning or retaining customer loyalty, stated the news editor of The Grocer industry magazine, Ronan Hegarty.

He added: “It is a bit of a trump card to say ‘who is the greenest’?”

And at the same time, retail bosses are seeing the opportunity to employ the cost savings to target more customer base by bringing down product prices, explained, head of Asda’s corporate policy for sustainability and ethics, Julian Walker-Palin, who added:

“Anything a supermarket does, we do (it) for our customers. For 17 million people who visit and shop in Asda each week, the majority does not understand carbon and climate change, and they do not want to. But they understand there is this issue that we need to do something about”

A combined effort in reducing both the business electricity and product prices should help to make vital savings in this tough economic period.

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