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The roadmap sets out five areas of action: putting decarbonisation at the core of all business decision making, reducing carbon emissions from shops and distribution centres, moving to net zero logistics operations, increasing sustainably sourced products, and helping customers and employees to live low carbon lifestyles.
The initiative is also being supported by: Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Ocado, Iceland, John Lewis Partnership, Morrisons, Sainsburys, and Scotmid.
The plans for the roadmap will be outlined in detail at the UNFCCC Race to Zero Dialogues on 10 November 2020.
Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, said: “Climate change is a threat that none of us can afford to ignore. The BRC Climate Action Roadmap is a clear and decisive statement that the retail industry is ready to take on this challenge – to be part of the solution. By 2040, we want every UK customer to be able to make purchases – in store and online – safe in the knowledge that they are not contributing to global heating.
“Never before has an entire industry been so ambitious in tackling climate change. Retail is the critical gateway between vast international supply chains and every one of us as citizens. We have a fantastic opportunity to make a real global difference if we can all work collectively.”
