{"id":139637,"date":"2025-05-12T07:56:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T04:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/yleinen\/uks-major-supermarkets-failing-to-meet-their-climate-commitments-research-finds\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T07:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T04:56:27","slug":"uks-major-supermarkets-failing-to-meet-their-climate-commitments-research-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/yleinen\/uks-major-supermarkets-failing-to-meet-their-climate-commitments-research-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s major supermarkets failing to meet their climate commitments, research finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139637\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThe UK\u2019s 10 largest supermarket chains have made more than 600 climate and sustainability-related commitments between 2014 and 2024, but most have failed to deliver measurable progress, according to a new report. Climate &amp; nature Customer engagement Policy Reporting and disclosure Strategy and delivery<\/p>\n<p><em>UK\u2019s major supermarkets failing to meet their climate commitments, research finds<\/em><br \/>\nThe food sector is currently responsible for around 35% of the UK\u2019s total territorial GHG emissions. The report from Feedback Global, supported by The Food Foundation, found that while supermarkets have made pledges at a rate of nearly one every six days, the majority lack measurable targets or transparent reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 10 retailers, nine have set targets to reduce Scope 3 emissions \u2014 emissions from their supply chains that account for about 90% of their total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions \u2014 but only four (Aldi, Waitrose, Co-op and Morrisons) are publishing UK-specific progress updates. All 10 retailers have set targets for Scope 1 and 2 emissions, which cover emissions from their direct operations and energy use, respectively. Progress in these areas is attributed to the mandatory Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) framework.<\/p>\n<p>The report argues that this contrast demonstrates the effectiveness of regulation, as opposed to voluntary action, in driving corporate emissions reductions. Among 49 supermarket commitments related to healthy and sustainable diets, only just over half include measurable targets. Of 57 commitments overall in this area, only 30 include a target percentage and a deadline. Just four retailers have set volume-based (tonnage) sales targets, which are considered best practice for tracking shifts in food sales.<\/p>\n<p>The Food Foundation\u2019s senior business and investor engagement manager Rebecca Tobi said: \u201cWhile all UK supermarkets are signed up to a huge number of commendable schemes working towards net-zero and more sustainable diets, we are just not seeing the pace of progress we so urgently need for both people and planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report highlights a mismatch between supermarket commitments and their sales practices. Analysis of six major retailers (Aldi, Asda, Iceland, Morrisons, Sainsbury\u2019s and Tesco) in March 2024 found that 13% of all price promotions in stores were on meat and dairy products. Of these, 4.6% were on processed meat. In contrast, only 7.4% of promotions were for fruit and vegetables. The disparity is wider for multibuy offers: 18% of multibuy deals were for meat and dairy products, including 10.6% for processed meat, compared to just 5.3% for fruit and vegetables. Lidl GB was the only retailer with a target to increase the share of plant-based protein in total protein sales.<\/p>\n<p>Price remains a significant barrier to shifting consumer choices. Plant-based milk costs on average 55% more than dairy milk, and plant-based meat alternatives are 73% more expensive than their meat equivalents. This makes sustainable food options less accessible to low-income households. Research shows that high-income households in the UK are more likely to buy plant-based alternatives. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) predicts that agriculture will become the UK\u2019s highest-emitting sector by 2050 if current trends continue.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edie.net\/uks-10-major-supermarkets-failing-to-meet-their-climate-commitments-research-finds\/\">edie.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/uks-major-supermarkets-failing-to-meet-their-climate-commitments-research-finds\/\">UK\u2019s major supermarkets failing to meet their climate commitments, research finds<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,1],"tags":[612,575,13855,579,655],"class_list":["post-139637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-yleinen","tag-climate","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-supermarkets","tag-uk","tag-yleinen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}