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UK Retailers Sign Up to Challenging New Green Goals

 

Resource Efficiency in Buildings: Signatories will cut energy-related emissions from buildings by 50 per cent by 2020, accounting for growth, compared with 2005 levels.

Refrigeration: Signatories will reduce emissions from refrigeration gases by 80 per cent by 2020, relative to floor space. They will begin phasing out HFC refrigerants by 2015 and replace them with non-HFC refrigerants, in line with the Consumer Goods Forum Commitment.

Transport: Signatories will reduce energy-related carbon emissions from store deliveries by 45 per cent by 2020, compared with 2005 levels.

Water (Retail Operations): Signatories will measure water usage in sites collectively anticipated as accounting for 100 per cent of usage by 2020. They will set a reduction target when the targets are reviewed in 2015.

Retail Waste: Signatories will divert waste from landfill so that less than 1 per cent of their waste is landfilled by 2010.

 

Check the following link to read/download the Full Report:
http://www.brc.org.uk/downloads/ABRC_Driving_Resource_Efficiency.pdf

 

Source: BRC.