Case study Chapter 7 Environmental Sustainability at Tesco PLC.

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1. How is Tesco doing in terms of environmental sustainability? The first strategy of Tesco about climate change program is: 1.Reducing own direct carbon footprint 2.working with its supply chains and partners to reduce carbon emissions 3. Leading a revolution in green consumption The other strategies are in reducing waste, improving recycling, reducing unnecessary packaging and promoting the use of sustainable product with minimal adverse impact. 2.Based on library and Internet research , report on other environmental sustainability practices used at Tesco? 1. Leading by example Tesco successfully cut their carbon emissions per square foot of net sales area from 2006 to 2007 by 4.7%. Recognising how refrigeration systems(in store and when transporting) cause 19% of Tesco's carbon footprint has lead to new technologies for refrigeration to be developed. A new CO2 refrigeration system has already been designed and installed helping reduce carbon emissions . 2. Tesco have established a 100 million Sustainable Technology Fund which includes the installation of wind turbines, low carbon energy, ground source heat pumps, photovoltaic cells to power the tills, rainwater collection and automated recycling units for customers. Tesco work closely with other organisations to reduce their carbon footprint and environmental impact. For example working with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in South Korea and Thailand.

3. Already ahead of EU targets for electrical recycling, Tesco customers have a wide choice of recycling capabilities. Approximately 200,000 tonnes of waste is recycled by customers using Tesco recycling facilities. Tesco were the first UK supermarket to install automated recycling units. The recycling units can accept a wide range of materials from plastic, glass, metal or carrier bags, thus making it an easy 'one-stop shop' when recycling. The storage capacity of the automated recycling facilities is very high, meaning less emissions are used collecting and processing the recycling. 4. Tesco do not try and enforce customers to reuse carrier bags, instead inform and encourage customers. The bag for life scheme is being extended due to their success, and a new popular jute bag. Carrier bag usage in UK stores has dropped by 25%, equivalent to over one billion bags saved. 3.Compare Tesco's environmental sustainability strategy to those of the other global retailers ,such as Wal-Mart, Target and Carrefour? 1.Tesco committed 40 million creating the new Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester 2.The company reduced the amount of carbon emitted in distibution network by 105. 3. In 2008, the company reduced the amount of waste going to landfills by over one-third. For this strategy ,tesco is aiming to be leader in the global retailing market in terms of environmental sustain ability. 4. How much of Tesco's sustainability effort is (A)resource focused,(B)regulation focused, (C)reputation focused? I think the most important one is reputation focused because the company want that its customer must now them with high level of enviromental sustainable company.

The second is resource focused to reduce resource using with production efficiency.