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2002

• First ‘Enactus UK’ national competition held

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2005

• First sustainability targets launched in 2010

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2006

• Asda is a founding signatory to The Courtauld Commitment to reduce packaging and food waste

• Production facility audits are launched to ensure labour standards meet industry regulations

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2008

• Carrier bag recycling is introduced in all our large stores

• Asda opens first low carbon store in Bootle, Liverpool

• Asda begins it’s journey on salt reduction targets across all (76) Own Brand categorie

• Artificial colours and flavours removed from own brand products (where technically feasible)

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2009

• Production facility audits are launched to ensure labour standards meet industry regulations

• Asda removed hydrogenated fat, aspartame from Own Brand products

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2010

• First retailer to use double-deck trailers for store deliveries - reducing road miles

• Asda Foundation Colleague Hardship Fund launched

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2011

• Published our first ‘Doing the Right Thing’ report outlining George values

• Asda’s first Carbon Footprint Report launched

• Asda introduced calorie labelling in ‘out of home’ settings

• Asda Skills Academy launched

• Mapped our apparel supply chain to include 2nd Tier facilities, conducting audits to ensure training/education met industry standards

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2012

• Asda is the first UK retailer to share fish sourcing data through the Ocean Disclosure Project

• Asda Sustain and Save Exchange launched, helping suppliers save money and become more sustainable

• Asda launches safety and training initiatives for suppliers outside of the UK

• Dedicated ‘Community Champion’ role launched

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2013

• Asda helps fund the UK’s first national Breast Cancer Tissue Bank

• We joined The Alliance (Bangladesh Building Safety Initiative) following the Rana Plaza Factory collapse

• Asda became a founding member of Stronger Together

• Asda’s first partnership with FareShare to donate over supplied food directly from our depots

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2014

• Asda publishes The Challenge of a Changing Climate

• Asda signs up to support The Armed Forces Covenant

• Asda Community Champions deliver healthy eating workshops using the Asda Schools Toolkit

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2015

• Implemented risk based approach to auditing for facilities in high risk areas

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2016

• 20th anniversary of Asda Tickled Pink fundraising, £50m raised for breast cancer charity partners

• Training/disclosure/management audits undertaken across George 2nd Tier supply chain

• Asda signs up to The Disability Confident Scheme

• In addition to salt targets, sugar targets are introduced and Asda begins the sugar reduction journey

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2017

• First Gender Pay Report shared publicly

• First Modern Slavery Statement published to comply with the Modern Slavery Act 2015

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2018

• Asda launches ‘Plastic Unwrapped’ a corporate pledge to use less and recycle more plastic

• Asda Fight Hunger Create Change partnership with FareShare and the Trussell Trust launched

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2019

• Partnered with Diversity Role Models

• Delivering workshops to colleagues in partnership with Rethink Mental Health

• Asda Plastics Investigators activity reaches over 400,000 primary school children

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2020

• 20th anniversary of Asda’s exclusive fundraising partnership with BBC Children in Need, £24m raised to date

• Asda launches its first Sustainability Trial Store in Middleton, Leeds, offering ‘Refill zones’ and recycling hubs

• Asda takes a range of actions to support communities through Covid 19

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2021

• 25th anniversary of Asda Tickled Pink charity partnership, with over £71m raised so far

• Asda’s first ESG Report 2020 is launched

• Asda maps its first full carbon footprint

• £25m+ donated to FareShare and the Trussell Trust since the Fight Hunger partnership started in 2018, supporting over 1 million people

• New Community Five Year Strategy

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2022

• Refill zones opened in York, Milton Keynes and Toryglen

• Celebrating 10 years of our Community Champion role

• ‘Asda Allies’ raises awareness of under represented colleagues