Polystyrene packaging from our stores is now compacted into briquettes for recycling and reuse
Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions reduced by 40%³
100% Tea, Coffee, Bananas and Cocoa certified to a third-party standard
New recycling and food waste bins in every store colleague rest area
2,182 tonnes of surplus food donated through our charity partnerships, the equivalent of 5.1m meals⁵
¹Founded in 2012, this was originally called the Asda Sustain and Save Exchange. It is an online private community for our suppliers to collaborate and share best practice in sustainability and resource efficiency
²According to OPRL definitions of recyclable. 86.2% recyclable at kerbside, 4.7% recyclable at large stores.
³From a 2015 baseline.
⁴Surplus food was donated from our stores, depots and home offices. A meal can be defined as 420g of food, definition from WRAP.
Our Commitments
We stated our ambition to be a net-zero business in 2021, establishing a clear roadmap to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions within our own operations by 2040. Building on our progress, we now intend to accelerate our efforts for greater impact. And we’ll keep you informed of our performance, achievements and challenges along the way.
We are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our operations, the goods and services we sell, and the suppliers who make them, with an ultimate ambition of becoming an end-to-end net zero carbon emissions business.
We are determined to do whatever we can to reduce waste, across our business. Through an end to end focus on waste and moving towards circular economies, we can eliminate waste of all kinds.
