The research looked at the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, product waste, and water, energy and resource use of traditional grocery products through their life cycles.
As a result, the Co-operative, Nestlé and Sainsbury’s are the first companies from the grocery and home improvement sectors that will pilot projects known as ‘pathfinders’, to target their efforts where many of the biggest environmental savings are. More companies will follow.
The research brings together product life-cycle data from over 150 published studies and from PSF members and industry, making it the most comprehensive study of its kind.
Over 3000 data points inform the analysis and provide an invaluable knowledge base for information on product-level environmental impacts. Detailed findings and data sources are provided in the report’s appendices, which contain information for over 200 grocery products.
This approach to tackling the environmental impacts is also being used by Wrap to review the electrical and home improvement markets.
The Co-operative and Nestlé will respectively look at waste prevention and resource efficiency measures across potato, milk and chocolate supply chains, while Sainsbury’s is focussing on its meat, fish, and poultry products as well as produce.
Source: Wrap
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