All Corporate social responsibility articles – Page 22
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AnalysisJobs that can make a difference
A career in ethical retailing can be demanding but rewarding
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OpinionRetail surgery: There is a new environmental certification for product packaging. How should we go about attaining it?
There is a new environmental certification for product packaging. How should we go about attaining it?
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OpinionRetail surgery: One of our landlords has suggested green leases. What does this involve and what will it cost?
One of our landlords has suggested green leases. What does this involve and what will it cost?
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AnalysisA smart solution to rising energy bills
Utility companies are taking a proactive role in assisting retailers as they try to cut their energy and water bills
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NewsH&M makes sustainable cotton pledge for 2020
Fashion giant H&M has committed to source all cotton from sustainable sources by 2020 at the latest.
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NewsSainsbury’s revamps tills to reduce queuing times
Sainsbury’s has invested in “cutting edge” technology to improve its self-service and manned tills, which it said will reduce customer queuing time by 500,000 hours a year.
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NewsBest Buy confirms plan to sell electric cars in UK
Electricals giant Best Buy, which opens its first big box store in the UK next week, is to sell electric cars and motorbikes and similar products as part of its ‘green technology’ offer.
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AnalysisThe green team
The UK’s biggest retailers are casting their nets ever wider when it comes to taking responsibility for sustainability initiatives. How exactly are they raising their green game
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OpinionTesco primed for economic recovery
Sir Terry Leahy may be many things, but you won’t often hear him accused of being a ray of sunshine. So when you hear him speaking as positively as he was this week about how UK consumers have left the recession well and truly behind them, you know he is ...
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AnalysisA cycle of recycling
Retailers are taking a two-pronged strategy of reducing their own waste while encouraging their customers to recycle more too
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OpinionRetailers must do the right thing
Ethical retailing is not just about sourcing - it is a way of behaving, says Neil Gillis
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NewsMore high street retailers caught selling ‘sexy’ kids’ products
Further high street stores have been caught selling sexy clothes for children, according to an investigation by The Sun.
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NewsPrimark withdraws tots’ padded bikini range after criticism
Value retailer Primark has stopped selling a controversial padded bikini top range for girls as young as seven following criticism from politicians and children’s groups.
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NewsHomebase: ‘Less well off still think green’
Homebase is to develop and market energy efficiency services such as installation of cavity wall insulation after discovering that consumer appetite for green products is greater than originally thought.
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NewsGeorge follows Asda with factory webcams
George at Asda has installed webcams in two of its factories in Bangladesh as part of its wider drive to improve transparency across the business.
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NewsComet to provide free IT training to 50,000 OAPs
Comet has committed to providing free IT training for 50,000 senior citizens as the first retailer to sign-up to work with the Race Online 2012 initiative led by Martha Lane Fox.
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NewsSainsbury’s doubles size of ‘carbon-negative’ store
Sainsbury’s has opened a store extension in Durham today which although increasing the building’s square footage by 50% has at the same time reduced the amount of energy it uses by 10%.
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NewsGreen consumer market bigger than thought, Homebase study shows
The consumer market for green products is much bigger than previously thought, research for Home Retail-owned DIY chain Homebase has found.
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NewsSainsbury’s to end ‘sexist’ labelling of children’s costumes
Supermarket group Sainsbury’s is to change the labelling on children’s dressing-up costumes after complaints about sexism.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What are the timelines for the Carbon Reduction Commitment?
What are the timelines for the Carbon Reduction Commitment?