schuh partners with Floreeda to create carbon savings
New acrylic risers for schuh stores across the UK have been sustainably created by Floreeda to save 1064kg of CO₂e. schuh has partnered with Stockport-based acrylic manufacturer, [...]
Trafford Centre reveals sustainability and social impact progress and priorities in 2025 ESG report
Two years since launch, ‘For Our Future’ - Trafford Centre’s award-winning ESG programme - continues to drive positive change World-renowned shopping & leisure destination, Trafford Centre, is [...]
Material Focus launches new £1million Circular Electricals Fund
Material Focus has launched a new £1million “Circular Electricals Fund” to support the development of a more circular electricals system in the UK. Currently too many new [...]
Dalton Park Outlet boosts sustainability credentials with significant new on-site initiatives
Dalton Park Outlet, an outlet shopping destination in the North East, has bolstered its sustainability credentials, announcing three impactful initiatives that promote greener, low impact living. The outlet [...]
Shawton Energy partners with Iceland to accelerate rooftop solar rollout across their retail estate
Iceland Foods Limited (Iceland) has partnered with renewable technology provider, Shawton Energy, to roll out rooftop solar systems across multiple sites within its retail portfolio. The combined [...]
Derbion secures BREEAM In-Use Outstanding Certification
Derbion is proud to announce that it has become one of a few UK retail destinations to secure a BREEAM In-Use Outstanding-rating in the management of an asset, reflecting [...]
Brand new consciously designed charity superstore that has all the heart
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) will open its brand-new store concept ‘Store of the Future’ on Thursday 1st May in Edinburgh’s Straiton Retail Park. The BHF has [...]
Railston Mannequins celebrates World Earth Day
2025 marks 55 years since Earth Day first began. The commemorated day started in the US in 1970 and has now spread globally, celebrated by millions of [...]
Visa enlists artist Sophie Tea to launch nation-wide search for the UK’s upcoming creators in circular fashion
Visa has launched ‘Recycle the Runway’, a new initiative from its global Visa Young Creators series designed to support the next generation of fashion entrepreneurs to reach [...]
ReBound partners with ESO RECYCLING for circular footwear returns
ReBound Returns has announced a new partnership with ESO RECYCLING that will expand its suite of circularity solutions for retailers and support Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compliance. [...]
Sainsbury’s to transform food waste into fuel for 30 trucks at its Bristol distribution centre
The retailer and its supplier RenECO introduce innovative, fully circular, change to HGV fuelling The shift away from diesel will save over 3,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide [...]
Salad bar atis to open new flagship store in Covent Garden
atis, the sustainable, plant-focused salad and plate concept, is thrilled to announce the opening of its newest flagship store in the heart of Covent Garden on Friday [...]
Checkout.com powers Vinted’s growth, advancing the second-hand industry through high-performance payments
Checkout.com supports Vinted’s mission of making second-hand first choice through its digital-first platform Bespoke optimisations with intelligent acceptance drive 4.15 percentoverall uplift in acceptance rates in 2024, leading [...]
Green fleet technology helps Currys reduce its fuel bill by more than £400,000 per year
Currys plc has succeeded in reducing its annual fuel bill by more than £400,000 thanks to the successful adoption of Lightfoot’s in-cab driver coaching technology and rewards [...]
Greene King’s popular Tub2pub recycling campaign returns in 2025 to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support
Greene King is running its Tub2Pub initiative again in the new year so customers can recycle their empty plastic confectionary and crackers tubs, saving waste from landfill [...]
Lakeside Shopping Centre honoured with International Green Apple Environment Award at Kensington Palace
Lakeside Shopping Centre has achieved a significant milestone in environmental excellence by winning an International Green Apple Environment Award, its fourth Green Apple Award in three years. [...]
‘Second hand Santa’: Festive shoppers favour pre-loved presents
Four-in-ten (43 percent) shoppers will look to buy pre-loved goods as gifts this Christmas, according to new research by YouGov. A survey of 2,000 UK consumers for [...]
Bolton-based online retailer welcomes school to state-of-the-art fridge recycling plant, for ‘first of its kind’ tour, led by popular kids’ TV presenterBolton-based online retailer welcomes school to state-of-the-art fridge recycling plant, for ‘first of its kind’ tour, led by popular kids’ TV presenter
Bolton-based online retailer welcomes school to state-of-the-art fridge recycling plant, for ‘first of its kind’ tour, led by popular kids’ TV presenter
A secondary school in North Wales won a ‘money can’t buy’ trip to one of the biggest fridge recycling plants in Europe, hosted by a children’s TV [...]
Former bar transformed into sustainable urban farm to combat food waste and insecurity
The sustainable urban farm project, the first of its kind in the Square Mile, will turn food waste into 20,000 meals for vulnerable communities in the Fleet [...]
IKEA’s iconic blue bag takes centre stage on Oxford Street (again) as ‘Hus of FRAKTA’ pop-up announced
IKEA is giving its legendary FRAKTA bag the haute couture treatment with its very own concept store that blends high fashion with democratic design, in one of [...]
July 2025 issue
2025 A1 Buyers Guide
