Co-op’s newest store launches to serve the community of Attleborough including a focus on showcasing sustainability
Co-op launches its newest store to serve and support the community in the Norfolk market town of Attleborough The store is the latest to launch with a [...]
Dreams marks 1.3 million mattresses recycled as it urges Brits to recycle their old beds
Dreams and Waste Management and Recycling partner Circom have recycled 1.3 million mattresses since September 2015 The milestone equates to saving 42,000 tonnes of mattresses from landfill [...]
Dalziel & Pow rewrites the story of unsold fashion for Crisis
Crisis, the charity dedicated to ending homelessness in the UK, has relaunched its fashion upcycling initiative Create for Crisis with a bold new retail identity and supporting [...]
AO recycles its 10 millionth appliance
Recycled appliances laid end-to-end would stretch 11,000km from AO’s recycling plant in Telford to Buenos Aires The recycled plastic is currently used to make bathroom extractor fans, [...]
DPD to expand electric van fleet to over 4,000 vehicles
The UK parcel delivery company DPD is set to take delivery of 341 new Mercedes-Benz eSprinters in September as part of its ongoing investment in more sustainable fleet [...]
Cribbs achieves BREEAM Excellent
Cribbs is proud to announce that it has become one of only a few UK retail destinations to secure a BREEAM In-Use Excellent rating, highlighting its commitment [...]
Sustainable girl summer: What retailers can learn from Love Island and eBay’s resale partnership
By Inge Bujakiewicz-Baars, Head of Sustainability at ReBound Returns This summer, sustainable fashion shared the spotlight with villa drama thanks to eBay's partnership with Love Island, which [...]
Iceland Foods and Olio celebrate 10 million meals rescued
Iceland Foods and Olio are celebrating a major milestone in their partnership, having redistributed more than 10 million meals’ worth of surplus food since launching their redistribution [...]
Immersive ocean experience set to make a splash at Grand Arcade
This summer, Grand Arcade in Cambridge is partnering with the University Museum of Zoology to deliver an immersive, ocean-themed art exhibition for visitors. ‘Grand Depths’, which will run from [...]
The supermarket clothing boom and how it has escaped the fast-fashion backlash
38 percent of consumers buy more supermarket clothing than two years ago Fewer than one in ten have ethical (8 percent) or sustainability (6 percent) concerns about supermarket [...]
Westfield Stratford City partners with Shelter to Launch ‘Reloved Market’ circular fashion pop-up
Westfield Stratford City has partnered with Shelter to launch ‘Reloved Market’, a four-day retail activation designed to demonstrate how physical retail can drive both commercial performance and [...]
Little Soap Company honoured with a 2026 King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainability
Little Soap Company, the Worcestershire-based natural soap pioneer, has been honoured with a 2026 King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainabilty, one of just 185 organisations recognised nationally this year [...]
Specsavers rolls out national recycling initiative to all UK stores
Specsavers has announced that it is funding a full national roll-out of its successful recycling boxes across all of its UK stores, offering customers the chance to [...]
Ocado Retail launches ‘Future of Food Edit’ aisle this Earth Day to support a more sustainable food system
Health food sales on Ocado up 234 percent year-on-year, with searches for high-protein, high-fibre and low-sugar products surging 77 percent of UK consumers want retailers to make [...]
Primark launches its updated Circular Product Standard 2.0
Primark launches its updated Circular Product Standard 2.0 to scale circular design across its business, introducing a new ‘Progressive’ design level which raises expectations for materials, durability and recyclability [...]
B&Q partners with British Coatings Federation to support UK paint recycling trial
B&Q has announced it will take part in a UK PaintCare trial in selected stores. The PaintCare initiative is an industry led programme developed by the British [...]
Co-op expands its electric online home delivery fleet with Toyota
Co-op is expanding its electric home delivery fleet with Toyota with a £1.5 million investment to replace and upgrade its own vehicle fleet and to support carbon reduction [...]
URW and Ingka Centres launch Sustainable Retail Index Association
Industry-first association will develop a coalition of stakeholders to promote a recognised standard for engaging the commercial real estate sector in the sustainable transition of retail Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield [...]
UK supermarkets show progress on packaging sustainability – but there’s still room to improve
More than half of supermarket packaging scores green under Defra’s recycling methodology, helping to reduce EPR fees 70 percent of the packaging assessed showed no obvious signs [...]
Modern Milkman launches Collections Service for toys and electrical waste
Modern Milkman, the sustainable doorstep delivery service, has launched a Collections Service. Designed to solve an ever-growing household problem of what to do with the toys, cables [...]



























