Climate change

Promise 2008

In 2008 we will:

• continue to increase energy efficiency in our stores to achieve our long-term carbon emissions targets;
• develop an Eco format store which will provide a new blueprint to ensure all new stores hit our 2020 targets for carbon; we will build the first of these stores in 2008;
• use our £100 million Sustainable Technology Fund to support large-scale projects to reduce our carbon footprint, including large wind turbines, biomass and anaerobic digestion;
• develop alternatives to HFC refrigeration for our stores, for example by using natural refrigerants such as CO2;
• increase our use of renewable energy and build the largest privately funded solar facility in the Czech Republic at our Postrizin distribution centre;
• continue to improve efficiency in our distribution network by working with suppliers and using more efficient methods of transport, for example the Tesco Train and Britain's waterways;
• make the SCI's research findings freely available so that everyone can benefit from its work;
• work with others to develop carbon labelling for products and pilot this in-store; and
• continue to engage with influential organisations and individuals, including the government, the Carbon Disclosure Project, the Carbon Trust and The Climate Group.