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Buying into sustainability

By: Series: Environment Information Bulletin ; (127) March 2003, 8-12(5)Publication details: 2003Subject(s): Summary: Reports on developments within the retail sector to incorporate sustainability into its strategies. The Corporate Social Responsibility agenda establishes a policy of building brand trust and hence improves competitiveness. Crucial to this trust is environmental awareness and issues of particular concern include supply-chain management, ethical product sourcing, reporting, packaging, hazardous chemicals and life-cycle assessments.

Reports on developments within the retail sector to incorporate sustainability into its strategies. The Corporate Social Responsibility agenda establishes a policy of building brand trust and hence improves competitiveness. Crucial to this trust is environmental awareness and issues of particular concern include supply-chain management, ethical product sourcing, reporting, packaging, hazardous chemicals and life-cycle assessments.