Offering delicious, quality food at affordable prices has been at the heart of Sainsbury’s for over 150 years. The retailer has a long-standing commitment to tackling climate change and reducing the impact the business has on the environment. Sainsbury’s has a reduced its carbon emissions by 42% over the last 16 years despite growing by 46%. For the last seven years, Sainsbury’s has been awarded an A rating for taking action on Climate Change by the CDP, the highest rating of any supermarket globally. In 2020, Sainsbury’s committed to invest £1 billion over 20 years to become net-zero in its operations by 2040, to help limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Sainsbury’s will use the £1 billion investment to implement a program of changes, with a focus on reducing carbon emissions, food waste, plastic packaging, and water usage, as well as increasing recycling, biodiversity, and healthy and sustainable eating.

The information on this page was provided by Sainsbury’s on Apr 19, 2021