This year Sainsbury's has apparently made significant process in reaching its 20x20 sustainability commitments according to CEO Justin King.
King also assed that the retailers have reduced waste to landfill to zero and significantly reduced salt in cooked meals and pork.
The 20x20 is made up of 20 commitments that Sainsbury's have to achieve by 2020. Commitments such as reducing salt, saturated fat and sugar in their own brand products. Other commitments include increasing fair-trade sales to £1 billion, reducing their carbon and doubling the amount of British food sold.
"We're focused on delivering value and values for customers, suppliers, colleagues and the stakeholders which is why our promise to help customers LIVe Well For Less is about more than price alone and why our 20x20 commitments are built into our business." said King.
"We aim to the be UK's greenest grocer and achieve our 20x20 target to reduce our operational carbon emissions by 30% absolute. To do this we're now building and running highly sustainable low-carbon stores.' says property director Neil Sachdev.
