THE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY OF FIVE LEADING EUROPEAN RETAILERS
Vol. 9, Nr.2/2010 , p268..283
Author(s):
Claudia-Maria BOBE
Voicu Dan DRAGOMIR
Keywords:
Retail industry, sustainability reporting, environmental indicators, European companies
Abstract:
Retailers have a pivotal role to play in that they are intermediaries between producers and manufacturers, on the one hand, and customers, on the other. Some authors characterise the retailers’ position as being largely passive while others view the retailers as having a much more active role in driving production and in stimulating customer demand. Retailers are currently looking for measures to address a number of environmental issues including energy consumption and emissions, raw material usage, water consumption, waste, the volume of packaging, recycling, genetically modified foods and the use of chemicals. The development of such measures allows them to chart progress over time and to compare their performance with industry wide standards and government targets.
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