Letters to editor
We want to hear from you. If you would like us to publish your opinion on any of the themes raised in this issue of Retail Environment or on a broader issue of interest, please email:
Charlotte.O@retailenvironment.co.uk Or post to: Charlotte Owen, Editor, Retail Environment, Environment Media Group, Elizabeth House, 39 York Road, London, SE1 7NQ. We will endeavour to publish as many letters as possible.
We welcome the introduction of a new magazine for retail professionals and suppliers and its aim of taking a practical look at the issues concerning the sector’s road to sustainability. Leading retailers recognise that they must embrace sustainable business practices if they are to continue to be competitive in a resource constrained world. A magazine for the sector
that focuses on the environment will enable retailers to share and benefi t from best practice and new and innovative approaches and technologies. The news and policy sections are useful for keeping up to date on environment and sustainably issues. In terms of future editions, we would suggest that these could highlight the shift in the focus of retailers from direct operational impact towards the supply chain and consumer impact. This shift in focus is accompanied by a move from an
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individual approach towards a collaborative approach through initiatives such as: the Courtauld Commitments; the innovative approach to resource effi ciency embodied by the Product and Sustainability Forum (PSF) and the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP).
Alice Ellison
Environment Policy Adviser British Retail Consortium
A concern for retail is that while retailers have been leading the way in energy effi ciency and carbon reductions they are facing an increasingly heavy administrative burden that is sucking fi nances available for investment projects into compliance costs. As the sector is so diverse we’re fi nding that any additional layer of complexity on climate policy creates quite signifi cant cost to compliance throughout the sector. Additionally, policy such as the
Carbon Reduction Commitments have diverted vast sums of money from investing in energy effi ciency to administration for compliance. While the retail sector is an ardent supporter of carbon reduction and energy effi ciency it is facing increasing constraints on its ability to unlock fi nances for projects that support the drive towards a low carbon economy. It appears that a lack of harmonisation in policy and reporting requirements is actually stopping the retail sector from unlocking its potential in energy and carbon reduction. The real question is “can there
ever be a policy utopia where potential meets ambition in order that we achieve our goals in avoiding dangerous climate change?” The sector would like to
believe so.
Andrew Bolitho Property, Energy and Transport Policy Adviser British Retail Consortium
Endorsements
I enjoyed reading the magazine, and all of your articles. All of the topics are relevant to our business and my role within it. I will certainly subscribe, and look forward to future editions.
Philip Spring , Projects and Carbon Manager - Baby Division UK, Danone
Great work – and great to see such a professional mag out in this market too.
Joanna Watchman, Director, Content Communications
66 RETAIL ENVIRONMENT | JUNE 2013
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