Renewable Retailer

Tesco broke stunning news today when it set out its plan to transform into a green business in terms of carbon emission. The largest British supermarket, active in a number of overseas markets, intends to create its own windfarms which could generate energy needed for refrigeration, heating and lighting at its facilities in the UK. It's a dramatic shift in the company's approach to electricity and it comes just weeks before the critical United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. In practice, Tesco's departure from fossil fuel-generated power means a massive potential reduction in carbon emissions, since the supermarket chain claims one seventh of the High Street retail martket.