Winner: Tesco - Low carbon fertiliser
Tesco received high praise for organising the UK’s largest-ever commercial rollout of low-carbon fertiliser.
The retailer has begun trialling eight market-ready low-carbon fertilisers with five suppliers this year, to determine the most eco-friendly and cost-effective alternatives to conventional fertiliser. The ambition was to fast-track innovation and help the fertilisers become more widely adopted.
Over the course of 2023, 70,000 tonnes of fresh produce – including lettuces, carrots, and potatoes – will be grown using low-carbon alternatives. That increases to 200,000 tonnes in 2024. The rollout is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 20% in the first year alone, at no extra cost to farmers.
“It is a win across the board because it’s not one sector taking value from another,” said one judge.
Shortlisted:
- Central Co-op - Our Malawi Partnership
- Morrisons - Scrap milk use-by dates
- Tesco - Low carbon fertiliser
- The Felix Project - The fridge and freezer initiative
- Zeus - Low-carbon fully-managed multimodal solution
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