Tesco launches 'sustainable basket metric' to track environmental impact of food

Madeleine Cuff
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In partnership with WWF supermarket will measure environmental impact of popular foods in a pilot starting next year

From bananas to salmon fillets, Tesco will soon be tracking the environmental impact of some of its most popular products, marking the first step towards its goal of halving the environmental impact of...

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