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Pic: Shutterstock Leading UK retailers have smashed 2020 carbon reduction targets, with carbon emissions having fallen by 49 per cent since 2005, far exceeding target of a 25 per cent absolute reduction, according to latest data from British Retail Consortium (BRC). However, there is still much more needed to reach ambitious target of supply chain reaching Net Zero by 2040.
Carbon emissions in stores and store deliveries also fell 46 per cent and 84 per cent respectively (when controlled for growth), the BRC said.
“It’s a fantastic achievement to have halved greenhouse gases from our stores and lorries in little over a decade. However, we recognise we can do much more by helping drive decarbonisation across our supply chains and supporting our customers, the British public, to live lower carbon lifestyles through the products they buy. Our Climate Action Roadmap sets out our path to net zero operations
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TV viewership up 17% in lockdown
UK consumers spent 17% more time watching TV of any form compared to before the first lockdown in 2020, with consumption up 15% during the latest national lockdown alone.
According to the IPA’s TouchPoints 2021 data, the share of total media time taken by TV viewing increased from 33% to 37%, as people turned to TV and digital devices for news and entertainment during the 2021 lockdown. Some 66% of TV and video viewing among UK adults was live or recorded, although there is a clear generational divide with 89% of over-55s tuning in, versus 27% of those aged 15 to 34.
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