Protecting the environment with intelligence
This week sees the launch of EIA’s third supermarket survey. Over the past three years I’ve been amazed by the level of progress some retailers have made towards adopting HFC-free refrigeration. You’ll see from the results that 2010 was definitely the year HFC-free supermarket refrigeration went mainstream. Today a whopping 246 stores across Great Britain [...]
Reports Progress into 3rd year campaign of reducing reliance on harmful CFC’s across Britain’s Supermarket Chains
Things are starting to slow down here at HQ, we’re down to just 6 people in the office! Looking back, 2010 has been a very eventful year. I have split this blog in two, firstly, I will review the year and highlight EIA’s achievements. Secondly, and you can find the second part here, we share [...]
EIA’s second supermarket refrigeration survey reveals some improvements within the sector but highlights a need to do much more
Report exposes damage caused by supermarket refrigeration in the UK THE Co-operative Group’s green and ethical credentials have been called into question in a new survey examining the impact of supermarket fridges and freezers on global warming. The Chilling Facts survey found that the Co-operative Group is using the ozone-destroying refrigerant HCFCs in 50 [...]
Report on leading UK supermarkets, their use of HFCs and what they are doing to reduce the climate change impacts of their refrigeration.