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Chelmsford Star Co-op hits target for 25% cut in energy use

Measures include the installation of LED lighting and refrigerator doors, and the sourcing of renewable energy

Coop Sweden introduces sustainability declarations on all products

Customers can access the information in store by scanning a product’s barcode

Ecology Building Society assets pass the £200m mark

The ethical lender says its improved capital base will help it invest in innovation and accelerate…

Younity rebrand for Midcounties community energy joint venture

Lizzie Hieron, COO for utilities, says the society is pushing for greener and more socially responsible…

Co-ops oppose plans to release Fukushima water into the Pacific

JF Zengyoren president said the federation was 'categorically opposed to the ocean release'

Co-op Group bans peat from compost in its stores

The retailer is stocking a peat-free product from Westland Horticulture to encourage sustainable gardening

First Milk pledges to go zero carbon by 2040

Other sustainability promises include a reduced target for antibiotic use in cattle

Dairy co-op First Milk launches scheme to protect Lake District watercourses

Mitigation and monitoring measures will be taken on farms supplying the co-op’s Wigton site

Edinburgh Community Solar fits out its 30th public building

It is hoped the installation on the roof of the city council’s Waverley Court HQ will…

New research adds more evidence to ethical business trends

Covid-19, climate change and the Black Lives Matter movement have helped to drive the change

European retail co-ops to work on code of conduct for Farm to Fork Strategy

Sustainable food should not be a privilege for the few,' says Euro Coop's Todor Ivanov

Co-op Party MP urges government to keep bee-killing pesticide ban

Luke Pollard says allowing the use of bee-killing pesticides could have catastrophic effects on the environment