Posts Tagged ‘supermarkets’
Report on Superstores and Climate Change
Posted in Research by fedwards on March 4th, 2009
A short paper by economist Jean-Marie Beauvais describes the results of a study indicating that shopping at large, suburban ‘superstores’ consumes more than four times as much transport energy as local grocery store shopping. This aspect has also been discussed (with possible alternative transport models) in the “Virtual Shopping” chapter of George Monbiot‘s book, “Heat“. To view the Beauvais article visit http://www.vtpi.org/superstores.pdf.
Launch of the online toolkit Greening Grocery: Strategies for Sustainable Food Retailing
Posted in Models by fedwards on November 27th, 2008
The Food Trust has recently launched their online toolkit Greening Grocery: Strategies for Sustainable Food Retailing, a valuable resource for grocery store operators and policy makers who want to harness the financial benefits of sustainable building practices in order to increase the availability of fresh food in communities. The toolkit is available at www.greeninggrocery.org.
