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Co-op joins carbon reduction campaign

The retailer is encouraging its staff, members, and customers to sign up to the Count Us In campaign.

Co-op has joined carbon reduction campaign Count Us In as part of its 10-point climate change action plan.

Count Us In is made up of 16 steps, which have been selected with experts from the UN Environment Programme as being the most effective ways in which everyone can get involved to reduce carbon pollution, and influence politicians and businesses to drive solutions at a large scale.

Steps people can take include cutting down on food waste, repairing and reusing appliances, eating more plants, talking to friends, and speaking up at work.

Steve Murrells, Co-op Group Chief Executive, said: “Global society is facing a monumental climate change crisis and just as the government need to be ambitious in delivering against its own commitments, we know we’ve got a critical role to play in delivering real change for a fairer world.

“The impact on lives and livelihoods in the UK and around the globe disrupted by the effect of global heating on weather patterns can be no longer ignored, and the scale of the climate crisis means every one of us must act now.

“That’s why I am personally signing up to this pledge and I am encouraging all of my colleagues, Co-op Members and customers to join me, because we know that when we work together, we can achieve bigger and better things.”

The retailer has also pledged to radically reduce the carbon that comes from its products and operations, and aims to become a Net Zero business by 2040.

Ipsita Bhatia, from Count Us In, added: “We are thrilled and proud to have Co-op as a partner of Count Us In. It’s incredibly powerful to see Co-op engaging their colleagues, members and customers, to take steps to reduce their own carbon pollution and add up to something bigger, together.”