At Iceland we seek to build a growing, profitable and responsible business that does the right thing for our colleagues and customers, the communities we serve, the planet and future generations. We believe that every business has a responsibility to take action against climate change and reduce its carbon footprint.
We are working hard to cut down the carbon emissions in our own operations, reduce our energy demand, and maximise the use of environmentally-friendly gases:
• 40% reduction in operational carbon since 2011
• 14% of our annual electricity comes from a large off site solar farm
• Committed to net zero for all products sold in the UK by 2040
Iceland is a signatory to the Courtauld Commitment 2030. This ambitious voluntary agreement brings together organisations across the food industry to make food and drink production and consumption more sustainable.
In 2020 we updated our targets to reduce our carbon footprint across our own operations and supply chain by:
• 50% reduction in absolute GHG emissions by 2030
• Net Zero for electricity use by 2030
• Net zero for UK fuel, gas and refrigerant gas by 2035
• Net zero for all products sold in the UK by 2040
In February 2021 we were the first food retailer globally to sign up to the Amazon Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero by 2040 – a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050.