Courtauld Commitment – Phase 2

This voluntary agreement between major UK supermarkets and the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) aims to reduce household waste by working with companies to design out packaging waste growth and begin delivering absolute reductions in packaging waste.

As one of the signatories of the Courtauld Commitment we have agreed to support WRAP in the following objectives:

• Packaging – to reduce the weight, increase recycling rates and increase the recycled content of all grocery packaging, as appropriate. Through these measures the aim is to reduce the carbon impact of this grocery packaging by 10%.
• Household food and waste – to reduce UK household food and drink waste by 4%.
• Supply chain product and packaging waste – to reduce traditional grocery product and packaging waste in the grocery supply chain by 5% - including both solid and liquid wastes.