Retailing

Tesco opens Asia’s first zero-carbon hypermarket
Tesco Lotus, the Thai subsidiary of Tesco plc, has opened what it claims is Asia's first zero-carbon hypermarket in Bang Pra. The opening of the new store is a significant milestone in Tesco Lotus' plan to reduce carbon emission 50 percent below it 2006 baseline by 2020. At a corporate level Tesco aims to be a zero-carbon business by 2050.
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Taiwan retailers in multi-company energy saving pact
Twenty chain drugstores and apparel companies signed a pledge to voluntarily cut their electricity use by 5 percent over three years at a meeting convened by the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Bureau of Energy Wednesday.
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