French Retailers Into Organic

"France's leading retailers yesterday pledged to reduce their impact on the environment under an ambitious plan backed by the government.
The Fédération des Entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution (FECD), which represents 93 per cent of the country's hypermarkets and more than 80 per cent of supermarkets, signed a charter that aims to promote sales of environmentally friendly goods, as well as those produced organically. It will also seek to increase levels of recycling in the country and lower carbon emissions from supermarkets.

Under the plan, the retailers, with combined sales of €178 billion, will launch a study to assess the carbon emissions of around 300 key items in an average French consumer's shopping basket. The results would then be communicated to consumers on product packaging from 2010."

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