Retailer cuts back on carbon and plastic.

 

New Zealand’s Warehouse Group, parent company of Warehouse Stationery, has ramped up its sustainability targets, declaring that 20 per cent of its products will have a sustainable attribute by 2023. 

 

The Warehouse Group became the first large organisation in the country and third major retailer in the world to go carbon neutral in 2019. The retailer has removed or reduced plastic and plastic packaging from thousands of products on its shelves. 

 

In September 2020, The Warehouse launched its sustainable and affordable range and has made significant changes to its product ranges, including having more than 9000 products on its shelves with a sustainable feature. 

 

David Benattar, chief sustainability officer of The Warehouse Group (pictured), told a recdent media conference: “As New Zealand’s largest retailer, The Warehouse Group is taking responsibility for our impact on the environment and playing our role in supporting the country in taking climate action under its international obligations to the 2015 UN Paris Agreement.’’

 

Benattar is a keynote speaker at the Office, PA and Events Planner Show in Auckland on 23-24 March, where he will be talking about the importance of culture, empowerment and transformation in accelerating sustainable business practice.