Sustainable retail leaders hit out at supermarkets wrapping veggies in plastic
Sustainable retail leaders, including Nike’s former environmental consultant, have criticised supermarkets wrapping vegetables in plastic.
Speaking on a panel about ethical retailing at Mumbrella’s Retail Marketing Summit, moderator Adam Donnelly, chief strategy officer at RXP, asked why supermarkets are still using plastic wrapping on vegetables when they know it isn’t environmentally friendly.
The panel (L-R): Julie Mathers, Flora & Fauna founder; John Elliott, former MD of TOMS Australia and New Zealand and former environmental consultant at Nike; Jacquie Fegent-McGeachie, former global director – CSR and sustainability, Kimberly-Clark and current board director at the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia; and Pippa Kulmar, co-director of retail consultancy, Retail Oasis
Absolutely. I was giving school discourses yesterday about this very topic. It is up to each and everyone one of us to force this (obviously needed) change.