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Carboncreditz lets online retailers help customers go green

A new scheme from Grass Roots lets consumers earn green credits as they shop and gives brands and retailers the chance to boost their 'responsible citizenship' credentials by offering bonus Carboncreditz as part of their promotional activities

[Editorial] Tesco and Amazon play the green card

InternetRetailing.net's web editor, Sarah Clark, on the day's news...

The environment raises other issues for retail

Philips Electronics is adding a green tick logo to products which offer significantly better energy efficiency than their closest competitor product. Meanwhile Tesco's plan to label products with their carbon footprint is proving more difficult than originally thought.

Royal Mail helps with 'green' mailings

Royal Mail has set up an advice service to help marketers become greener by introducing carbon neutral mailing campaigns. Royal Mail's Carbon Neutral Door to Door scheme aims to make it easier for companies to reduce the carbon footprint of their mailing by giving them advice on the types of paper, inks and varnishes to use (as well as ensuring effective targeting of the campaign).

Amazon to bring greener and easier to open packaging to UK

A new initiative designed to both make it easier for consumers to liberate products from their packages and to be more environmentally friendly is to be expanded into the UK market next year

Tesco.com to get a new look in spring

The supermarket giant is set to give its site a makeover in April, and a focus on how the web can be used to incorporate the retailer into daily family life will be key to the new design. Tesco Greener Living is also to get a boost, with the retailer planning to make the environment a key part of its online strategy for 2009

Consumers' tender green shoots threatened by credit crunch costs

The majority of consumers say they are aware of the need to do more to lead a 'greener life' — but the high cost of greener goods is discouraging half of them from acting. What does being green mean online and do consumers really care?