Sustainability

Sustainability

For over 150 years, providing affordable and good quality food for all has been at the heart of who we are, and everything we do. But our world is facing challenges on a global scale. To keep providing good food for generations to come, we need to build the resilience of our planet, our communities and our business. Our Plan for Better is at the heart of our strategy. It is our commitment to address the challenges we face and through collaboration, play a leading role in building a more sustainable food system.

Our Plan for Better

Our Plan For Better sets out our sustainability goals across our whole business, outlining our priority areas of focus, our key commitments and our progress. We have identified areas which matter most to our stakeholders, aligning to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, so that we can make the biggest difference.

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Sustainability news

Keep up to date with our sustainability initiatives across the business and how we are implementing our Plan for Better.

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The food we eat and the products we buy rely on a healthy planet and thriving communities and at Sainsbury’s we’ve always worked hard to do the right thing to support this. But we all need to do more and act faster. So we're taking our Plan for Better to the next level, playing a leading role in creating a more sustainable food system, to make truly ‘good food’, in all senses, available for everybody.

We know we have the power to drive positive change and we’re calling on our colleagues, customers, suppliers and wider industry friends to join us on this critical shared mission. Only by working together can we build a resilient food system and better, healthier world, now, and for future generations.

Simon Roberts

Chief Executive

Our sustainability plan

Plan for Better

Better for you

We’re helping our customers choose healthy and sustainable diets

More on healthy diets

Better for the planet

We’re committed to Net Zero and tackling plastic and food waste

More on our environmental agenda

Better for everyone

We’re making a difference to our colleagues and communities

More on our social agenda

Our progress in 2023/24

80.9 %

of our sales are Healthy and Better for you

51.7 %

reduction of absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our own operations vs our baseline

36 £ m

raised for good causes this year

Delivering on our Plan for Better

Latest news

07 November 2024

Interim Results for the 28 weeks ended 14 September 2024

Interim Results for the 28 weeks ended 14 September 2024

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07 November 2024

Interim Results for the 28 weeks ended 14 September 2024

Interim Results for the 28 weeks ended 14 September 2024

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16 October 2024

Wind in the sails: Eighth wind farm now helping to power Sainsbury's

  • Pines Burn Wind Farm is latest renewable site in Scotland to provide 100% of energy generated to Sainsbury’s
  • New state-of-the-art turbines will deliver 33.6MW of new electrical capacity
  • Wind farm will generate enough electricity for approximately 8% of Sainsbury’s annual energy needs

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03 October 2024

Sainsbury’s first major UK retailer to vacuum pack all lamb mince

  • Following the success of its market-leading vacuum-packed beef mince, Sainsbury’s is replacing traditional plastic tray packaging across its entire lamb mince range with a vacuum-packed alternative
  • The packaging will use a minimum of 65%* less plastic

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015 the United Nations published the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - 17 ambitious goals which aim to end poverty, protect our planet and increase prosperity and peace for all.

As part of our Plan for Better we support and contribute to these goals. Whether it’s investment into our local communities, reducing emissions to tackle climate change, promoting sustainable agricultural practices in our supply chains or ensuring diversity and inclusion within our organisation. Our sustainability agenda is aligned to these goals so that we can help create a more sustainable future for all.

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Reporting on our progress

To find out more about how we are progressing against our sustainability agenda and performing against our ambitious targets, please read our Plan for Better report.

Read our latest Plan for Better report

Driving transparency

Being transparent about how we are doing is an important part of building trust. Discover more about our approach to sustainability in our reports, policies and standards section.

Discover our reports and policies