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Supermarkets & Retailers

The supermarkets were quick to respond to our challenges on their environmental performance, in 1988. Following publication of our Green Consumer Guide we found they’d all recruited environmental advisors. It’s been a key issue for them ever since.

My Green Life (May21)

When I was a baby my brother painted me green.. Perhaps a sign of[...]

11
May
2007 Video of Julia talking about how we can all make a difference

The New Green Consumer Guide, written by me, was published in 2007, nearly 20[...]

07
Dec
TV Clip from ‘Kilroy’ with recognisable faces! (1989)

I was amazed to discover this edition of Kilroy in my archives. I remember[...]

01
Dec
Green Consumer Compilation – TV Clips with Julia Hailes from 1988-90

Many people will be surprised to know how much interest there was about green[...]

30
Nov
TV Clips of Julia Hailes – Green Consumer Compilation from 1988/1989/1990 (posted Nov20)

Many people will be surprised to know how much interest there was about green[...]

14
Nov
The Green Consumer Guide & Week Green Consumer Week TV Clips with Julia Hailes 1988

Published in 1989 ‘Green Consumer’s Supermarket Shopping Guide’ was written by John Elkington and[...]

02
Nov
1989 Video of Julia Hailes on BBC Nine O’Clock News launching ‘Green Shopping Day”.

Green Shopping Day was organised by Julia Hailes and John Elkington from SustainAbility, to[...]

01
Nov
TV clips CFCs and the ozone layer – 1988/89 Julia Hailes campaigning for ozone-friendly aerosols etc (Posted Nov20)

The campaign to remove CFCs from aerosols was one of the most successful that[...]

01
Nov
Julia Hailes talking about organic produce (1989 Approx)

Organic produce was quite a niche market in the 1980s. I remember talking to[...]

01
Nov
TV Clips – Fashion & Environment 1989 – Julia Hailes, Paul Smith and others interviewed.

Gosh – this video is actually quite funny. The lady from Next is incredibly[...]

01
Nov
Clip from TV-AM with Anne Diamond 1989 – Julia Hailes interviewed about green supermarket products

Anne Diamond was very enthusiastic about green consumerism. On her programme again, I’m talking[...]

01
Nov
TV Clip from Gloria Live 1990 – Julia Hailes and Bernadette Valleley debating dark and light greens

One of the themes that emerged after we wrote The Green Consumer Guide was[...]

01
Nov
TV Clips compilation of Julia Hailes talking about waste and packaging – 1988-1990.

Recycling was probably the most popular green consumer issue because people could really understand[...]

01
Nov
Turning the Big Yellow green

I’ve just been appointed a board member of FTSE 250 company The Big Yellow[...]

29
Nov
Watching ‘Blue’ made people angry (Dec18)

It was difficult to decide which part of the film made me more angry. [...]

16
Dec
Challenging Sainsbury’s on environmental standards (Feb13)

 Justin King, CEO of Sainsburys I wrote the blog below for the Food Ethics[...]

20
Feb
Supermarket refrigeration – Chilling Facts IV now out (Feb12)

It’s the fourth year of the Chilling Facts campaign, which I helped conceive.  Run[...]

01
Feb
BBC world service – Greening Christmas (Dec11)

My top tips for less waste at Christmas included planning menus carefully to reduce[...]

25
Dec
Shops aren’t closing doors (Feb11)

    I went into Jessops in Yeovil on a cold winter evening. The[...]

25
Feb
M&S Introduces Marc Bolland (Jun10)

Marc Bolland’s move from CEO of Morrisons to M&S has been widely publicised.  Less[...]

01
Jun
Judging M&S your green idea competition (May10)

The £100,000 winning prize will need to be spent on greening an organisation of[...]

01
May
M&S listening to underwear concerns! (Mar10)

Mike Barry – Head of Sustainable Business at M&S   I buy most of[...]

10
Mar
M&S Suppliers Conference on Plan A (Mar10)

M&S suppliers came to be briefed on the M&S‘s groundbreaking Plan A initiative.  Sir[...]

01
Mar
M&S Food (Feb10)

 “Thank you for all of your challenges and great ideas that have helped us[...]

01
Feb
Chilling Facts Campaign on Supermarket Refrigeration (Feb 10)

Launched on 1st February, 2010, the second Chilling Facts survey has been very successful in drawing[...]

01
Feb
Chilling Facts II The supermarket refrigeration scandal continues (Feb10)

Did you know that as much as one third of the carbon footprint of[...]

01
Feb
BBC 3 Counties Radio – plastic bag rant from presenter (Jan10)

Jonathan Vernon Smith from BBC 3 Counties Radio rants to Julia about why he[...]

01
Jan
M&S Plan A (Mar09)

M&S launched their Plan A scheme in 2006.  CEO, Stuart Rose heads the team[...]

01
Mar
Chilling facts about supermarket refrigeration (Feb09)

  I’ve been working with the Environmental Investigation Agency on a campaign to highlight[...]

02
Feb
M&S Packaging fact sheets for consumers (Dec08)

Public concern about over-packaging so often misses the point that we should be looking[...]

01
Dec
Supermarkets vs french markets…. (Sept08)

Even with the wind and rain lashing around our beach hut on the Dorset[...]

20
Sep
Food ethics, tomatoes and feeding the world (May08)

I’ve been to a lot of food ethics events recently – being a member[...]

06
May
Carrier bags – Fact sheet and video – (Apr08)

M&S took a lead in charging for carrier bags and have subsequently reduced the[...]

01
Apr
M&S Plan A – 1 year on (Jan08)

One year ago I went to the launch of Mark’s & Spencer’s Plan A[...]

20
Jan
Whole foods (Oct07)

A few years ago I went to a Whole Foods store in New York.[...]

05
Oct
Food Advice (Oct07)

In 2007 I was asked by M&S to help them in developing their food[...]

01
Oct
Shops and Shopping Centres (May07)

‘I don’t think I’m going to be very popular with this audience’, I admitted,[...]

24
May
Marks & Spencer (Mar07)

I first started working with Marks & Spencer in 2002 when I was commissioned[...]

20
Mar
Report on sustainability issues in the food sector (Jan02)

  I first started working with Marks & Spencer in 2002 when I was[...]

01
Jan
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