Tesco is among a number of popular supermarkets which has signed up to changes to how they operate their business.
Popular chains like Tesco and Carrefour as well as Diageo and Coca Cola have all agreed to an EU Code of Conduct aimed at increasing affordability and adding food options that help reduce the overall environmental footprint.
The code was developed with EU associations and companies.
The EU Commission said in a statement that: “Associations and companies in the food sector that sign the code commit to accelerate their contribution to a sustainable transition."
Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans said the companies have agreed to “ambitious commitments with measurable outcomes” covering a wide range of areas, from animal welfare, to sugar reduction and cutting greenhouse gas emissions in their full product range.
"Companies will report progress by submitting a summary of their sustainability report on an annual basis.
“We need to make our food system sustainable and we need to do it soon. We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions and halt biodiversity loss related to food production, and shape a food system that makes it easier to choose a healthy and sustainable diets.
“Addressing these environmental, health, and social challenges in our food system require cooperation across the entire food chain and I am encouraged by ambitions of the stakeholders who have already signed up to the EU Code of Conduct,”
