Reaching our net zero target by 2050 requires fundamental changes across the whole value chain. We are committed to minimising the negative impacts of greenhouse gas emissions and our energy-use within Morrisons supply chains.

We have set 5 goals for our Sustain Chapter 1: Reducing our energy use and impact on the climate.

Our Sustain Goals

• We are committed to achieve Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
• We will reduce our operational Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 80.6% by 2035 from a 2019 baseline.
• We will reduce our Scope 3 (non FLAG) emissions by 40% by 2035 from a 2019 baseline.
• We will reduce our agricultural emissions (FLAG Scope 3 emissions) by 48.5% by 2035.
• We will decarbonise our transport and logistics operations in line with our SBTI climate targets.

Reducing our Emissions

Today, we’re already making a difference. We’ve reduced our Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 31% from a 2019 baseline, including a 5% reduction compared to the last financial year.

Emissions in our wider value chain, including the products we sell, account for approximately 98% of our total emissions, making our value chain a vital focus for us over the next few years.

Alongside other UK retailers, we’re working with external providers to measure the emissions of our wider supply chain. As part of this initiative, own-brand suppliers such as Morrisons are encouraged to reduce the greenhouse emissions associated with the sourcing, manufacture and transportation of their products. In 2023 we also joined forces with WRAP and 7 other major retailers to form the Net Zero Collaboration Action Programme, aiming to standardise measurement and reporting of GHG emissions from food and beverages. 

We measure and report on our Scope 3 footprint every 2 years, this was last measured for 2024/25. Our third Sustain target is to reduce our own brand, non-FLAG scope 3 emissions by 40% by 2035 from a 2019 baseline, so far we have reduced value chain emissions by 15%. We will report on our Scope 3 footprint and progress again in our next annual report.

We’re proud to be a signatory to the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Climate Change Roadmap, which sets key milestones for our industry. Our climate targets have been validated and approved by the Science Based Target initiative as being in line with climate science.

Lower Impact Store

Little Clacton is our first “lower impact” store. It aims to emit 43% less carbon than a standard Morrisons store.

The store is 100% electrically powered with no gas, and includes next- generation fridges powered by CO2 from agricultural waste, rooftop solar panels to provide a fifth of its energy use, and rainwater harvesting for toilet flushing.

It has a near zero-waste back-of-house system, facilities to recycle customers’ waste and stocks a significant number of loose and locally sourced products. It has 20 electric vehicle charging stations for customers, offering charging speeds from 15 minutes to eight hours.

As well as low-impact design and less packaging and waste, the store also includes a range of biodiversity schemes and offers more healthy and nutritious foods, and more support to the local community.

Our Solar Panels generate 20,000MWh of power each year, saving us over 4000 tonnes of CO2e - that's the equivalent of taking 3000 petrol hatchback cars off the road!**

Energy Savings

• We have introduced new fridge technology in 260 stores which draws cold air back into our fridges to reduce energy consumption. A number of our stores now have fridges and freezers fitted with doors, providing 30-40% energy savings.
• We are currently switching to CO2 refrigerants.
• We are continuing to invest in LED lighting and controlled voltage in stores to reduce power demand.
• We have reduced our gas consumption through a boiler replacement programme in all of our sites and stores alongside control upgrades to improve our ability to monitor and control remotely.
• We are installing 'heat harvest' technology which uses heat from our refrigeration to provide hot water in store.
• We have launched a 'Switch off and Save' energy saving scheme across our sites, to save £5m of power from being wasted.

Transport

• We carefully plan our supply chain routes to reduce road miles and empty running, including increasing our double decker journeys to reduce the number of lorries on the road.
• We have undertaken driver training and are now using a telematics system to reduce harsh braking, acceleration and engine idling time.
• We are introducing a new lightweight fleet of morrisons.com vehicles which use 10-25% less fuel.
• We have introduced a fleet of electric vehicles to run our Doorstep Deliveries at each of our stores. We are trialling the first electric truck early next year which has zero emissions.
• We are trialling the use of solar panels to power refrigeration on our chilled trucks this year.
• We are upgrading our HGVs to the newest specifications, such as using low friction tyres on all of our HGVs to increase fuel efficiency

Alternative Fuels

• We've installed over 220 'next generation' rapid electric charging points across our stores nationwide so that customers can charge their electric cars - from flat to full battery in under 45 minutes.
• We are introducing Compress Natural Gas (CNG) into 2 of our depots servicing approximately 120 of our stores.

 

 

* On Scope 1 and 2 emissions Morrisons is making the move to help limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, in line with the highest ambition of the international Paris Agreement - to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Morrisons Scope 3 emissions will follow a well below 2 degrees pathway.

**Calculated using UK Government Emmission factors, assuming an average of 6600 miles per annum