Richard Walker Why the Amazon matters – and what corporate activism hopes to achieve Posted on 6th May 202110th May 2021 We’ve only got the one planet to support us, and we all have a duty to look after it. It’s blindingly obvious that doing... Read More
Richard Walker Business Rates Posted on 17th February 202117th February 2021 Why has Iceland not followed some of the other grocers in returning our pandemic business rates relief to the Government? First and most obviously,... Read More
Backyard Nature Guest Blogger Elliot Fitzpatrick Guest Blog Posted on 19th October 2020 Guest Blog: Elliott Fitzpatrick (aged 11) Hi my name is Elliott Fitzpatrick and I am taking over Richard’s blog for today. You may have... Read More
Richard Walker Plastic: Let’s Be Honest Posted on 15th September 202016th September 2020 ‘You can’t manage what you can’t measure’ is an insight usually attributed to Peter Drucker, probably the most famous management consultant of all time.... Read More
Richard Walker Carbon report: must try harder Posted on 14th July 202028th July 2020 On the face of it, the update on Iceland’s carbon footprint that we are publishing today linked here contains some pretty good news. Starting... Read More
Richard Walker Let’s make sure our post-Covid recovery is a green one Posted on 11th May 202013th May 2020 At the end of last week I signed a joint letter – along with other business leaders, charities and experts – calling for the... Read More
Richard Walker Two Weeks I Will Never Forget Posted on 27th March 202027th March 2020 It feels like we have suddenly stepped into a parallel universe, where none of the normal conventions that have framed our lives apply. Retailers... Read More
Retail Week Columns Richard Walker Why sustainability can’t just be a middle class concern Posted on 24th January 202024th January 2020 It’s hard to disagree with Sir David Attenborough’s assertions that humanity has made a ‘tragic, desperate mess’ of the planet and that we all... Read More
Richard Walker We desperately need to turn down the tap of plastic production Posted on 28th November 201928th November 2019 This time last year Iceland was basking in the warm glow of coming Number One in the Greenpeace / EIA survey of supermarkets’ plastic... Read More
Richard Walker The need to democratise environmentalism Posted on 26th September 201926th September 2019 My ‘Saturday Essay’ for The Grocer Iceland has taken the lead on some key sustainability issues – recently plastics and palm oil – because... Read More