Richard Walker We need to have an honest conversation about food waste Posted on 11th June 201911th June 2019 Today I spoke to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on food waste. This is what I said: In tackling food waste, we need to be... Read More
Richard Walker Palm oil was all about Doing The Right Thing, not a marketing gimmick Posted on 20th May 2019 I was interested to read in the Sunday Telegraph of 12 May that our palm oil campaign had ‘failed’ because it did not translate... Read More
Richard Walker A Deposit Return Scheme is a great idea – but please keep it simple Posted on 10th May 201910th May 2019 We’ve been lobbying for a Deposit Return Scheme for longer than any other retailer in the UK. We were the first to announce our... Read More
Richard Walker Business must step up and lead on the fight against climate change Posted on 13th March 201913th March 2019 Until recently I used to talk about us ‘sleepwalking’ into an environmental disaster. But the facts are now so raw, so obvious and so... Read More
Richard Walker The huge challenge of removing palm oil Posted on 24th January 201925th January 2019 Last year we pledged to make two massive changes that both presented enormous technical challenges: removing plastic packaging from our Iceland own label range... Read More
Richard Walker Iceland: No Appetite for Extinction Posted on 10th April 201810th April 2018 In the short time you take to read this blog an area of Indonesian rainforest the size of 12 football pitches will have been... Read More
Richard Walker Why bioplastics are not necessarily the answer Posted on 9th March 201813th March 2018 Pretty much everyone who does not have a vested interest in plastic production seems to agree with us that there is too much plastic... Read More
Richard Walker It’s time to put a freeze on plastics Posted on 16th January 201816th January 2018 Iceland has taken the bold decision to remove plastic packaging from its own label products by 2023 for one simple reason: because we care.... Read More
Malcolm Walker Retail Week Columns Retailers should be seen as heroes, not villains Posted on 9th September 20161st April 2022 Britain is indisputably world class at retailing and it’s painful to see our industry tarnished by the few. Nothing is more important to... Read More
Malcolm Walker Retail Week Columns Age brings wisdom, not complacency Posted on 3rd March 20161st April 2022 No one will ever call me an old buffer because Iceland will always be an innovator and will constantly strive to do better. ... Read More