Lidl GB is the first ‘discount’ supermarket to sign WWF's Retailers' Commitment for Nature, joining Co-op, M&S, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose in cross-sector sustainability push.

With this latest recruit, 60 per cent of UK food retail market is now aligned to WWF's target to halve environmental impact of UK baskets by 2030.

The global food sector is currently driving 60 per cent of deforestation and 30 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions, and WWF is working with supermarkets across the UK to address their environmental impacts in seven key areas which make up the WWF Basket: climate, deforestation and conversion of habitat, agricultural production, marine, diets, food waste and packaging.

As well as setting science-based net-zero targets aligned with 1.5C across all scopes, Lidl has also confirmed alignment to WWF's more recent joint retailers’ climate action focused on reducing supply chain emissions.

Tanya Steele, chief executive at WWF, said: “Our food system is placing an unbearable toll on the planet: it’s driving climate chaos and fuelling the destruction of nature in the UK and overseas, undermining our resilience and putting our future at risk.”

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