Bags N Boots Sustainability Commitments
2040
Net zero by 2040
Boots says it is part of the British Retail Consortium’s Retail Climate Action Plan, which is the retail sector’s pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2040. Net zero means cutting emissions as much as possible and balancing the rest in other ways. The plan also includes earlier milestones for Scope 2 emissions by 2030 and Scope 1 emissions by 2035.
2030
Food waste cut by half
Boots says it is part of WRAP’s Food Waste Reduction Roadmap and has a target to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030. WRAP is a UK charity and programme that helps businesses cut waste. This commitment focuses on reducing waste in operations rather than just recycling it after the fact.
2030
Lower emissions target
The company says it has already exceeded its 2030 target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions by reaching a 37.1% reduction from its 2019 baseline. The source material also says Boots is working toward further emissions cuts through its carbon reduction plan and industry climate roadmaps. The exact future target beyond the sector-wide net-zero pledge is not fully detailed in the material provided.
2024
Science-based targets in Ireland
Boots Ireland signed the Business in the Community Ireland Low Carbon Pledge, which says it will set science-based carbon emissions reduction targets by 2024. Science-based targets are emissions goals that follow climate science rather than being chosen at random. The material does not show whether those targets were later published.
