Environmental Management Strategies at TESCO: A Detailed Analysis

This report examines TESCO's environmental management practices, focusing on its compliance with ISO 14001:2015 standards. It details TESCO's commitment to sustainability, including its 'ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT' policies and its 4 R strategy (reduce, remove, reuse, recycle) aimed at minimizing environmental impact. The report highlights TESCO's efforts to eliminate plastic from its products by 2020, along with initiatives to use eco-friendly printing processes and reduce carbon emissions. The analysis emphasizes the benefits of these practices, such as enhanced customer loyalty, improved brand image, and long-term profitability. Furthermore, the report discusses how compliance with environmental standards can boost employee engagement, reduce costs, and facilitate organizational changes, ultimately leading to a more sustainable and competitive business model for TESCO. The appendix provides further details on the implementation of ISO 14001 within TESCO's operations, including audit programs and supplier requirements.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5
Appendix..........................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
ISO 14001: 2015 is the INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR
STANDARDIZATION that discusses about all the requirements of framework for the purpose of
establishing an Environment management system that is effective. It is necessary to implement
and comply with the requirements of ISO 14001: 2015 in order to reduce the environmental
impacts of the organizations (Da Fonseca 2015). The company selected for the purpose of this
study is TESCO that is a retailer of general merchandise and groceries. TESCO foods comply
with the standards of ISO 14001: 2015 in order to carry out its activities in an environmental
friendly way (Tesco.com 2019). Self-reflection refer to the ability of an individual to learn from
their past experience for the purpose of making application of the same in future. The main aim
of the paper is to show the way TESCO complied managed to implement ISO 14001: 2015 into
its business and also reflection upon these figures and data in order to understand the benefits of
applying a sustainable business approach.
Discussion
TESCO is presently complying with the standards of ISO 14001: 2015, in its food and
non-food site and moreover it also has the “ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND WASTE
MANAGEMENT” in case the site fails to comply with the standards. Environmental policies are
given in the “ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT”. Moreover TESCO
has made an announcement about removing all plastic material from its products by the end of
2020. The same has been announced in the TESCO stores in UK in order to comply with the ISO
14001: 2015 (Fonsec and Domingues 2018). The same plan has been announced as a prat of the
present 4 R strategy of TESCO. According to the 4 R strategy of TESCO that includes- reduce,

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remove, reuse and recycle and it is aimed at removing material that is non-recyclable and all
those products that require excessive packaging. However in cases where it is unable to remove
the activities of excessive packaging such as for packaging food in order to protect the same
from getting wasted, the company has entered into agreements with the suppliers for reducing
the use of plastic material from the packaging as far as possible (International Organization for
Standardization 2015). Further TESCO has necessitated it for the retailers to use recyclable
material and reusing material. Therefore, TESCO will ensure removal of plastic material from its
business by 2020 by ensuring that plastic bags are avoided, by removing the plastic trays,
removing the secondary lids, reducing the use of straws and sporks and also removing the use of
plastic pieces from greeting cards and clothing. Further the company is also making its print eco-
friendly by making use of processes that are alcohol-free. Therefore non-hazardous material is
used for making the printing inks such as vegetable oil and moreover the company is also
recycling its developers and solvents (Ward 2016). These CTD’s are certified by ISO 14001:
2015. Further the paper that is being used by the company is also made of material that is free
from elemental chlorine free and these activities are done in order to comply with ISO 14001:
2015. TESCO has KPI’s that are aimed at reducing the emission of carbon dioxide, by reducing
the same from the network of distribution and the company is also aimed at reducing the
consumption of water.
If TESCO continues with its eco-friendly activities and also complies with the standards
of ISO: 14001: 2015, it will be able to create an image in the minds of the customers and it will
also be able to attract loyal customers (Ćoćkalo et al. 2019). This is so because the customer are
becoming aware of the environmental impact of organization and therefore they want to become
a part of something good and by becoming a customer of TESCO they will feel that they are also

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doing something good for the society because of the environmental friendly activities undertaken
by TESCO. Therefore by complying with the standards of ISO 14001: 2015, the company will
be able to become a sustainable one, that will help the company in becoming profitable for the
long term and moreover it will also be able to gain a competitive advantage over its competitors
by complying with ISO 14001: 2015 (Murmura, Bravi and Santos 2019). By complying with the
ISO 14001: 2015, TESCO can also keep its employees engaged and motivated because the
employees feel that they are doing something good the society as a whole and therefore become
loyal towards their company and the company will be able to retain its employees longer by
engaging in such activities. It can help TESCO in improving its image and goodwill by reducing
its environmental impact. By complying with all legal standards properly, organizations can
reduce the interference of government into its day to day activities thereby improving the overall
efficiencies of the organizational activities (van der Walt 2019). Further these activities can also
help the company in reducing its cost by carrying out various cost control activities. Companies
that comply with various environmental standards can easily carry out organizational changes
because of employees will support all changes taking place and adapt to the same easily. By
complying with all the environmental standards, organization can easily gain the trust of the
stakeholders.
Conclusion
Therefore from the above discussion, it can be concluded that companies need to make
application of and to comply with ISO 14001: 2015 in order to reduce its environmental impact
and to become a sustainable businesses in the eyes of customers and general public. Therefore
from the paper it can also be understood that TESCO complies with these standards as also has
“ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT” document in there in case the

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site is unable to comply with the standards of ISO. Further from the paper the various activities
carried out by TESCO in order to become environmental friendly has also been seen such as the
company has recently undertaken the activity of reducing plastic material from products by the
end of 2020.

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Da Fonseca, L.M.C.M., 2015. ISO 14001: 2015: An improved tool for sustainability. Journal of
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Appendix
TESCO has implemented ISO 14001: 2015 in TESCO food and also the categories of fresh food.
This standard is in fact also applicable to all packing operations and manufacturing activities that
are responsible for supplying material to TESCO. The standards therefore are applicable TESCO
food and non-food products. The “ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND WASTE

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MANAGEMENT” within the core is omitted from the maintenance audit site where a
certification of ISO 14001: 2015 has already been received. Further the site is required to meet
the requirements of ISO 14001 and also ISO 9001: 2015 for its program of audit. Moreover the
suppliers of TESCO can avoid the section of Ethical trading if they can show that they are
already complying with all the necessary requirements. In the similar way product and supplier
assurance is also got. The “ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT” is
applicable in case sites do not have a certification from ISO 9001: 2015 and also the certification
of 14001: 2015. All these information is included in the program of TESCO audit. The
“ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT” discusses about the
environmental policy in order to ensure that the local requirements of environment are being
met. This helps TESCO in reducing its environmental impact. Further in order to reduce its
environmental impact and to ensure compliance with ISO 14001: 2015, TESCO has decided to
remove the plastic pieces by the end of 2020.

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