The team at Infocus.Earth brings with it knowledge and experience of energy management and sustainability projects from UK retail and supermarket businesses M&S and Tesco. 

Energy management  and best-practice control of water consumption.

All retail establishments will no doubt have opportunities to optimise on energy efficiency and water management. It is a question of how much has been done already, how well it is working and how  it might be improved.  We can help you to look at these three key areas and set a viable and manageable plan. 

Waste materials, recycling and environmental policy

Depending on the type of retail business, this will be a challenging area for improvement. Adopting a mindset of “more can be done” is the starting point. But what to do and how? This is where the expertise of Infocus.Earth can help you through this process. 

Logistics and transport

Another area which has scope for continual improvement, but how much has changed in the last 10 years? How much will be likely to change in the next 10 years? If businesses don´t move with the changes, they usually get left behind. Often, all that is needed is a strategy and a plan to start improving. Having someone from outside the business come in and help stimulate innovation and progress can be just what it takes to question and then change old habits. 

The products and services

These will be wide ranging and specific to each type ofv retail business. There is not suit that fits all. However, much can be learned by seeing what other businesses have done well. This is where the team at Infocus.Earth can help bring this insight to the table. Together we can shape a more sustainable way of business that suits you, your customers, your suppliers and the community where you are operating. 

The biggest opportunities in retail are to make a difference to the supply chain – it is typically where food retailers have 75% costs; clothing and shoe retailers have over 50% of costs and home furnishings have a similar cost.