amfori pledges to accelerate the Retail Race to Zero

by amfori created 2023-01-10T15:44:50+07:00

At the closing of United Nations Biodiversity Conference: COP15, amfori announced they are making a pledge to become Accelerators for the Race to Zero.

amfori made this pledge along with 4 retail associations including ABComm (Brazil), ACCI (Greece), CBL (Netherlands) and SOCR ČR (Czech Republic). These associations join the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the Australia Retailers Alliance (ARA), EuroCommerce plus seven additional national associations, bringing the total to 15 retail associations from around the world that mobilise to drive climate action across the retail sector.

The Race to Zero 2030 Breakthroughs: Retail Campaign, backed by the United Nations High Level Climate Champions, founded by Best Buy, H&M Group, Ingka Group (IKEA), Kingfisher plc and Walmart and hosted by WBCSD, aims to engage national and regional retail associations to help support their members to build capacity to decarbonize through the Race to Zero Retail Centre of Excellence in order to catalyse a net zero breakthrough within the retail industry by 2030.

"On the occasion of the close of this important conference, amfori is proud to announce it is joining of the Race to Zero campaign as an accelerator. Climate action is a key priority of ours and retailers make up a significant number of our membership. Therefore the Race to Zero’s action in supporting retail companies decarbonize will constitute a significant addition to our toolbox. We look forward to working with the WBCSDD and other associations and realizing the campaign’s important goals." - Linda Kromjong, amfori President

“It is exciting to see the number of retail associations pledging to become an Accelerator for the Race to Zero. With the addition of ABComm (Brazil), ACCI (Greece) amfori (Global) SOCR ČR (Czech Republic) the campaign´s impact on driving global climate action across the retail sector is exponential. There is a movement happening within the retail sector and we have no time to waste. I encourage all retailers and retail associations globally to step up climate action and join the Race to Zero." - Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldein, High-Level Climate Action Champion for COP27 and Egypt.

For more information, please contact Guggi Laryea, Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, at Guggi.laryea@amfori.org