Race to the Top

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How are supermarkets performing in their promotion of a greener and fairer food system? Are they sourcing food from wherever it can be produced at lowest cost with the lowest ethical, environmental, animal welfare and labour standards? Or are they competing on social, environmental and ethical performance - a 'race to the top'?

These questions are at the heart of the Race to the Top project, coordinated by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).

Final Report now available

The Race to the Top project ended prematurely following a confidential pilot year (2002) in which six supermarkets took part and one publicly reported year (2003), in which only three supermarkets participated. A full report on the lessons learned from the project is now available. The materials, methodologies and research developed throughout the course of the project will remain accessible and we encourage other initiatives to make use of them. On behalf of the project partners, IIED is grateful to the many people who have expressed interest in and support for the project.
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