Report on "Greening Retail"

There is a recent report on the green efforts of retailers such as Tesco, Wal-Mart, Woolworth and other global brands.  If doing research on green efforts in foodservice this research could be good as part of a literature review to establish benchmarks or best practice comparisons.  The report was produced by a sustainability expert Wendy Williams, and located on the blog for the National Retail Federation.  If you want a synopsis of the report based on an interview with Ms. Williams visit the blog:
http://blog.nrf.com/2009/11/04/sustainability-expert-wendy-evans-discusses-greening-retail/

To view a copy of the report visit:
http://www.greeningretail.ca/Research/1526-GreeningRetailSummary-Oct21_SM.pdf

Of course, the thing that bothers me the most is that unlike the retailers mentioned in the report, restaurants keep doing things like pumping packaging out the door that cannot be recycled or offer the customer an opportunity to purchase a reusable bag for their take out order.  Or, the bags are not offered for those who want to take home a doggie bag so that when the customer returns they can take their leftovers home in their own bag which cuts down a restaurant's costs on paper and plastics for those who cannot finish a meal that is three times the normal portion size.  Hell, I still get things to go in styrofoam containers!  But of course, these things do not come to mind in the foodservice industry especially when you have complete and utterly corrupt lobbyists like Rick Berman fighting to keep restaurants stuck in the past instead of running a modern day sustainable restaurant, let alone any, hospitality business.