Bradford Green Street sustainability scheme announces first businesses to sign up

Shoppers who want to buy more sustainably can now look out for the “Green Street” logo on window stickers in Bradford, as the first city centre businesses sign up to the green initiative.

Any businesses displaying the distinctive Green Street branding on their premises have been accepted onto the pilot scheme, launched by the Retail Sector council (RSC), to help retailers and hospitality outlets cut their carbon footprint and become more environmentally friendly.

The “Green Street” stickers will be displayed prominently in shop windows as a visible symbol that the business has signed up to the Green Street manifesto and is already making strides to becoming greener business.

So far, more than 40 Bradford retail and hospitality businesses applied to be part of the Bradford Green Street pilot and 25 are now actively involved in the scheme and at various stages of it. The Green Street pioneers also signed up to the initiative’s manifesto which will enable them to continue their green transformation over the coming weeks and months.

In return for the commitment towards creating a greener Bradford, the pioneers will receive their Green Street badges to proudly display, free support, guidance and marketing support from Green Street experts.

There will also be opportunities to attend free workshops on topics run by some of the UK’s largest and most successful retailers with expertise in specific topics, and pioneers will be able to share their experiences with other businesses.

Successful Bradford businesswoman and RSC member Victoria Robertshaw has been instrumental in launching the Green Street pilot in Bradford.

She explained, “By embracing Green Street’s philosophy and expertise these businesses are already identifying and adopting new ways of working that will make them more profitable over time by saving on overheads and attracting customers who are keen to become more sustainable.

“We have already found some great examples of sustainable practices that these businesses are doing which we are looking forward to sharing so that Bradford can be an inspiration for other businesses through the UK.”

Following the success of the first pilot, the aim is to roll out further Green Street schemes across the UK into dozens of towns, cities and high streets. In addition, the green street website is full of helpful advice and information for all businesses across the UK to access and start to become more sustainable.