Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。
Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket, said it would challenge its green target by promising group-wide carbon neutral by 2035. This target is in line with UN aspiration of keeping global warming below 1.5C. It set the plan for how to cut carbon emissions from all key emission sources such as agriculture. It promised to do the annual update on progress as well. It requests suppliers to work together with Tesco to achieve this target. Tesco responded to growing consumer demands for less waste, less plastic and more action for the environment. Due to this, their products have become expensive and many customers are unhappy about it. The company sells unwashed potatoes as they can stay longer on shelves. The company also turned to vertical strawberry farming to cut water use.
carbon emission (二酸化炭素排出量), annual update (年毎の公表), on progress (進捗について), respond (応える), due to (そのために), unwashed (洗っていない), shelves (shelf棚 の複数形)
Questions:
- Which is the biggest supermarket in Britain?
- What does the company want to do by 2035?
- What does Tesco promise?
- What do many consumers demand Tesco?
- What does Tesco do for the challenge of carbon neutral?
- Why does the company sell unwashed potatoes?
- What is your opinion?