These naturally sustainable stores in Asia are leading in development

These are L’Occitane and Starbucks Greener Store, according to IGD.

L’Occitane in Hong Kong and Starbucks Greener Store in Shanghai, China were the naturally sustainable stores in Asia that were driving development in the region due to their sustainability initiatives, according to a report by IGD.

In its report, IGD said L’Occitane has launched its first sustainability concept store in Hong Kong which aims to reduce plastic waste and support a sustainable plastic economy locally where shoppers were given rewards for recycling empty products in store, no matter which brand.

IGD also said that the store hosted a series of eco-themed pop-up workshops to encourage participation in its recycling schemes, whilst eco-refills made from 100% recycled PET bottles were also available for purchase.

Meanwhile, IGD said the Shanghai Greener Store was the first Starbucks store certified under the Greener Stores Framework opened outside North America, noting that there were over 2,300 Greener Stores in the US and Canada.

It added that the store was designed to “reduce waste, repurpose goods and serve as a platform for future innovation,” with over half of its menu being plant-based.

Leading naturally sustainable stores were Interspar in Vienna, Austria, Rewe in Wiesbaden, Germany, Lidl in Almere and Jumbo in Goor in the Netherlands, Circle K in Kongsberg, Norway, Bridge in Zurich Switzerland, and PBX in Stockholm, Sweden.

Asda in Milton Keynes, Gridserve in Braintree, and Budgens in Hassocks in the UK, Erewhon in Los Angeles, USA, Carulla FreshMarket in Bogota, Colombia, and Coles in Moonee Ponds, Australia, were also among the list.

IGD identified 60 stores that were aligned with its Store of the Future 2030 research based on five themes: exciting and experiential, digitally-enable, highly efficient, omni-channel native, and naturally sustainable.