Can Tesco Save the World?

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Duration: 30 minutes

It has been blamed for concreting over the countryside, and running up endless air miles importing food and trucking it the length and breadth of Britain, but is Tesco now leading the business fightback against man-made global warming?

Local communities and a new breed of business entrepreneurs increasingly see delivering a low-carbon economy as an opportunity to make money, while politicians are wary of forcing the pace of change because of its potential to lose votes.

  • How business is cashing in with low-carbon creativity

    Panorama's Tom Heap looks at how retail giant Tesco is among those leading the way when it comes to cashing in on going green.

    Read Tom Heap's feature about how business is going green

  • Gimme five good reasons to go green

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    As political leaders prepare to gather in Copenhagen, the eyes of business leaders are on them. There's money to be made in going green, says Craig Bennett from The Copenhagen Communiqué on Climate Change signed by more than 800 businesses. Here he explains why the likes of Shell and Tesco are leading the call for bold action on climate change.

  • Dragons' Den flashes the green cash

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    Upon entering the Den, Rupert Sweet-Escott's invention had the Dragons laughing, but it was not long before hard cash was put up for his environmentally friendly idea. Panorama's Tom Heap caught up with Rupert to find out how he has been cashing in on the green economy.

  • Can a wind turbine make me money?

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    Panorama's Tom Heap investigates the financial rewards for going green and the thousands of pounds he could make by investing in a wind turbine to power his family's Scottish home.

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Presenter
Jeremy Vine
Reporter
Tom Heap
Producer
Matthew Chapman

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