Woodland aims at carbon neutral retail chain, plans new stores

Global leader in footwear and apparel retailing, Woodland is aiming to be a carbon neutral retail chain by 2015, on the back of a slew of environment friendly initiatives. The company has roped in environmental consultancy firm NextGen to calculate carbon emissions at its current 350 stores. Woodland Managing Director Harkirat Singh said that NextGen was in the process of calculating the level of carbon emissions from electricity used at stores, diesel consumption of generators and fuel burnt by the staff when commuting. With the novel initiative, the company sees more stores to unveil and by 2015, the company would have around 500 stores. The development in the footwear and apparel retailer’s will offer new opportunity to those signage players engaging in in-store signage and display jobs.