The British retail giant Tesco Plc recently announced that it had established a partnership with Lenovo Group, to develop green IT projects in China.
Under the agreement signed between the two sides, Lenovo will collect Tesco's used IT products in an environment-friendly, and outsource those products to its affiliated company for recycling process. Tesco has stated that protection of the environment is a major issue in its corporate social responsibility policy. The company aims to cut carbon dioxide emissions from its stores by 50% by 2020.
Tesco currently runs 81 hypermarkets in China, and it plans to open 23 new stores there in the fiscal year 2010.
