As stated in this Vogue Business article "Care, repair and community are in."

We have been seeing some friction between landlords and their retail occupiers over green improvements. This mostly comes down to cost and who is going to front the bill. However, we have also seen a reluctance by some retailers to provide energy consumption data, with a desire to keep this confidential. This is understandable in a world of short leases and where consumers are starting to hold businesses to account for their energy consumption (noting that some businesses will, by their nature, consume more energy and have a higher carbon foot prints than others). But such retrofitting and data sharing is essential in the bid to meet net zero targets.

It is, therefore, great to see a lot of retailers getting on board and recognising that net zero goes beyond the products they sell. According to Vogue Business, the pace of e-commerce growth is slowing, which may be good news in terms of environmental impact when considering delivery and returns emissions and the use of packaging. However, in store retail is only as environmentally friendly as the real estate from which it operates. The real estate infrastructure as well as the way that staff and customers travel to the store must also be addressed.

There is also a call for "circular services" and it will be interesting to see if recycling and repair facilities become more mainstream in retail stores.