Harbor in Wales (photo by King of Coleslaw, courtesy of morguefile.com)

The Sustainable Development Commission has found that too many supermarket practices are “unhealthy, unjust and unsustainable” according to an article published by icWales. The Commission is the independent watchdog on sustainable development for the Government of the United Kingdom.

The article says the Commission has declared that the Welsh Assembly Government “must harness the supermarkets’ power if it is to tackle obesity, climate change and the nation’s growing rubbish mountain.”

Professor Tim Lang of the Sustainable Development Commission is quoted as saying, "Today in the era of climate change, oil dependency, looming global water shortage, fish-stock crises, biodiversity and public health challenges, to aim purely for quantity of supply or cheapness at all costs is hopelessly inadequate."

The icWales article says the Commission “calls on the Government to develop an enforceable definition of 'local' food, to promote fair trade standard systems and to work with industry to develop a system of universal sustainability standards.”

If you’d like to read the icWales article cited above go to: Supermarkets must tackle obesity and waste - report