Editing Tesco (section)

===Corporate social responsibility===
Tesco made a commitment to [[corporate social responsibility]] in the form of contributions of 1.87% in 2006 of its pre-tax profits to charities and local community organisations.<ref name=GiveList06>{{Cite news |url=http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Society/documents/2006/11/08/ftse100.pdf |title=PDF of The 2006 Giving List |work=The Guardian |access-date=18 March 2007 |location=London |archive-date=16 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616024800/http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Society/documents/2006/11/08/ftse100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> This compares favourably with [[Marks & Spencer]], whose 1.51% is lower than Sainsbury's 7.02%.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/Article/615827/ftse-100-companies-reduce-charity-giving/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326134535/http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/Article/615827/ftse-100-companies-reduce-charity-giving/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 March 2012 |title=FTSE 100 companies reduce charity giving| date=8 November 2006|publisher=Third Sector}}</ref> This figure, £42&nbsp;million is lower than the amount of money reported to have been avoided in tax during 2007 ([[#Corporate tax structure|see below]]). [[Will Hutton]], in his role as chief executive of The Work Foundation, in 2007 praised Tesco for leading the debate on corporate responsibility.<ref name=WorkFoundtesco>{{cite web |url=http://www.theworkfoundation.com/aboutus/media/pressreleases/tescocorporatesocialresponsibility.aspx
 |title=The Work Foundation praises Tesco |publisher=The Work Foundation |access-date=18 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005054452/http://www.theworkfoundation.com/aboutus/media/pressreleases/tescocorporatesocialresponsibility.aspx <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->
 |archive-date=5 October 2007}}</ref> However ''[[Intelligent Giving]]'' has criticised the company for directing all "staff giving" support to the company's Charity of the Year.<ref name=IGtesco>{{cite web |url=http://www.intelligentgiving.com/articles/features/get_the_boss_to_help_your_charity |title=Intelligent Giving criticises Tesco's staff giving policies |publisher=Intelligent Giving |access-date=18 March 2007 |archive-date=31 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070331180713/http://www.intelligentgiving.com/articles/features/get_the_boss_to_help_your_charity |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

In 1992, Tesco started a "computers for schools scheme", offering computers in return for vouchers given to Tesco customers and donated by them to schools and hospitals. Until 2004, £92&nbsp;million of equipment went to these organisations. The scheme was also implemented in Poland.<ref name=CFStesco>{{cite web |url=http://www.bitc.org.uk/resources/case_studies/crmtescocfs.html |title=BITC – Tesco Computers for Schools |access-date=19 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051104084131/http://www.bitc.org.uk/resources/case_studies/crmtescocfs.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=4 November 2005}}</ref>

In 2009, Tesco used the phrase, "Change for Good" as advertising, which is trademarked by [[Unicef]] for charity usage but not for commercial or retail use, which prompted the agency to say, "It is the first time in Unicef's history that a commercial entity has purposely set out to capitalise on one of our campaigns and subsequently damage an income stream which several of our programmes for children are dependent on." It went on to call on the public "...who have children's welfare at heart, to consider carefully who they support when making consumer choices."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0725/1224251305112.html |title=Unicef accuses Tesco of misusing charity slogan |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=25 July 2009 |first=Marie |last=O'Halloran |access-date=25 July 2009 |archive-date=16 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516024843/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0725/1224251305112.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/tesco-in-clash-with-unicef-1841427.html |title=Tesco in clash with Unicef |work=Irish Independent |location=Dublin |first=Louise |last=McBride |date=26 July 2009 |access-date=26 July 2009 |archive-date=28 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328095340/http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/tesco-in-clash-with-unicef-1841427.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tesco's own-labels personal care and household products are stated to be cruelty-free, meaning that they are not tested on animals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gocrueltyfree.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606095230/http://www.gocrueltyfree.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 June 2007 |title=Welcome |publisher=Go Cruelty Free |access-date=18 April 2013 }}</ref>

In June 2011, Tesco announced that it was working with 2degrees Network to create an online hub as part of its target to reduce its supply chain [[carbon footprint]] by 30% by 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://retailtimes.co.uk/tesco-gets-suppliers-collaborating-on-carbon-emissions-online/ |title=Tesco gets suppliers collaborating on carbon emissions online |publisher=Retailtimes.co.uk |date=3 June 2011 |access-date=28 August 2011 |archive-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327160910/http://retailtimes.co.uk/tesco-gets-suppliers-collaborating-on-carbon-emissions-online/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2011, a Greenpeace report revealed that Tesco supermarkets in China were selling vegetables that contained pesticides at levels exceeding the legal limit, or were illegal. A green vegetable sample from Tesco turned up methamidophos and monocrotophos, the use of which has been prohibited in China since the beginning of 2007.<ref name=tescogreenpeace>{{Cite news|title = Banned pesticides detected on vegetables in Tesco and other supermarkets in China|publisher = Greenpeace East Asia|date = 8 September 2011|url = http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/news/blog/banned-pesticides-detected-on-vegetables-in-t/blog/36666/|access-date = 30 September 2011|archive-date = 19 November 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111119222612/http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/news/blog/banned-pesticides-detected-on-vegetables-in-t/blog/36666/|url-status = dead}}</ref>