A vast new warehouse in northern France will keep 290 shops stocked — and support up to 1,000 jobs

Onnaing, in northern France, is getting a very large new neighbour: an 80,000-square-metre distribution centre run by GXO for the retailer Action, built to high sustainability standards. It is the pair's third site together in France, and once fully working it will supply up to 290 stores across France and Belgium and support up to 1,000 jobs — the unglamorous logistics that decide whether shelves stay full and whether a region gains steady work.

SDG 8 · Decent work and economic growth — Mechanism: infrastructure build