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Further information:

Forum for the Future: www.forumforthefuture.org.uk

BREEAM: www.breeam.org/retail.html

Considerate Constructors Scheme: www.ccscheme.org.uk


Commitments

Apply amended Sustainable Construction Framework to all new builds and refurbishments.

Achieve a minimum BREEEE AM standard of ‘Very Good’ for all new shops.

Increase the use of recycled materials for all projects, and publish benchmarks by end of 2009.

Achieve a minimum of 95% building waste recycling on all new building projects in 2010. Register all construction sites under the Considerate Constructors Scheme from 2010

Register all construction sites under the Considerate Constructors Scheme from 2010.


Better building:

During the construction of John Lewis Cardiff, less than 14 tonnes of waste was sent to landfill, and the remainder (99%) was recycled. The recycled waste streams were: wood (557 tonnes), plastic (56 tonnes), cardboard and paper (146 tonnes), metal (47 tonnes), gypsum and plasterboard (129 tonnes) and inert/hardcore material (2373 tonnes).


Sustainable construction

The Partnership’s programme of building, acquisition and refurbishment in 2009 and beyond remains ambitious, despite the challenging retail climate, but will also see a number of different routes to market.

By the end of 2009, Waitrose will have opened 22 new shops, and will also submit a planning application for a shop on the Isle of Wight. A new John Lewis store opened in Cardiff in September, our first John Lewis at home opened in October and a second Foodhall opened in August this year at John Lewis Bluewater. John Lewis and Waitrose will open in Stratford in 2011 and we remain committed to opening John Lewis Sprucefield in Northern Ireland.

These shops will provide a significant opportunity to minimise the environmental impact of our buildings, by ensuring they are all built responsibly and operate sustainably. To achieve this, we are refreshing our Sustainable Construction Framework and are aiming to finalise a new publication by the end of 2009. The framework will continue to be applied to all new construction and refurbishment projects, helping us to define clear objectives and practical steps to improve the planning, design, construction and operation stages of every project.

All projects start with a Sustainability Action Plan, which reflects our sustainable construction policy and principles, details how the building’s key impacts will be addressed, and sets performance targets against which the project will be measured. We are also working to improve the sustainability of the interior fittings used in our shops in terms of their recycled content, sourcing, packaging, procurement and delivery to sites.

From 2010, each new construction site will be registered and regularly assessed under the Considerate Constructors Scheme. All new shops will also be assessed by the Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), a leading benchmark for sustainable design and construction best practice. The minimum BREE AM standard we aim to achieve will be ‘Very Good’, but a checklist of options will help us work towards an ‘Excellent’ rating.

Construction materials and waste

We have a good track record in recycling construction waste and every site has a waste management plan, under which a minimum recycling rate of 95% will be required from 2010. We recycled over 99% of our building waste at our new John Lewis in Cardiff, and our Sustainable Construction Working Group is currently exploring whether 100% is feasible in future years, as well as looking at how to measure a building’s recycled material content by volume. The development of targets and research into new measurement tools for all future projects is ongoing. For example, we will also be targeting a reduction in overall waste volumes and are committed to measuring these through 2010 with a view to set rigorous targets for future years. We also plan to measure the carbon emissions of our construction projects in 2010. Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40