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OUR ENVIRONMENT
COMMITMENTS AND TARGETS
STATUS
PROGRESS MADE DURING 2008/09
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Carbon: We are committed to looking for absolute changes in our overall CO2 equivalent emissions despite the fact that we are a growing business. We are working through what needs to be done to deliver this commitment
New commitment
In 2008/09 we made further progress against our previous target – to reduce CO2 emissions by 10% by 2010, 20% by 2020 and 60% by 2050 (2001 baseline, relative to £million sales). Our emissions were 73 tonnes CO2e emissions per £million sales (27% reduction against 2001)
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Energy: Source all electricity from green sources and consider all forms of renewable energy for our shops and head offices
Met
100% electricity from green sources through our energy supplier. We continue to explore opportunities for generating renewable energy at our stores
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Energy: Improve shop energy efficiency by 20% by 2010 (kWh per sq ft trading floor area, 2003 baseline)
On track
Reduction in shop energy efficiency in: Waitrose: 19%; John Lewis: 17% against baseline
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Transport: 15% reduction in energy-related transport CO2e emissions from deliveries by 2013, relative to £million sales (2005 baseline)
On track
61,257 tonnes of CO2e emissions produced; 7% improvement in CO2e tonnes per £million sales
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Refrigeration: Halve the impact of our refrigeration and cooling direct emissions (CO2e emissions tonnes) by 2012 (baseline 2008)
New target
Leakage reduction programme introduced; new refrigeration technology implemented in Waitrose Altrincham (opened October 2009), which will be used in all new/refurbished Waitrose shops. In final year of our previous commitment to deliver a five-year £55 million refrigeration investment programme to replace equipment and improve efficiency
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Water: Reduce shop water use by 20% per trading square foot by 2012 (2008 baseline)
New target
Target baseline data: John Lewis 0.13m3 per square foot trading floor area, Waitrose 0.16m3 per square foot trading floor area. John Lewis achieved a 7% reduction against 2008/09, Waitrose saw a 15% increase.
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Sustainable construction: Apply Sustainable Construction Framework (including sustainable interiors – fixtures and fittings framework) to all new builds; achieve minimum BREEAM standard of ‘Very Good’ (with a menu of options to be considered on each project to take us to ‘Excellent’)
On track
Framework applied to all new builds and refurbishments; 100% build achieved required BREEAM standard
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Sustainable construction: Increase the use of recycled materials in all projects
Work in progress
2009 has seen us carry out work to understand our current materials specifications and what options are available with greater recycled content. Recycled content of key materials used on all projects will be measured in 2009/10 to enable us to commit to targets for future years
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Sustainable construction: Achieve a minimum of 95% building waste recycling on all new building projects in 2010
Revised target – on track
99%+ building waste recycling at John Lewis Cardiff; also targeting a reduction in waste volume, we are committed to measure volumes in 2010 to enable rigorous target setting; less than 6.5 tonnes of waste per 100m2 on the first project to be measured
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Waste: Divert 95% of our waste from landfill by 2013; recycle 75% waste by year-end 2012
New and revised targets
49% Partnership waste diverted from landfill via recycling solutions (Waitrose: 50%; John Lewis: 43%)
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Waste – Waitrose: Help WRAP to reduce UK food waste by 155,000 tonnes by March 2010 (2008 baseline)
On track
Initiatives: portion size leaflet; review of portion sizes; recommended serving size/servings per pack; greater prominence to date codes; customer information
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Packaging – Waitrose: Reduce own-brand packaging by 2013 (2005 baseline)
Progress underway
124,598 tonnes of packaging produced; 13% reduction against 2007/08
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Packaging – Waitrose: Apply on-pack recyclability labelling to own-brand products by year-end 2009
On track
Being applied when lines introduced or redesigned, approximately half our own-brand assortment carries this labelling
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Carrier bags – Waitrose: 50% reduction in single-use carrier bags by spring 2009 (2006 baseline)
Met
Waitrose delivered a 50% reduction. This target superseded our previous commitment to reduce the environmental impact of carrier bags by 25% by year-end 2008, which was also met. Waitrose also met its target to increase the recycled material in carrier bags (now 33% recycled material)
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