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OUR ENVIRONMENT continued

COMMITMENTS AND TARGETS

STATUS

PROGRESS MADE DURING 2008/09

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Packaging – John Lewis: Reduce use of own-brand plastic packaging material and eliminate the use of non-recyclable plastics (as defined by the on-pack recyclability labelling scheme)

Progress underway

For example, the majority of our core own-brand bed linen lines were previously packaged in PVC bags but we have now introduced a new special polythene blend which is lighter and more recyclable (where facilities exist)

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Packaging – John Lewis: Reduce own-brand packaging on a like-for-like basis, delivering 50 new examples of ‘light weighting’ per year

Met and exceeded

Working with suppliers, we have reduced the amount of packaging in areas such as toys, linens, men’s accessories and cookshop. We are working on areas such as mirrors, lighting, clothes care and cleaning, and nursery

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Packaging – John Lewis: Apply on-pack recyclability labelling to own-brand products by year-end 2009

Met

Applied to all own-brand packaging and new lines

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Packaging – John Lewis: Ensure all paper and card own-brand packaging can be recycled and is made from a recycled or sustainable source

Progress underway

We have specified to all our suppliers that all paper and card packaging must be either from a sustainable source, such as FSC-certified material, or made from recycled material with a high recycled content. We ensure that this paper and card is recyclable under the on-pack recycling label scheme

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Scope and boundary of this report

Our CSR reporting focuses on those areas of our business where we have operational control including:

John Lewis and John Lewis at home stores
Johnlewis.com
Greenbee offices (excludes third-party providers)
Head offices, Partnership holiday centres and Sir Bernard Miller
conference centre
Herbert Parkinson
Leckford Estate
Owned and operated distribution and warehousing operations, unless otherwise stated
Waitrose stores (including market-town format and convenience stores)
Waitrose.com including WaitroseDeliver

Increasingly the Partnership is exploring other routes to market for our products and services by working with other businesses such as Waitrose Welcome Break stores and stores operated in Dubai by Fine Fare Food Market LLC (see Branching Out page 4). These are excluded from our CSR reporting boundary and KPIs. However, we are committed to working with business partners whose values align with, and are supportive of, our own principles and values.