plan a – the marks and spencer approach
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By Andrew van Zwanenberg, Technical Manager - Homewares, Marks and SpencerTRANSCRIPT
Plan A 2010 - 2015
Climate Waste Raw materials
Fair partner Health
What is Plan A
Extending existing pillars Climate Change • Carbon neutral operations by 2012• Reduce energy consumption 35% by 2015
Waste• Send no operational or construction waste to landfill• Recycle 20 million items of clothing per year
Natural resources • Ensure vulnerable raw materials come from sources that don’t contribute to deforestation
Fair partnership• Help our clothing suppliers to pay for a fair living wage
Health & Wellbeing• Promote active lifestyles for our customers and employees
Our Plan A Pillars 2010 - 2015
• Involving our customers • Making Plan A how we do business• Climate change• Waste• Natural resources• Fair partnership• Health and wellbeing
Carbon footprint – 18%
Energy efficiency stores +10%Fuel efficiency trucks +20%
Green Electricity 31%
241 Teardrop Trailers
UK progress to date
41% of waste recycled
Food packaging reduction 12%GM packaging reduction 15%
125m hangers a year
37m waste bottles used to make recycled polyester
Over £2m for Oxfam3.2m garments life extended
83% Reduction387m bags less
Plan A Combined Approach
Why we need a combined approach…
….because
• Plan A will become the way we all do business• Plan A impacts all of our areas• We will have greater influence communicating
as one team • We can all benefit from the costs savings