We'll aim to make all our UK & Irish operations carbon neutral by 2012. We'll maximise our use of renewable energy and only use offsetting as a last resort. And, we'll be helping our customers and suppliers to cut their carbon emissions too.
1. Switch to energy saving bulbs - 1star
-they are longer lasting and you'll save money, use less fuel and help reduce carbon emissions.
2. Green your workspace- 2star
-If just 20 employees turned off their computers during a lunch hour, they would save over 3700 watts of electricity
3. Turn your appliances off when they're not in use. - 1star
4. Start a car pool - 1star
5. Switch to a greener energy supplier -1star
6. Turn your thermostat down by just one degree and you'll reduce your carbon emissions by 325kg. You'll also save around £35 on your fuel bill - 1star
7. Washing your clothes at 30°C rather than 40°C can reduce your washing machine's energy consumption by up to 40%! - 1star
Waste-
We'll significantly reduce the amount of packaging and carrier bags that we use, and find new ways to recycle materials. By 2012 we aim to ensure that none of our clothing or packaging needs to end up as landfill.
1. Use a bag for life - 2star
-If everyone in the UK stopped using plastic bags and switched to a reusable bag, each year we'd save enough plastic to tie around the earth 103 times
2. Grow your own compost - 1star
35% of the average household's waste can be easily composted. This includes fruit and vegetable kitchen peelings, eggshells and coffee grounds, as well as garden waste such as grass clippings, leaves and twigs.
3. Recycle your old furniture - 3star
Keep your unwanted furniture and electrical items out of landfill and give them a chance of a new life with someone else by joining a local free recycling group.
4. Join a Free Recycling Group - 1star
The two largest Free Recycling organisations in the UK today are the FreeCycling Network and FreeSharing. You should be able find a local group affiliated to one of these in your area.
5. Make you rubbish work harder - 1star
-Try to reuse things instead of throwing them away. Recycling is good, but reusing is better. See how much you can reduce the contents of your rubbish bin by finding new uses for packaging.
6. Love Food Hate Waste - 1star
On average, a third of all the food we buy ends up being thrown away. UK shoppers waste 6.7 million tonnes of food every year, enough to fill Wembley Stadium eight times over.
7. Recycle your Christmas cards - 1star
If everyone in the UK recycles just 1 card through the Woodland Trust scheme, not only would this save 1,570 tonnes of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gases - the same as taking 500 cars off the road for a year - it would also enable the Woodland Trust to plant 15,000 trees in 2009.
Sustainable Raw Materials
From fish to forests, our goal is to make sure our key raw materials come from the most sustainable sources available to us, protecting the environment and the world’s natural resources for future generations.
1. Choose Free Range Eggs - 1star
Nearly 70% of Britain's egg-laying hens are still kept in battery cages. Making the decision to buy only free range eggs will help to improve the lives of millions of hens in the UK.
2. Use less water - 2star
A water butt collects rainwater to keep your garden watered sustainably, while a Hippo cuts the volume of water used to flush the toilet.
3. Green your car wash - 3star
Use a bucket and sponge rather than a hosepipe.
4. Give your unwanted clothes to Oxfam -2star
It's estimated that we discard around 1m tonnes of clothing each year in the UK, a lot of which is good enough to be re-sold or recycled. When you show them the M&S label(s), they'll give you a voucher worth £5 to use the next time you spend £35 or more on clothing, home or beauty products in M&S.
Fair Partner
By being a fair partner, we'll help to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in our worldwide supply chain and local communities.
1. Invest Ethically - 3star
By choosing to invest ethically you know that your money will not be used to fund arms, tobacco or other potentially damaging industries.
2. Travel Responsibly -3star
Ecotourism makes sure that the money you spend while you're on holiday goes straight to the local community rather than to a large corporation.
3. Buy Fairtrade Coffee -1star
means you know that the farmer who grew the coffee beans got a fair price from his crop and an additional sum to invest in local community projects. So you can really enjoy your cup of coffee.
4. WWF Footprint Calculator - 1star
You can measure the natural resources needed to support your lifestyle, or your 'ecological footprint', by using the eco-calculator online.
Health
We'll continue to expand our healthy eating ranges and help customers and employees to choose healthier lifestyles through clear labelling and easily accessible information.
1. Eat your 5-a-day 1-star
Eating five portions of fruit and vegetables every day will make sure that you get the nutrients your body needs. A good diet will help you to stay healthy, prevent illness and live longer
2. Get into the exercise habit - 2star
Regular exercise is vital to our health. In addition to helping you maintain a healthy weight, exercise helps combat stress, depression and fatigue. Increasing the heart rate for just 30 minutes a day cuts your risk of heart disease in half.
3. Cut out the salt - 1star
A diet that is high in salt is one of the contributing factors to heart disease. Reduce the salt in your diet by choosing reduced salt options and adding less salt to your cooking.
4. Be Breast aware - 1star
The earlier breast cancer is found the better the chances of beating it - so it's important to be breast aware and make regular checks. Breakthrough Breast Cancer's simple, yet effective, Touch. Look. Check. message helps women understand how to be breast aware.
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