News Published on 1 Mar
M&S aims to be ‘most sustainable retailer’ by 2015
Filed by Shaun Weston
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced its intention to be ‘the world’s most sustainable retailer’ by 2015, launching 80 major new commitments under the M&S’ eco and ethical plan, ‘Plan A’.
The new commitments will mean the company ensures all M&S products become ‘Plan A products’, with at least one sustainable quality, enable its 2,000 suppliers to adopt Plan A best practice, and encourage M&S customers and employees to live ‘greener’ lifestyles.
These include:
- Converting all 2.7bn individual M&S food, clothing and home items (across 36,000 product lines) sold every year into ‘Plan A products’, so that each carries at least one sustainable or ethical quality (eg carrying Fairtrade or Marine Stewardship Council certification or using free range or other sustainable ingredients). The company aims to convert 50% of its products by 2015 and 100% by 2020.
- Encouraging 21m M&S customers to live a more sustainable lifestyle starting with the launch of a new competition – Your Green Idea – for customers to submit their ideas for ‘green’ actions for M&S to adopt. The winning idea will receive £100,000, to be spent on ‘greening’ an organisation such as a school, charity or small business.
- Becoming the first major retailer to actively tackle and bring clarity to the living wage debate. M&S will do this by determining and agreeing a fair, living wage before implementing a process to ensure clothing suppliers pay this wage to their workers in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India.
To see the complete list, follow this link to the M&S website.
Source: Marks & Spencer
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