Climate change
We 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.
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- 1. Carbon neutral
Aiming to make all our UK and Republic of Ireland operations (stores, offices, warehouses, business travel and logistics) carbon neutral.
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- 2. Energy efficiency (stores)
Reducing the amount of energy we use in our stores by 25% per square foot of floor space.
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- 3. Energy efficiency (warehouses and offices)
Achieving a 20% improvement in fuel efficiency and energy use in our warehouses and offices.
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- 4. Business travel
Introducing a new ‘green’ business travel policy to reduce CO2 emissions caused by our travel.
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- 5. Company cars
Introducing a ‘green’ company car policy to reduce average CO2 emissions.
Climate change progress so far
Since 2007 we've reduced our CO2 emissions by 96,000 tonnes
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