Our policy: The environment
環境政策
As a family-owned retailer, a caring and compassionate approach lies at the core of everything we do.
We understand the environmental challenges facing a modern business. We know that change towards a
more responsible and sustainable society is needed and we are prepared to play our part in achieving
such change across every aspect of our business.
Our approach
We will continually re-align our actions with best environmental practice and stakeholders’expectations by:
? Developing and maintaining policies and procedures to monitor, assess and reduce the direct
and indirect environmental impacts of our operations
? Setting clear objectives and targets and developing a programme for continuous improvement
addressing climate change, pollution prevention, resource utilisation and waste minimisation
? Meeting all appropriate legislative requirements as a minimum and adopting industry best
practice wherever we can
? Sharing our progress on environmental policies and practices with all our relevant stakeholders
We are committed to:
? Working with suppliers on environmental improvements, including reducing unnecessary packaging
on own brand products
? Engaging our people and our customers to empower them to play a part in minimising our impact on
the environment
? Managing our climate change risks
? Working collaboratively with the wider retail industry to address common issues affecting retailers
Our policy: Energy
能源政策
We have long recognised the importance of energy efficiency. It helps keep our costs down, give better value
to customers and play a part in reducing the environmental impacts of energy generation. Today, more than ever,
we are taking steps to reduce our energy impacts by harnessing new ideas and technologies and introducing
practices designed to bring energy effi ciencies across our entire business.
Our approach
We will continue to follow the Carbon Trust’s four principles:
measure, manage, reduce and certify. We will do this by:
? Measuring our energy usage with advanced technologies to identify and adopt energy reductions
? Managing our energy effectively to cut out waste
? Reducing our energy usage by designing our premises and operations to incorporate systems which
ensure better energy-effi ciency
? Adopting certifi ed, easy-to-follow processes to ensure our energy saving improvements are maintained
in the long-term
We are committed to:
? Operating an energy effi cient business
? Providing appropriate help, funding and operational resources to reduce our business energy usage
? Reporting openly on how much energy we use and how much we have saved on a yearly basis
? Achieving certifi cation of the Carbon Standard or Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme