Our performance summary
Partnership 2010/11 Emissions, tonnes CO2e
Electricity 56.0%
Business miles in company
cars 0.7%
Gas 11.3%
Business rail and air travel 0.5%
Other energy: static fuels 1.9%
Unrecycled waste and
waste collections 1.4%
Leckford 2.3%
Distribution 13.4%
Refrigeration and cooling 12.2%
Water treatment and supply 0.3%
Includes emissions resulting from UK-owned and UK-operated parts of the business, and significant emissions from third-party distribution operated solely for Waitrose. Calculated using Defra and DECC 2010 emission factors, with the exception of those for waste and waste collections, Pure Plant Oil used in distribution, certain refrigerants, and some emissions sources associated with our Leckford farm.
Waitrose and john lewis 2010/11 Emissions, Tonnes CO2e
John Lewis
Scope 1 - 44,737
Scope 2 - 98,736
Scope 3 - 4,349
Total Gross emissions: 147,822
Waitrose
Scope 1 - 155,149
Scope 2 - 195,147
Scope 3 - 43,838
Total Gross emissions: 394,134
2010/11 is the base year for our new carbon reduction target because it is the most recent and comprehensive year of data available. We have included emissions related to water supply, water treatment and other fuels used in our buildings for the first time in 2010/11. We expect our emissions to rise before an absolute reduction is achieved through our reduction initiatives. See our carbon footprint boundary for scope 1, 2 and 3 boundaries.
Transport-relate d CO2e emissions, tonnes per £m sales
John Lewis
2010/11 - 5.73
2009/10 - 5.50
2008/09 - 6.20
Waitrose
2010/11 - 10.92
2009/10 - 10.97
2008/09 - 10.99
During the year a number of factors impacted our performance including bringing frozen food distribution in-house; making more store and home deliveries as our business grows; and increasing backhauling (using our trucks’ return journey from delivering to our shops to collect suppliers’ products). Read about our transport and distribution objectives.
Shop energy efficiency, KWh per square foot of trading floor area
John Lewis
2010/11 - 48.4
2009/10 - 47.7
2008/09 - 50.9
Waitrose
2010/11 - 115.1
2009/10 - 112.8
2008/09 - 116.9
The prolonged cold weather this winter impacted shop energy efficiency through increased heating usage. As a result, shop energy (electricity and gas) use per square foot of trading floor area increased by 2% in Waitrose and 1.5% in John Lewis.
Refrigeration and cooling direct emissions, tonnes CO2e
John Lewis
2010/11 - 1,511
2009/10 - 2,412
2008/09 - 811
Waitrose
2010/11 - 64,398
2009/10 - 78,715
2008/09 - 80,798
Our target is to reduce Waitrose’s refrigeration and cooling direct emissions by 50% by 2012/13 against a 2008/09 baseline. We’ve achieved a 20% reduction so far. Work to improve data capture for John Lewis’ refrigeration and cooling contributed significantly to the increase in reported emissions between 2008/09 and 2009/10.
Waste, tonnes
John Lewis
General waste to landfill
2010/11 - 3,909
2009/10 - 4,734
2008/09 - 6,284
Total Waste diverted from landfill
2010/11 - 8,059
2009/10 - 4,752
2008/09 - 4,814
Waitrose
General waste to landfill
2010/11 - 7,816
2009/10 - 22,911
2008/09 - 23,250
Total Waste diverted from landfill
2010/11 - 41,252
2009/10 - 25,387
2008/09 - 23,258
81% of the Partnership’s operational waste was diverted from landfill in 2010/11.