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.